An Act to direct the Secretary of the Army to convey the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Ark., to the State of Arkansas, and for other purposes
PL 86-323 (H.R.6190), enacted 09/21/1959

594 
PUBLIC LAW 86-323-SEPT. 21, 1959 
[73 S T A T , 
Education pro-
gram. 
provisions of this Act, such property and income derived therefrom 
by the distributee shall be subject to the same taxes, State and Federal, 
as in the case of non-Indians: Provided^ That for the purpose of 
capital gains or losses the base value of the property shall be the value 
of the property when distributed to the grantee. 
SEC, 8, Prior to the revocation of the tribal constitution provided for 
in this Act, the Secretary is authorized to undertake, within the limits 
of available appropriations, a special program of education and train-
ing designed to help the members of the tribe to earn a livelihood, to 
conduct their own affairs, and to assume their responsibilities as citi-
zens without special services because of their status as Indians. Such 
program may include language training, orientation in non-Indian 
community customs and living standards, vocational training and re-
lated subjects, transportation to the place of training or instruction, 
and subsistence during the course of training or instruction. 
For the 
purposes of such program, the Secretary is authorized to enter into 
contracts or agreements with any Federal, State, or local governmental 
agency, corporation, association, or persons. Nothing in this section 
shall preclude any Federal agency from undertaking any other pro-
gram for the education and training of Indians with funds appropri-
ated to it. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 6190] 
Public Law 86-323 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey the Ai-my and Navy General 
Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, to the State of Arkansas, 
and for other purposes. 
Arkansas. 
Conveyance. 
70A Stat. 
147. 
Limitation. 
Be it eTiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That (a) the Sec-
retary of the Army is authorized and directed to convey to the State 
of Arkansas by quitclaim deed, without consideration and without 
regard to the provisions of section 2662 of title 10 of the United States 
Code, but subject to the conditions, limitations, and reservations here-
inafter set forth, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to approximately twenty-one acres, more or less, of land located 
at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, which comprise a part of 
the reservation presently occupied by the Army and Navy General 
Hospital, together with all buildings and improvements situated 
thereon and all appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertaining 
thereto, 
(b) The conveyance authorized by this Act may not include any 
part of that portion of the Hot Springs National Park, comprising 
approximately three and one-half acres hereinafter described by 
metes" and bounds, presently occupied in part by the National Park 
Service, or any building, improvement, appurtenance, or utility apper-
taining thereto, or any personal property situated thereon. 
Such 
buildings, improvements, appurtenances, and utilities are hereby 
transferred to the Department of the Interior. The limitation made 
by the first sentence of this subsection applies to that portion of 
such park described as follows: Beginning at the west iron road 
gate post on the property line at Reserve Avenue at point A, north-
westerly along the curb line to point B approximately midway 
along the curb line immediately east of building numbered 16; 
thence northeasterly to terminus of the rock wall at point C; thence 
73 
S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 86-323-SEPT. 21, 1959 
595 
northeasterly to the junction of the rock wall and the rock and 
masonry wall at point D; thence northeasterly along the rock and 
masonry wall to its junction with the United States Government 
property line at point E ; thence southerly and westerly along the 
property line to the starting point at point A, containing approxi-
mately 3.5 acres, being the land shown on sheet 9 of 10 sheets, draw-
ing numbered 109, entitled "Master Plan Army and Navy General 
Hospital, General Utility Map, as revised by the National Park 
Service, April 20, 1959, Dwg. No. NP-HS-7005." 
SEC. 2. The deed of conveyance executed pursuant to this Act 
shall expressly reserve to the United States (a) all mineral rights 
in the land so conveyed, and (b) full title to all thermal waters 
on and under such land. 
The Secretary of the Interior is author-
ized to grant to the State of Arkansas a permit for the use of so 
much of such waters as may be required for the use of such land 
by the State for the purposes described in section 3 of this Act. 
SEC. 3. The deed of conveyance of real property authorized by 
this Act shall include the conditions that (a) such property shall 
be used by the State of Arkansas as a vocational rehabilitation cen-
ter or for other public health or educational purposes, (b) if at 
any time the Secretary of the Army determines, upon advice 
received from the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 
that the property so conveyed is not used for such purposes, title 
thereto shall immediately revert to the United States, and (c) in 
the event of any such reversion, title to all improvements made 
thereon by the State of Arkansas during its occupancy shall vest 
in the United States without payment of compensation therefor. 
