An Act to designate as the John H. Overton Lock and Dam the lock and dam authorized to be constructed on the Red River near Alexandria, La
PL 91-628 (H.R.14683), enacted 12/31/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-627-DEC. 31, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
"(g) For the purpose of survivor annuity, special contributions 
authorized by paragraph (b) of this section may also be made by the 
survivor of a participant.". 
Approved December 31, 1970. 
December 3 1 , 1970 
[H.R. 380] 
Public Law 91-627 
AN ACT 
To amend section 7 of the Act of August 9, 1946 (60 Stat. 968), 
Yakima Tribes. 
Non-members, 
inheritance. 
25 u s e 607. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 7 of the 
Act of August 9, 1946 (60 Stat. 968), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 7. (a) A person who is not an enrolled member of the Yakima 
Tribes with one-fourth degree or more blood of such tribes shall not 
be entitled to receive by devise or inheritance any interest in trust or 
restricted land within the Yakima Reservation or within the area 
ceded by the Treaty of June 9,1855 (12 Stat. 1951), if, while the dece-
dent's estate is pending before the Examiner of Inheritance, the 
Yakima Tribes pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of such 
person, the fair market value of such interest as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior after appraisal. The interest for which pay-
ment is made shall be held by the Secretary in Trust for the Yakima 
Tribes. 
"(b) On request of the Yakima Tribes the Examiner of Inheritance 
shall keep an estate pending for not less than two years from the date 
of decedent's death. 
"(c) When a person who is prohibited by subsection (a) from acquir-
ing any interest by devise or inheritance is a surviving spouse of the 
decedent, a life estate in one-half of the interest acquired by the Yakima 
Tribes shall, on the request of such spouse, be reserved for that spouse 
and the value of such life estate so reserved shall be reflected in the 
Secretary's appraisal under subsection (a)." 
SEC. 2. The provisions of section 7 of the Act of August 9, 1946, as 
amended by this Act, shall apply to all estates pending before the 
Examiner of Inheritance on the date of this Act, and to all future 
estates, but shall not apply to any estate heretofore closed. 
Approved December 31, 1970. 
Public Law 91-628 
December 3 1 , 1970 
[H.R. 14683] 
John H. Overton 
Lock and Dam, 
Alexandria, La. 
Designation. 
AN ACT 
To designate as the John H. Overton Lock and Dam the lock and dam authorized 
to be constructed on the Red River near Alexandria, Louisiana, 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the lock and 
dam authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 
(82 Stat. 731) for construction on the Red River at about mile 70.3 
near Alexandria, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the 
John H. Overton Lock and Dam. Any law, regulation, map, docu-
ment, or record of the United States in which such lock and dam are 
referred to as lock and dam numbered 2 of the Red River below the 
Fulton, Arkansas, project, or in any other manner, shall be held to 
refer to such lock and dam as the John H. Overton Lock and Dam. 
Approved December 31, 1970.