An Act to remove the present $5,000 limitation which prevents the Secretary of the Air Force from settling certain claims arising out of the crash of a US Air Force aircraft at Midwest City, Okla.
PL 87-393 (H.R.8958), enacted 10/04/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-394-OCT. 5, 1961 
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Public Law 87-393 
AN \C,T 
October 4, 1961 
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[H. R. 8958] 
Report to C o n -
gress. 
To remove the present $5,000 limitation which prevents the Secretary of the 
Air Force from settling certain claims arising out of the crash of a United 
States Air Force aircraft at Midwest City, Oklahoma. 
Be it enacted ly the SeTiate arid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, Th&t the $5,000 
^et^'i'^menTof 
limitation contained in section 2733 of title 10, United States Code, 
certain claims. 
shall not apply with respect to claims arising out of the crash of a 
United States Air Force aircraft at Midwest City, Oklahoma, on 
August 25, 1961. 
SEC. 2. With respect to claims filed as a result of an aircraft crash 
described in the first section of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall, within thirty months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, report to Congress on— 
(1) each claim settled and paid by him under this Act with a 
brief statement concerning the character and equity of each such 
claim, the amount claimed, and the amount approved and paid; 
and 
(2) each claim submitted under this Act which has not been 
settled, with supporting papers and a statement of findings of 
facts and recommendations with respect to each such claim. 
SEC. 3. Payments made pursuant to this Act for death, personal 
injury, and property loss claims, shall not be subject to insurance 
subrogation claims in any respect. 
No payments made pursuant to 
this Act shall include any amount for reimbursement to any insurance 
company or compensation insurance fund for loss payments made by 
such company or fund. 
SEC. 4. No part of the amounts awarded under this Act in excess 
of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by 
any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection 
with these claims, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to 
the contrary notwithstanding. 
Any person violating the provisions 
P^n^ity. 
of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. 
Approved October 4, 1961, 
Public Law 87-394 
A N A C T 
October 5,1961 
To amend the Freeport Harbor project, Texas. 
[H. R. 8320] 
project, Tex. 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the existing 
Freeport Harbor 
project for Freeport Harbor, Texas, is hereby modified by revoking 
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the provision of local cooperation set forth at paragraph 12(a) of the 
report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors as contained 
in House Document Numbered 1469, Sixty-third Congress, insofar as 
it requires the town of Freeport to own in perpetuity the strip of land 
specifically referred to therein and to maintain a dock thereon. The 
assurance heretofore furnished by the town in compliance with this 
requirement is hereby nullified. 
SEC. 2. The Freeport Harbor project shall be subject to a condition 
that local interests shall maintain adequate public terminal facilities 
at the harbor. 
Approved October 5, 1961.