A bill to authorize appropriations for the Indian Claims Commission for fiscal year 1975.
PL 93-494 (S.3007), enacted 10/27/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-494-OCT. 27, 1974 
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evaporation and other causes. Authorized releases, as provided above, 
are subject to and subordinated to any obligations under contracts for 
San Juan-Chama project vf^ater now or hereafter in force and for 
filling and maintaining a pool in Cochiti Reservoir under the Act of 
Congress dated March 26, 1964 (Public Law 88-293; 78 Stat. 171). 
The provisions of section 11(a) of the Act of June 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 
96), requiring a contract satisfactory to the Secretary for the use of 
43 use eisss. 
any water of the San Juan River are hereby expressly waived with 
water use con-
respect to the use of water required to establish and maintain a perma- *'"^''*' "'^'^^'^• 
nent pool in Elephant Butte Reservoir: Provided^ however^ That 
nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish, abridge, or impair 
any water rights of the Jicarilla, Southern Ute, Navajo and Ute Moun-
tain Indians. Releases, as authorized by this title, shall be discon-
tinued or reduced upon a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction 
that such releases are detrimental to such Indian water rights. 
(b) The releases of water from Heron Reservoir authorized herein 
shall not be permitted unless and until the Rio Grande Compact Com-
mission agrees by resolution that>— 
(1) the term "usable water" as defined in article I of the Rio 
Grande (^ompact shall not include San Juan-Chama project water 
stored in Elephant Butte Reservoir; 
(2) in the determination of "actual spill" as that term is defined 
in article I of the Rio Grande Compact, neither the spill of "credit 
water", as that term is defined in article I of the Rio Grande 
Compact, shall not occur until all San Juan-Chama project water 
stored in Elephant Butte Reservoir shall have been spilled; and 
(3) the amount of evaporation loss chargeable to San Juan-
Chama project water stored in Elephant Butte Reservoir shall 
be that increment of the evaporation loss from the storage of San 
Juan-Chama project wate^r; the evaporation loss from the reser-
voir shall be taken as the difference between the gross evapora-
tion from the water surface of Elephant Butte Reservoir and the 
rainfall on the same surface. 
(c) Fifty per centum of any incremental costs incurred by the 
Secretary in the implementation of this title shall be borne by a non-
Federal entity pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary. 
SEC, 1402. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to 
increase the amount of money heretofore authorized to be appropriated 
for construction of the Colorado River storage project, any of its 
units, or of the Rio Grande project. 
SEC. 1403. Nothing herein shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, 
modify, or be in conflict with the provisions of the Rio Grande com-
pact. 
Approved October 27, 1974. 
Public Law 93-494 
A N A C T 
October 27, 1974 
To authorize appropriations for the Indian Claims Commission for fiscal year 
[S. 3007] 
1975. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houm of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That there is author- 
Indian claims 
ized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,450,000 to carry out the pro- 
Appropriation 
visions of the Indian Claims Commission Act (25 IJ.S.C. 70), during authorization. 
fiscal year 1975. 
SEC. 2. The first sentence of the last paragraph in section 2 of the 
Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050; 25 U.S.C. 70a) is hereby 
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amended by striking the semicolon and the word "the" after the words 
"section 250 of title 28" and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the 
following: ''''Provided^ That expenditures for food, rations, or pro-
visions shall not be deemed payments on the claim. The". 
Approved October 27, 1974. 
October 28, 1974 
[H.R. 11221] 
Public Law 93-495 
AN ACT 
To increase deposit insurance from $20,000 to $40,000, to provide full insurance 
for public unit deposits of $100,000 per account, to establish a National 
Commission on Electronic Fund Transfers, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Federal deposit United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
insurance, 
crease. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO AND EXTENSIONS OF PRO-
VISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO FEDERAL REGULA-
TION OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS 
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FULL DEPOSIT INSURANCE FOR PUBLIC UNITS 
SECTION 101. (a) The Federal Deposit Insurance Act is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m) of section 3 (12 U.S.C. 1813(m)), by 
inserting immediately after "depositor" in the first sentence the 
following: "(other than a depositor referred to in the third sen-
tence of this subsection)"; 
(2) in subsection (i) of section 7 (12 U.S.C. 1817(i)), by strik-
ing out "Trust" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Except with respect to trust funds which are owned by a deposi-
tor referred to in paragraph (2) of section 11(a) of this Act, 
trust"; and 
(3) in subsection (a) of section 11 (12 U.S.C. 1821(a)), by 
inserting "(1)" immediately after "(a)", by striking out "The" 
in the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Except as provided in paragraph (2), the", and by inserting at 
the end of such subsection the following: 
" (2) (A) Notwithstanding any limitation in this Act or in any other 
provision of law relating to the amount of deposit insurance available 
for the account of any one depositor, in the case of a depositor who is— 
"(i) an officer, employee, or agent of the United States having 
official custody of public funds and lawfully investing or deposit-
ing the same in time and savings deposits in an insured bank; 
"(ii) an officer, employee, or agent of any State of the United 
States, or of any county, municipality, or political subdivision 
thereof having official custody of public funds and lawfully 
investing or depositing the same in time and savings deposits in 
an insured bank in such State; 
"(iii) an officer, employee, or agent of the District of Columbia 
having official custody of public funds and lawfully investing or 
depositing the same in time and savings deposits in an insured 
bank in the District of Columbia; or 
"(iv) an officer, employee, or agent of the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, of the Virgin Islands, of American Samoa, or of 
Guam, or of any county, municipality, or political subdivision 
thereof having official custody of public funds and lawfully invest-
ing or depositing the same in time and savings deposits in a.n 
insured bank in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands, American Samoa, or Guam, respectively;