A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide for the disposal of certain excess and surplus Federal property to the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of any group, band, or tribe of Indians.
PL 93-599 (H.R.8958), enacted 01/02/1975

1954 
PUBLIC LAW 93-598-JAN. 2, 1975 
[88 
STAT. 
Public Law 93-598 
January 2, 1975 
[H. R. 8591] 
Navy and Ma-
rine Corps. 
Presidential 
appointments to 
active list. 
10 u s e 5573a 
note. 
AN A C T 
Vietnam con-
flict. 
10 u s e 5573a 
note. 
10 u s e 5573a 
note. 
To aiUhorixe the President to appoint to tlie active list of the Navy and Marine 
Corps certain Reserves and temporary officers. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
JJnlted States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand-
ing section 5573a of title 10, United States Code, or any other law, 
the President may make appointments to the active list of the Navy 
in permanent grades not above captain, and to the active list of the 
Marine Corps in permanent grades not above colonel from officers of 
the following who were in a missing status as defined in section 551(2) 
of title 37, United States Code, during the Vietnam conflict as a result 
of that conflict: 
(1) The Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve. 
(2) The Regular Navy or Marine Corps who do not hold 
permanent commission appointments therein. 
SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act, the Vietnam conflict— 
(1) begins on February 28, 1961; 
(2) ends on the date designated by the President by Executive 
order as the date of the termination of combatant activities in 
Vietnam; and 
(3) includes activities in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia 
and 
Thailand. 
SEC. 3. The authority to make appointments under this Act shall 
expire two years from the date of enactment. 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
January 2, 1975 
[H. R. 8958] 
Public Law 93-599 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to 
provide for the disposal of certain excess and surplus Federal property to the 
Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of any group, band, or tribe of Indians. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Indian reserva- 
JJr^y^Q^ Statcs of Americtt in Congress assembled, That section 202(a) 
Excess property, of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
disposal. 
(40 U.S.C. 483(a)) is amended as follows: 
(1) The first sentence of such subsection is amended by striking 
out "In" at the beginning of such sentence and inserting in lieu 
thereof: "(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this 
subsection, in". 
(2) Such subsection is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new paragraph: 
"(2) The Administrator shall prescribe such procedures as may be 
necessary in order to transfer without compensation to the Secretary 
of the Interior excess real property located within the reservation of 
any group, band, or tribe of Indians which is recognized as eligible 
for services by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Such excess real property 
shall be held in trust by the Secretary for the benefit and use of the 
group, band, or tribe of Indians, within whose reservation such excess 
real property is located: Provided, That such transfers of real prop-
erty within the State of Oklahoma shall be made to the Secretary of 
the Interior to be held in trust for Oklahoma Indian tribes recognized 
by the Secretary of the Interior when such real property (1) is located 
within boundaries of former reservations in Oklahoma as defined by 
the Secretary of Interior and when such real property was held 
in trust by the United States for an Indian tribe at the time of 
88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-600-JAN. 2, 1975 
1955 
acquisition by the United States, or (2) is contiguous to real property 
presently held in trust by the United States for an Oklahoma Indian 
tribe and was at any time held in trust by the United States for an 
Indian tribe." 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
Public Law 93-600 
AN ACT 
To amend the Trademark Act to extend the time for filing oppositions, to elimi-
nate the requirement for filing reasons of appeal in the Patent Office, and to 
provide for awarding attorney fees. 
Be it etiacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenfibled^ 
SECTION 1. Section 13 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 427), 
as amended, is amended by deleting the second sentence and substitut-
ing therefor: "Upon written request prior to the expiration of the 
thirty-day period, the time for filing opposition shall be extended for 
an additional thirty days, and further extensions of time for filing 
opposition may be granted by the Commissioner for good cause. The 
Commissioner shall notify the applicant of each extension of the time 
for filing opposition.". 
SEC. 2. Section 21 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 427), as 
amended, is amended by deleting subsections (2), (3), and (4) from 
paragraph (a) and substituting therefor: 
"(2) Such an appeal to the United States Court of Customs and 
Patent Appeals shall be taken by filing a notice of appeal with the 
Commissioner, within sixty days after the date of the decision appealed 
from or such longer time after said date as the Commissioner appoints. 
The notice of such appeal shall specify the party or parties taking 
the appeal, shall designate the decision or part thereof appealed from, 
and shall state that the appeal is taken to said court. 
"(3) The court shall, before hearing such appeal, give notice of the 
time and place of the hearing to the Commissioner and the parties 
thereto. The Commissioner shall transmit to the couit certified copies 
of all the necessary original papers and evidence in the esse specified 
by the appellant and any additional papers and evidence specified by 
the appellee, and in an ex parte case the Commissioner shall furnish 
the court with a brief explaining the grounds of tlie decision of the 
Patent Office, touching all the points involved in the appeal. 
"(4) The court shall decide such appeal on the evidence produced 
before the Patent Office. The court shall return to the Commissioner a 
certificate of its proceedings and decision, which shall be entered of 
record in the Patent Office and govern further proceedings in the 
case.". 
SEC. 3. Section 35 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 427), as 
amended, is amended by adding the following sentence at the end 
thereof: "The court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney 
fees to the prevailing party.". 
SEC. 4. This Act shall become effective upon enactment, but shall 
not affect any suit, proceeding, or appeal then pending. 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
January 2, 1975 
[H. R. 8981] 
Trademarks. 
Extension for 
filing oppositions. 
15 u s e 1063. 
15 u s e 1071. 
Notice of 
appeal. 
Hearing, notice. 
Attorney fees, 
15 u s e 1117. 
Effective date. 
15 u s e 1063 
note.