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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 315', '§ 1611', '§ 1612', '§ 303', '§ 303', '§ 305']

June 29, 1948 [H.R. 6705] | [Public Law 841]
62 Stat. 1112
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other purposes.
Section 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
Chap. 754
Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1949.
43 U.S.C., Supp. I, § 315j.
Payment of accumulated or accrued annual leave.
Transfer of surplus supplies.
Priority to veterans.
58 Stat. 765.
50 U.S.C. app. §§ 1611-1616; Supp. I, § 1612 et seq.
Ante, pp. 350, 1103.
58 Stat.132.
Ante, p. 211.
49 Stat. 1968, 1250.
25 U.S.C. § 303; Supp. I, § 303 note.
25 U.S.C. §§ 305. 305e.
Ante, p. 867.
61 Stat. 8.
61 Stat. 418.
61 Stat. 414.
61 Stat. 729.
60 Stat.923.
Ante, p. 170.
Ante, p. 1107.
Senecas N.Y.
Creek Nation, Okla.
Ante, p. 866.
61 Stat. 470.
Persons engaging, etc., in strikes against or advocating overthrow of U.S.
Lump-sum leave payments.
58 Stat. 845.
60 Stat.903.
60 Stat. 843.
Ante, p. 1008.
Per diem rates.
of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, namely:
Payment to States: Not to exceed 33 ⅓ per centum of all grazing fees received from each grazing district on Indian lands
ceded to the United States for disposition under the public-lands laws, to be paid to the State in which said lands are situated, in accordance with the provisions of section 11 of the act of June 28, 1934,
as amended (43 U.S.C. 315j).
and technical articles published in periodicals and journals, $740,000.
Salaries and expenses, district offices: For expenses of district offices at Billings, Montana, and Portland, Oregon, only,
including printing and binding, $200,000: Provided, That any unobligated balances of 1948 appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for payment to
employees for accumulated or accrued annual leave due upon their separation from service or furlough from
active duty by reason of reduction in force under the appropriation "Salaries and Expenses, District Offices".
Salaries and expenses, reservation administration: For necessary expenses of reservation administration, including pay of
employees authorized by continuing or permanent treaty provisions, $2,400,000.
employees engaged in the suppression of traffic in intoxicating liquors and deleterious drugs among Indians, $125,000.
development of resources, and relief of destitution of the natives of Alaska; the repair, rental, and equipment of school, hospital, and other buildings; the purchase or erection of range cabins and
other temporary structures, including hospital structures and quarters on privately owned land; the hire, repair, equipment,
maintenance, and operation of vessels; and for the administration of the Alaska native service, $4,118,962: Provided, That any agency of the United States Government having title thereto is authorized to transfer without charge to the Alaska
native service, buildings, vessels, equipment, materials, and supplies surplus to its needs and which may be certified by
the Department of the Interior as necessary for the improvement, maintenance, or operation of the Alaska native service: Provided further, That the foregoing provision shall not be construed to deny veterans the priority accorded to them in obtaining surplus
property under the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended.
private architectural and engineering services, and water exploration, $907,900, to remain available until expended, of which
$373,900 shall be reimbursable in accordance with law.
services, including cooperation with State and other organizations engaged in similar work, and payment of travel expenses
and per diem of persons whose services are donated by such organizations, $4,334,115.
In all, Navajo and Hopi service, $5,242,015.
expenses incident to the purchase of goods and supplies for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and for payment of railroad, pipe-line,
and other transportation costs of such goods and supplies, $700,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in payment for any services except bill therefor is rendered within one
repair, and improvement of utility systems, $755,000.
attending public and
private schools; support and education of deaf, dumb, blind, mentally deficient, or physically handicapped; the tuition (which
may be paid in advance) and other assistance of Indian pupils attending vocational or higher educational institutions under
such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe; printing and binding (including illustrations); the support and equipment
of an arts and crafts building at Anadarko, Oklahoma, and Indian museums at Rapid City, South Dakota, and
Browning, Montana, and on the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; $10,100,000: Provided, That payment of tuition and care of Indian pupils may be made from date of admission.
$6,714,500.
