Joint resolution to provide that it be the sense of Congress that a White House Conference on Aging be called by the President of the United States in 1971, to be planned and conducted by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and for related purposes
PL 90-526 (H.J.Res.1371), enacted 09/28/1968

878 
72 Stat. 813-
Report to 
Congress. 
74 Stat. 878. 
Ante, p. 877. 
PUBLIC LAW 90-526-SEPT. 28, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
SEC. 5. Subsection (d) of section 2733 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(d) If the Secretary concerned considers that a claim in exc^s 
of $5,000 is meritorious and would otherwise be covered by this section, 
he may pay the claimant $5,000 and report the excess to Congress for 
its consideration." 
SEG. 6. Subsection (f) of section 715 of title 32, United States Code, 
is amenderJ to read as follows • 
"(f) In any case where the aijiount to be paid is not more than 
$2,500, the authority contained in subsection (a) may be delegated 
to any officer of the Army or the Air Force, as the case may be, who 
has been delegated authority under section 2733(g) of title 10, to 
settle similar claims, subject to appeal to the Secretary concerned, or 
his designee for that purpose." 
Approved September 26, 1968. 
Public Law 90-526 
September 28,1968 
[H.J. Res. 1371] 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
White House 
Conference on 
Aging, 1971, 
authorization. 
To provide that it be the sense of Congress that a White House Conference on 
Aging be called by the President of the United States in 1971, to be planned 
and conducted by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and for 
related purposes. 
Whereas the primary responsibility for meeting the challenge and 
problems of aging is that of the States and communities, all levels 
of government are involved and must necessarily share responsi-
bility ; and it is therefore the policy of the Congress that the Federal 
Government shall work jointly with the States and their citizens, to 
develop recommendations and plans for action, consistent with the 
objectives of this joint resolution, which will serve the purposes of— 
(1) assuring middle-aged and older persons equal opportunity 
wdth others to engage in gainful employment which they are 
capable of performing; and 
(2) enabling retired persons to enjoy incomes sufficient for 
health and for participation in family and community life as 
self-respecting citizens; and 
(3) providing housing suited to the needs of older persons 
and at prices they can afford to pay; and 
(4) assisting middle-aged and older persons to make the 
preparation, develop skills and interests, and find social contacts 
which will make the gift of added years of life a period of reward 
and satisfaction; and 
(5) stepping up research designed to relieve old age of its 
burdens of sickness, mental breakdown, and social ostracism; 
and 
(6) evaluating progress made since the last White House Con-
ference on Aging, and examining the changes which the next 
decade will bring in the character of the problems confronting 
older persons; and 
Whereas it is essential that in all programs developed for the aging, 
emphasis should be upon the right and obligation of older persons 
to free choice and self-help in planning their own futures: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United, 
States of America in Congress assemhled^ That (a) the President of 
the United States is authorized to call a White House Conference on 
Aging in 1971 in order to develop recommendations for further 
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research and action in the field of aging, which will further the policies 
set forth in the preamble of this joint resolution, shall be planned and 
conducted under the direction of the Secretary who shall have the 
cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and 
agencies, including the assignment of personnel, as may be appropriate. 
(b) For the purpose of arriving at facts and recommendations 
concerning the utilization of skills, experience, and energies and the 
improvement of the conditions of our older people, the conference shall 
bring together representatives of Federal, State, and local govern-
ments, professional and lay people who are working in the field of 
aging, and of the general public, including older persons themselves. 
(c) A final report of the White House Conference on Aging shall p^^g?^''^'° 
be submitted to the President not later than one hundred and twenty 
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days following the date on which the Conference is called and the 
findings and recommendations included therein shall be immediately 
made available to the public. The Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare shall, within ninety days after the submission of such final 
report, transmit to the President and the Congress his recommenda-
tions for the administrative action and the legislation necessary to 
implement the recommendations contained in such report. 
Recom-
mendations. 
