An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute an amendatory contract with American Falls Reservoir District No. 2, Idaho, and for other purposes
PL 83-616 (H.R.9889), enacted 08/21/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 616-AUG. 21, 1954 
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T A T . 
Time for filing. 
Appropriation. 
Adm ini st rati ve 
expenses. 
Adjustments. 
62 Stat. 1240; 64 
Stat. 449. 
62 Stat. 1241. 
s o u s e 
app. 
2001. 
"(5) Each claim filed under this subsection must be filed not later 
than one year from whichever of the following dates last occurs: 
"(A) The date of enactment of this subsection; 
•'(B) The date the prisoner of war by Avhom the claim is filed 
returned to the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces of the United 
States; or 
"(C) The date upon which the Department of Defense makes 
a determination that the prisoner of war has actually died or is 
presumed to be dead, in the case of any prisoner of war who has 
not returned to the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces of the 
United States. 
The Commission shall complete its determinations with respect to each 
claim filed under this subsection at the earliest practicable date, but 
in no event later than one year after the date on which such claim was 
filed. 
"(G) Any claim allowed under the provisions of this subsection 
shall be paid from funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (7) of 
this subsection. 
"(7) (A) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this sub-
section, including necessary administrative expenses. 
"(B) The Commission shall determine, from time to time, the share 
of its administrative expenses attributable to the performance of its 
functions under this subsection and make the appropriate adjustments 
in its accounts, and determinations and adjustments made pursuant to 
this subparagraph shall be final and conclusive." 
SEC. 3. (a) Subsections (a) and (e) of section 2 of the War Claims 
Act of 1948, as amended (50 App. U. S. C, Sec. 2001), are hereby 
repealed, and subsections (b), (c), and (d) of such section are hereby 
redesignated as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively. 
(b) The first sentence of the subsection herein redesignated as sub-
section (a) is hereby amended by striking out "The Commission" and 
inserting m lieu thereof the following: "The Foreign Claims Settle-
ment Commission of the United States (hereinafter referred to as the 
^Commission')". 
Approved August 21, 1954. 
AiiKust 21, 1954 
[H. R. 9889] 
Public Law 616 
CHAPTER 785 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute an amendatory contract 
with American Falls Reservoir District Numbered 2, Idaho, and for other 
purposes. 
American F a l l s 
R e s e r v o i r Dis-
trict No. 2, Idaho. 
Repeal. 
Su p pie tn e n t ary 
law. 
Be it enafited hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre-
tary of the Interior is authorized to execute on behalf of the United 
States the amendatory contract with American Falls Reservoir Dis-
trict Numbered 2, Idaho, negotiated pursuant to section 7 of the 
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1192; 43 U. S. C , 
1946 edition, sec. 485f), and approved by the district's electors on 
June 29,1954. 
SEC. 2. All beginning with the first '•''Provided'''^ under the sub-
heading "Minidoka project, American Falls Reservoir, Idaho" under 
the heading "Bureau of Reclamation" of the Act of January 12, 1927 
(44 Stat. 934, 958), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. This Act is declared to be a supplement to the Federal 
Reclamation Laws. 
Approved August 21, 1954.