Indians participating in folk festivals, $472,710: Provided, That payment for the care of Indians may be made from the date of service.
on Indian reservations, and allotments other than the Menominee Indian Reservation, Wisconsin, including the payment of reasonable
or destroying timber, in violation of law on Indian lands; the establishment of cooperative sustained yield forest units pursuant to the Act of March 29, 1944 (16 U.S.C. 583); and the development, repair, maintenance,
and operation of domestic and stock water facilities, $900,000: Provided, That the United States shall be reimbursed for expenditures made from this appropriation for expenses incident to the sale
Indian fairs, including premiums for exhibits; and the control and eradication of fever ticks and contagious diseases among
livestock of Indians, $761,907.
Revolving fund for loans: The authorization for loans to individual Indians and Indian organizations otherwise ineligible
to participate in loans from the fund established in accordance with the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 470 and 471), and the Acts of June 26, 1936 (25 U.S.C. 506), May 1, 1936 (25 U.S.C. 473a), and July 12, 1943 (57 Stat. 459), is hereby increased from $962,500 to $1,250,000.
lands, and for expenses incident to such acquisition, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 465), $150,000: Provided, That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used for the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, California,
Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights within the States of Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington either inside or outside the boundaries
of existing reservations. Development of Indian arts and crafts: For the development, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, of
for printing and binding, and other necessary expenses, $35,000, of which not to exceed $15,500 shall be available for personal
services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay any salary at a rate exceeding $8,180 per annum.
and protection of irrigable lands from damage by floods or loss of water rights; and for all other necessary expenses, $421,700,
of which $324,735 shall be reimbursable in accordance with existing law.
preparation of raw reservation lands for irrigation farming, expenditures for which shall be repayable on a per acre basis
Arizona: Colorado River, $2,600,000; Salt River, $40,000;
Payment to the San Carlos irrigation and drainage district, in accordance
with the provisions of the Act of March 7, 1947 (Public Law 10),
$190,000;
Colorado: Southern Ute, $10,000;
Montana: Flathead, $200,000; Fort Belknap, $6,250; Fort Peck, $25,000; Tongue
River, $9,750;
New Mexico: United Pueblos, $17,500;
Washington: Wapato (Satus Unit No. 3), $100,000;
Wyoming: Wind River, $15,000;
Miscellaneous small projects, $60,000;
not exceeding $12,500 for personal services in the District of Columbia,
$137,500;
In all, $3,411,000, reimbursable in accordance with law, and to remain available until completion of the projects: Provided, That the foregoing amounts may be used interchangeably in the discretion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, but not more than
and utilities,
including the purchase of land and the acquisition of easements or rights-of-way; purchase of furniture, furnishings, and
equipment; private architectural and engineering services; and water explorations; as follows:
Alaska: Schools, hospitals, and quarters, $622,500, and in addition the Secretary may enter into contracts for this purpose
in an amount not to exceed $5,925,000;
Celilo Falls, Oregon: For the construction, repair, or rehabilitation of buildings and utilities at Celilo Falls, Oregon,
and other Columbia River Indians affiliated with the afore-mentioned tribes, $125,000;
Cherokee, North Carolina: Sewage works improvements, $79,000, and water supply, $35,000, reimbursable from Cherokee Tribal
Consolidated Chippewa, Minnesota: For cooperation with public school districts, Mahnomen, Itasca, Pine, Becker, and Cass Counties
(organized and unorganized) in the construction, improvement, and extension of school facilities in accordance with the Act of July 24, 1947, Public Law 231, $213,000; for cooperation with
the public school board at Walker, Minnesota, for the extension of public school facilities in accordance with the Act of July 24, 1947, Public Law 223, $35,000;
Flathead, Montana: For cooperation with the State of Montana in the construction, extension, and improvement of a State tuberculosis
sanitorium and quarters at Galen, Deer Lodge County, Montana, in accordance with the Act of August 4, 1947, Public Law 332,
Great Lakes, Wisconsin: For cooperation with the school board of Hunter School District, Sawyer County, Wisconsin, in accordance
with the Act of August 8, 1946, Public Law 667, $80,000;
Haskell Institute, Kansas: Dormitory, $85,000;
Hopi, Arizona: School, $50,000;
San Carlos, Arizona: School and quarters, $75,000;
Sells, Arizona: School and quarters, $65,000;
Uintah and Ouray, Utah: For cooperation with the public school district of Roosevelt, Utah, in the construction, extension,
and improvement of public school facilities, $250,000;
Western Shoshone, Nevada: To provide for the construction, extension, and improvement of public school buildings in Owyhee,
Nevada, in accordance with the Act of July 11, 1947, Public Law 182, $200,000;
Various locations: Major repairs-and improvements, $300,000;
personal services in the District of Columbia and printing and binding, $190, 000;
In all, $3,154,500, to remain available until completion of the projects: Provided, That not to exceed 10 per centum of the amount of any specific authorization may be transferred, in the discretion of the
(Public Law 521), $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which amount not to exceed $9,250 may be expended for
treaty of June 22, 1855), $3,000; for permanent annuity for support of light horsemen (article 13, treaty of October 18, 1820, and
article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855), $600; for permanent annuity for support of blacksmith (article 6, treaty of October 18, 1820, and article 9, treaty of January 20, 1825, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855),
$600; for permanent annuity for education (article 2, treaty of January 20, 1825, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855), $6,000; for permanent annuity for iron
Fulfilling treaties with Pawnees, Oklahoma: For permanent annuity (article 2, treaty of September 24, 1857, and article 3, agreement of November 23, 1892), $30,000.