SEC. 4. The deed of conveyance of the real property authorized by 
this Act shall include appropriate provisions to insure that (a) 
whenever the Congress of the United States declares a state of war 
or other national emergency, or the President declares a state of 
emergency, and upon the determination by the Secretary of Defense 
that the property conveyed under this Act is useful or necessary for 
military, air, or naval purposes, or in the interest of national de-
fense, the United States shall have the right, without obligation 
to make payment of any kind, to reenter upon the property and 
use the same or any part thereof, including any and all improve-
ments made thereon by the State of Arkansas, for a period not to 
exceed the duration of such state of war or national emergency 
plus six months, and (b) upon the termination of such use by the 
United States, the property shall be returned to the State of Ar-
kansas, together w^ith any or all improvements thereon and appur-
tenances appertaining thereto. 
SEC. 5. In executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this Act, 
the Secretary of the Army shall include such other reservations and 
conditions as he and the Secretary of the Interior shall determine to 
to be required in the public interest. 
SEC. 6. Upon the execution of that deed of conveyance, the Secre-
tary of the Army is further authorized, subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b) of the first section of this Act, to transfer to the State 
of Arkansas, without consideration, such equipment and personal 
property located at the Army and Navy General Hospital as he shall 
determine to be required for use by the State for the purposes stated 
in section 3 of this Act. 
SEC. 7. In the event the State of Arkansas does not accept the con-
veyance authorized by this Act on or before June 30, 1960, the Secre-
tary of the Army shall thereafter report to the Administrator of the 
General Services Administration as excess property pursuant to the 
Reservation. 
Conditions, 
Right of reentry. 
Equipment 
a n d 
personal property. 
N o n a cceptance 
of conveyance. 
596 
PUBLIC LAW 86-324-SEPT. 21, 1959 
[73 ST A T , 
40 use 471 note. 
provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949 (63 Stat. 377), as amended, all the lands and improvements 
thereon comprising the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs 
National Park, Arkansas, and said lands and improvements thereon 
shall cease to be a part of the Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. 
SEC. 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this iVct, the Secre-
tary of the Interior may take custody and control of any or all of the 
lands and improvements thereon comprising the Army and Navy Gen-
eral Hospital, and restore such lands and improvements to the Hot 
Springs National Park, if (a) the State of Arkansas does not accept 
the conveyance authorized by this Act on or before June 30, 1960, or 
(b) title thereto reverts to the United States following the convey-
ance thereof to the State of Arkansas. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 6269] 
Public Law 86-324 
AN ACT 
To amend section 26r» of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 to define the 
term "a member of a reserve component" so as to include a member of the 
Army or Air Force without specification of component. 
tion. 
70 Stat. 5 17 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Armed Forces. UnitedStates 
of America in Congress assemoled, That section 265(h) 
poVent's" de^nntof the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 (50 U.S.C. 1016) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(h) For the purpose of this section— 
"(1) the term'a member of a reserve component'shall include 
a member of the Army or Air Force without specification of 
component, and 
"(2) the term 'involuntary release' shall include release under 
conditions wherein a member of a reserve component, who has 
completed a tour of duty, volunteers for an additional tour of 
duty and the service concerned does not extend or. accept the 
volunteer request of the member for the additional tour." 
SEC. 2. Payments authorized by this Act shall be made from appro-
priations currently available for military pay and allowances. 
SEC. 3. This Act is effective from July 9,1956. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Funds. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 86-325 
September 21, 1959 
^ ^ A C T 
[H. R. 6368] 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to place certain pumice stone on the free list. 
Pumice stone. 
46 Stat. 672. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 201 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1201), is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"PAR. 1823. Pumice stone, when imported to be used in the manu-
facture of concrete masonry products, such as building blocks, bricks, 
tiles, and similar forms, under such regulations as the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall prescribe." 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption, after the thirtieth day after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Approved September 21, 1959.