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PUBLIC LAW 93-598-JAN. 2, 1975
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Public Law 93-598 January 2, 1975 [H. R. 8591]
Navy and Marine Corps. Presidential appointments to active l i s t. 10 USC 5573a note.
Vietnam conflict. 10 USC 5573a note.
10 USC 5573a note.
AN ACT To ailihorixe the President to appoint to the active list of the Navy and Marine Corps certain Reserves and temporary officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the JJnlted States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding section 5573a of title 10, United States Code, or any other law, the President may make appointments to the active list of the Navy in permanent grades not above captain, and to the active list of the Marine Corps in permanent grades not above colonel from officers of the following who were in a missing status as defined in section 551(2) of title 37, United States Code, during the Vietnam conflict as a result of that conflict: (1) The Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve. (2) The Regular Navy or Marine Corps who do not hold permanent commission appointments therein. SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act, the Vietnam conflict— (1) begins on February 28, 1961; (2) ends on the date designated by the President by Executive order as the date of the termination of combatant activities in Vietnam; and (3) includes activities in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. SEC. 3. The authority to make appointments under this Act shall expire two years from the date of enactment. Approved January 2, 1975. Public Law 93-599
January 2, 1975 [H. R. 8958]
AN ACT To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide for the disposal of certain excess and surplus Federal property to the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of any group, band, or t r i b e of Indians.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Indian reserva- JJr^y^Q^ States of Americtt in Congress assembled, That section 202(a) Excess property, of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 disposal. (40 U.S.C. 483(a)) is amended as follows: (1) The first sentence of such subsection is amended by striking out " I n " at the beginning of such sentence and inserting in lieu thereof: "(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, in". (2) Such subsection is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) The Administrator shall prescribe such procedures as may be necessary in order to transfer without compensation to the Secretary of the Interior excess real property located within the reservation of any group, band, or tribe of Indians which is recognized as eligible for services by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Such excess real property shall be held in trust by the Secretary for the benefit and use of the group, band, or tribe of Indians, within whose reservation such excess real property is located: Provided, That such transfers of real property within the State of Oklahoma shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for Oklahoma Indian tribes recognized by the Secretary of the Interior when such real property (1) is located within boundaries of former reservations in Oklahoma as defined by the Secretary of Interior and when such real property was held in trust by the United States for an Indian tribe at the time of
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