Indian tribes, as authorized by various Acts of Congress, $1,195,000.
projects, including revenues credited prior to August 7, 1946, shall be available for the purposes authorized by section 3
of the Act of August 7, 1946 (Public Law 647), including printing and binding, in connection with the respective projects from which such revenues are
including pay and travel expenses, $365,000, payable from funds held by the united States in trust for the particular tribe
benefited; not to exceed $50,000 for any one tribe.
Oregon, $213,405, of which not to exceed the sums herein indicated shall be available for expenses incident to the following
activities: Fees and expenses of an attorney or firm of attorneys selected by the tribe and employed under contract approved
by the Secretary, $4,500; education, $40,000; health, $51,375; law and order, $15,000; extension and land, $52,530; and administrative
and other expenses, $50,000.
in trust for the Menominee Tribe of Indians, Wisconsin, $188,875, including $36,500 for relief of Indians in need of assistance,
including cash grants; scholarships (not to exceed $1,550); and $5,500 for the compensation and expenses of an attorney or
firm of attorneys employed by the tribe under a contract approved by the Secretary: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be available from the funds of the Menominee Indians for the payment of salaries and expenses
approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Provided further, That a recreational director for the Menominee Reservation may be employed with the approval of the Menominee Tribal Council.
and printing and binding, $197,000, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of Indians in
Oklahoma: Provided, That of the said sum herein appropriated $16,350 is hereby made available for travel and other expenses of members of the
at $1,200 and one attorney each for the Choctaw. Chickasaw and Creek Tribes employed under contract approved by the President
under existing law: Provided, That the expenses of the above-named officials shall be determined and limited by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at
Expenses of attorneys, Creek Nation of Indians, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For expenses of attorneys for the Creek Nation of
Indians, Oklahoma, employed to prosecute Creek tribal claims under contract approved by the Interior Department on November
12, 1947, $2,500, payable out of funds on deposit in the Treasury to the credit of said Creek tribe of Indians.
Expenses of attorneys, Chickasaw Nation of Indians, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For expenses of attorneys for the Chickasaw
Nation of Indians, Oklahoma, employed to prosecute Chickasaw tribal claims under contracts approved by the Interior Department,
$2,000, payable out of funds on deposit in the Treasury to the credit of said Chickasaw tribe of Indians.
when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, $50,000, payable from funds on deposit
of subsistence supplies, clothing, and household goods; medical, burial, housing,
transportation, and all other necessary expenses, $112,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular
tribe concerned: Provided, That expenditures hereunder may be made without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended, or to the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391), as amended.
