An Act to provide that each grant of exchange assignment on tribal lands on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation shall have the same force and effect as a trust patent, and for other purposes
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the case may be, is not being or cannot be carried out, or (4) that there 
is a substantial failure to carry out plans and specifications approved 
by the Surgeon General under section (>25 or section 654, as the case 
may be, or (5) that adequate State funds are not being provided an-
nually for the direct administration of the State plan, the Surgeon 
General may forthwith notify the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
State agency that no further certification will be made under part B, 
part C, part F, or part G, as the case may be, or that no further cer-
tification will be made for any project or projects designated by the 
Surgeon General as being affected by the default, as the Surgeon Gen-
eral may determine to be appropriate under the circumstances; and, 
except with regard to any project for which the application has al-
ready been approved and which is not directly affected by such de-
fault, he may withhold further certifications until there is no longer 
any failure to comply, or, if compliance is impossible, until the State 
repays or arranges for the repayment of Federal moneys which have 
been diverted or improperly expended. 
"(b) (1) If the Surgeon General refuses to approve any applica-
tion under section 625 or section 654, the State agency through which 
the application was submitted, or if any State is dissatisfied with the 
Surgeon General's action under subsection (a) of this section, such 
State may appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals for the 
circuit in which such State is located. 
The summons and notice of 
appeal may be served at any place in the United States. The Surgeon 
(xeneral shall forthwith certify and file in the court the transcript of 
the proceedings and the record on which he based his action." 
(h) Section 635 is hereby amended to read: 
Appeal. 
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STATE CONTROL OF OPERATIONS 
"SEC. 635. Except as otherwise specifically provided, nothing in this 
title shall be construed as conferring on any Federal officer or employee 
the right to exercise any supervision or control over the administra-
tion, personnel, maintenance, or operation of any hospital, diagnostic 
or treatment center, rehabilitation facility, or nursing home with 
respect to which any funds have been or may be expended under this 
title." 
Approved July 12, 1954. 
Public Law 483 
CHAPTER 472 
AN ACT 
To provide that each grant of exchange assignment on tribal lands on the 
Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation 
shall have the same force and effect as a trust patent, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That, from and after 
the date of the approval of this Act, each grant of exchange assignment 
of tribal lands on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and the 
Standing Rock Sioux Reservation shall have the same force and effect, 
and shall confer the same rights, including all timber, mineral, and 
water rights now vested in or held by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 
or the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, upon the holder or holders thereof, 
that are conveyed by a trust patent issued pursuant to section 5 of the 
Act of February 8,1887 (24 Stat. 388), as amended and supplemented, 
except that the period of trust and tax exemption shall continue until 
otherwise directed by Congress. 
July 14,1954 
[S. 2488] 
Sioux IndicoiB. 
Exchange grants. 
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Regulationsa 
SEC. 2. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Standing Rock 
Sioux Tribe are authorized to pay to each holder of an exchange 
assignment of tribal lands all moneys collected by the tribe for the 
lease or use of subsurface rights in such lands. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved July 14, 1954. 
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Public Law 484 
CHAPTER 473 
AN ACT 
To promote the apportionment of the waters of the Columbia River and tribu-
taries for irrigation and other purposes by including the States of Nevada 
and Utah among the States authorized to negotiate a compact providing for 
such apportionment. 
Columbia River 
compact. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act entitled 
"An Act granting the consent of Congress to the States of Idaho, 
Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter 
into a compact for the disposition, allocation, diversion, and appor-
tionment of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and 
for other purposes", approved July 16, 1952 (66 Stat. 737), is 
amended by inserting after "Montana," the following: "Nevada,"; and 
after "Oregon," the following: "Utah,". 
Approved July 14, 1954. 
July 14,1954 
[H. J. Res. 537] 
Public Law 485 
CHAPTER 474 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition' 
at the Washington State Fourth International Trade Fair, Seattle, Washing-
ton, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 
vashington 
F o u r t h l n t ema-
tional Trade Fair. 
Free e n t r y f o r 
exhibits. 
Sale, etc. 
Marking require-
ments. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That all articles which shall 
be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at 
the Washington State Fourth International Trade Fair, to be held at 
Seattle, Washington, from March 11 to March 25, 1955, inclusive, by 
the International Trade Fair, Incorporated, a corporation, or for use 
in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at the said 
trade fair, upon which articles there shall be a tariff or customs duty, 
shall be admitted without payment of such tariff, customs duty, fees, 
or charges under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during or within 
three months after the close of the said trade fair to sell within the 
area of the trade fair any articles provided for herein, subject to such 
regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of 
import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Pro-
vided^ That all such articles when withdrawn for consumption or use 
in the United States, shall be subject to the duties, if any, imposed 
upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their 
withdrawal; and on such articles which shall have suffered dimunition 
or deterioration from incidental handling or exposure, the duties, 
if payable, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the 
time of withdrawal from entry hereunder for consumption or entry 
under the general tariff law: Provided further^ That imported articles