An Act to further extend the period of restrictions on lands of the Quapaw Indians Oklahoma, and for other purposes
PL 91-290 (S.887), enacted 06/25/1970

84 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-290-JUNE 25, 1970 
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Detention bene-
fits. 
Amount. 
"(2) The Commission is authorized to receive and to determine, 
according to law, the amount and validity, and provide for the pay-
ment of any claim filed by, or on behalf of, any civilian American 
citizen for detention benefits for any period of time subsequent to 
February 27, 1961, during which he was held by any such hostile 
force as a prisoner, internee, hostage, or in any other capacity, or 
remained in hiding to avoid capture or internment by any such hostile 
force. 
"(3) The detention benefits allowed under paragraph (2) of this 
subsection shall be at the rate of $60 for each calendar month. 
"(4) The detention benefits allowed under paragraph (2) of this 
subsection shall be allowed to the civilian American citizen entitled 
thereto, or, in the event of his death, only to the following persons: 
"(A) the widow or husband if there is no child or children 
of the deceased; 
"(B) the widow or dependent husband and child or children 
of the deceased, one-half to the widoAv or dependent husband and 
the other half to the child or children in equal shares ; 
"(C) the child or children of the deceased in equal shares if 
there is no widow or dependent husband, 
"(5) Any claim allowed by the Commission under this subsection 
shall be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out 
of funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection, and shall be paid 
to the person entitled thereto, except that if a person entitled to 
payment under this section is under any legal disability, payment 
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) 
of this section. 
"(6) Each claim filed under this section must be filed not later than 
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three years from whichever of the following dates last occurs: 
"(A) the date of enactment of this subsection; 
"(B) the date the civilian American citizen by whom the claim 
is filed returned to the jurisdiction of the United States; or 
"(C) the date upon which the Commission, at the request of a 
j>otentially eligible survivor, makes a determination that the 
civilian American citizen has actually died or may be presumed 
to be dead, in the case of anj civilian American citizen who has 
not returned to the jurisdiction of the United States. 
The Commission shall complete its determinations for each claim filed 
under this subsection at the earliest practicable date, but not later 
than one year after the date on which such claim was filed. 
"(7) There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may 
be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection, including 
necessary administrative expenses." 
Approved June 24, 1970. 
66 Stat. 49. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 91-290 
AN ACT 
To further extend the period of restrictions on lands of the Quapaw Indiana, 
Oklahoma, and for other purpases. 
June 25, 1970 
[S. 887] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the existing oua^^^"' mdians. 
restrictions, tax exemptions, and limitations affecting lands of Quapaw 
Land restrictions, 
Indians in Oklahoma that were extended to March 3, 1971, by the extension. 
Act of July 27,1939 (63 Stat. 1127), are hereby extended for a further 
period of twenty-five years from the date on which such restrictions, 
tax exemptions, and limitations would otherwise expire. 
Approved June 25, 1970.