of Indians under contracts to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $82,880, payable from funds on deposit in the
and necessary expenses incident thereto, $121,000, payable from funds held in trust for the particular tribe concerned, to
for which purchased: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights outside the boundaries of existing
assist them in the development and cultivation thereof, $350,000, payable from tribal funds as follows: Menominee, Wisconsin,
$167,500; Fort Mojave, Arizona, $15,000; Lummi, Washington, $2,500; Makah, Washington, $20,000; Nez Perce, Idaho, $20,000;
Standing Rock, North Dakota, $50,000; Blackfeet, Montana, $75,000; and the unexpended balances of funds available under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1948 are hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1949 for the purposes for which they were appropriated:
Provided, That advances may be made to worthy Indian youth to enable them to take educational courses, including courses in nursing,
forestry, agriculture, and other industrial subjects in colleges, universities, or other institutions, and advances so made
shall be reimbursed in not to exceed eight years under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe: Provided further, That all moneys reimbursed during the fiscal year 1949 shall be credited to the respective appropriations and be available
for the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, That funds available under this paragraph may be used for the establishment and operation of tribal enterprises when proposed by Indian tribes and approved under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That enterprises operated under the authority contained in the foregoing proviso shall be governed by the regulations established
Pima cropping operations (tribal funds): For continuing subjugation land for cropping operations on the lands of the Pima
Indians in Arizona, there shall be available not to exceed $200,000 of the revenues derived from these operations and deposited into
irrigation operation and maintenance
Suppressing forest and range fires (tribal funds): For the suppression or emergency prevention of forest and range fires on
or threatening Indian reservations, $25,000, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes
deficient Indian children, there may be expended from Indian tribal funds and from school revenues arising under the Act of May 17, 1926 (25 U.S.C. 155), not more than $712,000: Provided, That payment may be made from the date of admission
for such tuition and care of Indian pupils.
Vehicles: Applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for the purchase of not
to exceed two hundred passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, and such vehicles may be used for the transportation
of Indian school pupils.
equipment, supplies, livestock, or other property of those activities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs above referred to which
may be destroyed or rendered unserviceable by fire, flood, or storm: Provided, That any diversions of appropriations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget.
"Navajo and Hopi service"; and "Suppressing forest and range fires (tribal funds)." Appropriations for "Salaries and expenses,
reservation administration" shall be available for the maintenance and operation of aircraft.
U.S.C. 141), February 25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 181), as amended, and March 4, 1921 (48 U.S.C. 444), and other Acts relating to
the mining and recovery of minerals on Indian and public lands and naval petroleum reserves, and for necessary related operations;
and for every expense incident thereto, including supplies, equipment, travel, and the construction,
maintenance, and repair of necessary camp buildings and appurtenances thereto, $690,000, of which not to exceed $78,600 may
be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia:
devices at dams constructed under licenses issued by the Federal Power Commission, $36,300.
and alteration of buildings and roads, and subsistence of employees while on said islands;
Appropriations herein made shall be available for the purchase of vehicles generally known as quarter-ton or half-ton pickup
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, aliens may be employed during the fiscal year 1949 in the field service
the amounts indicated: Office of the Secretary, $850; Oil and Gas Division, $100; Board on Geographic Names, $150; Bureau
of Land Management, $1,000; Bureau of Indian Affairs, $1,250; Bureau of Reclamation, $6,750; Geological Survey, $4,750; Bureau
of Mines, $5,000; National Park Service, $1,250; Fish and Wildlife Service, $2,375; and soil and moisture conservation operations
(all bureaus), $500.
advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike
against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right
to strike against the
Government of the United States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates,
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization
who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence,
and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation contained in this Act shall be guilty
of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law:
Provided further, That in cases of emergency, caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage, persons may be employed for periods of
not more than thirty days and be paid salaries and wages without the necessity of inquiring into their membership in any organization.
occasioned by the establishment of the Jackson Hole National Monument as described in Executive Proclamation Numbered 2578, dated March 15, 1943.
payments pursuant to the Act of December 21, 1944 (5 U.S.C. 61b-d).
Appropriations herein made shall be available for payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.
Appropriations in this Act shall be available for health service programs as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 150).
Not to exceed a total of $875,000 of the appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for expenditure for the compensation
of employees engaged in personnel work: Provided, That for purposes of this section employees will be considered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more
Appropriations in this Act shall be available for payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act
(28 U.S.C. 921).
In purchasing lawbooks, books of reference, and periodicals, and in completing broken sets, the Secretary or his duly authorized
representative may exchange similar items and apply the exchange allowances in such cases in whole or in part payment therefor.
Where appropriations in this Act are available for expenditure for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) such expenditures shall be at rates not exceeding $35 per diem for individuals (unless a higher
rate is otherwise authorized by law or unless a higher rate, not exceeding $50, shall be approved by the Director of the Bureau
of the Budget).