ADMINISTKAITION 
SEC. 2. In administering this joint resolution, the Secretary shall— 
(a) request the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal 
departments and agencies as may be appropriate in carrying out 
the provisions of this joint resolution; 
(b) render all reasonable assistance, including financial assist-
ance, to the States in enabling them to organize and conduct con-
ferences on aging prior to the White House Conference on Aging; 
(c) prepare and make available background materials for the 
use of delegates to the White House Conference as he may deem 
necessary and shall prepare and distribute such report or reports 
of the Conference as may be indicated; and 
(d) in carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution, 
engage such additional personnel as may be necessary without 
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
appointments in the competitive civil service, and without regard 
to chapter 57 a,nd subchapter 111 of chapter 53 of such title relat-
ing to classification and General Schedule pay rates. 
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5332 note. 
ADVISORY 
COMMITTEES 
SEC. 3. The Secretary is authorized and directed to establish an 
Advisory Committee to the White House Conference on Aging com-
posed of not more than twenty-eight professional and public members, 
a substantial number of whom shall be fifty-five years of age or older, 
and, as necessary, to establish technical advisory committees to advise 
and assist in planning and conducting the Conference. The Secretary 
shall designate one of the appointed members as Chairman. Members 
of any committee appointed pursuant to this section, who are not 
officers or employees of the United States, while attending conferences 
or meetings of their committees or otherwise serving at the request of 
the Secretary, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to compensation, 
be fixed by the Secretary but not exceeding $75 per diem, including ^'^"^^ expenses. 
traveltime, and while away from their homes or regular places of 
business the^ may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in 
lieu of subsistence, as authorized under section 5703 of title 5 of the 
United States Code for persons in the Government service employed 
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intei*mittently. The Commissioner on Aging shall act as Executive 
Secretary of the Committee. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 4. For the purposes of this joint resolution— 
(1) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare; and 
(2) the term "State" includes the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
SEC. 5. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this joint 
resolution the sum of $1,900,000. 
Approved September 28, 1968. 
September28,1968 
[S.3728] 
Indians, Kiowa, 
Comanche, and 
Apache Tribes. 
Judgment funds, 
disposition. 
Ante, p. 239. 
Tax exemption. 
Public Law 90-527 
AN ACT 
To authorize the use of funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Kiowa, 
Oomanehe, and Ayache Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma, and for otlier 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatk^es 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) the funds 
on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the 
Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes that were appropriated by the 
Act of June 19, 1968 (Public Law 90-352), to pay a judgment by the 
Indian Claims Conmiission entered in dockets numbered 258 and 259, 
and the interest thereon, after deducting attorney fees and litigation 
expenses, shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior ]Der 
capita to the persons whose names appear on a roll approved by the 
Tribes on May 20, 1960, as the basis for distributing a prior Indian 
Claims Commission judgment, after such roll has been brought current 
by said tribes, with the technical assistance of the Secretary, (1) by 
adding the names of children of enrol lees who were born on or prior to 
and were living on the date of this Act, (2) by adding the names of 
persons who were eligible for enrollment on the May 20,1960 roll, but 
were not enrolled, and their children, if they were living on the date of 
this Act, and (3) by deleting the names of persons who w^ere deceased 
on the date of this Act. 
(b) The Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes or their authorized 
representatives shall prescribe a date by which evidence of eligibility 
for enrollment must be submitted. 
(c) The cost of bringing such roll current, and the cost of making 
the per capita distribution, shall be paid by appropriate withdrawals 
from funds on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of 
said tribes in such amounts as the tribes and the Secretary may 
approve, and not out of said judgment and interest thereon. 
(d) On approval of the roll by the Secretary, payment shall be 
made directly to each enrollee, or his heirs or legatees upon proof of 
death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary, whose findings 
shall be final and conclusive, except that a share or interest therein 
payable to a person under twenty-one years of age or to a person under 
legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedure as the 
Secretary, with the advice of the tribes, determines appropriate to 
protect his best interests. 
(e) Funds distributed per capita pursuant to this Act shall not be 
subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
Approved September 28, 1968.