Joint resolution Authorizing the erection of a memorial gift from the people of the Netherlands.
PL 83-628 (H.J.Res.356), enacted 08/23/1954

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trust for the benefit of the Indians of the Alabama and Coushatta 
Tribes of Texas, subject to such conditions regarding management and 
use as the State of Texas may prescribe and the disposition of such 
lands shall be subject to approval of a majority of the adult members 
of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas. 
SEC. 2. Upon the conveyance to the State of Texas of the lands held 
in trust by the United States for the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes 
of Texas, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal 
Register a proclamation declaring that the Federal trust relationship 
to such tribe and its members has terminated. Thereafter such tribe 
and its members shall not be entitled to any of the services performed 
by the United States for Indians because of their status as Indians: 
Provided^ That after the date of this Act such Indians shall be eligible 
for admission, on the same terms that apply to other Indians, to 
hospitals and schools maintained by the United States. 
SEC. 3. Effective on the date of the proclamation provided for in 
section 2 of this Act, all powers of the Secretary of the Interior or 
any other officer of the United States to take, review, or approve any 
action under the constitution and bylaws of the Alabama and 
Coushatta Tribes of Texas approved on August 19, 1938, pursuant to 
the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), are terminated. 
Any powers 
conferred upon the tribe by its constitution and bylaws that are 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are terminated. 
Such 
termination shall not aifect the power of the tribe to take any action 
under its constitution and bylaws that is consistent with this Act 
without the participation of the Secretary or other officer of the 
United States in such action. 
SEC. 4. The indebtedness of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of 
Texas to the United States incurred under the provisions of the Act 
of May 29, 1928 (45 Stat. 883, 900), is canceled, effective on the date 
of the proclamation to be issued in accordance with the provisions of 
section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 5. The corporate charter of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes 
of Texas issued pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), 
ratified on October 17, 1939, is revoked, effective on the date of the 
proclamation to be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 
2 of this Act. 
SEC. 6. On and after the date of the proclamation to be issued in 
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of this Act, all statutes of 
the United States which affect Indians because of their status as 
Indians shall no longer be applicable to the Alabama and Coushatta 
Tribes of Texas or the members thereof, except as provided in section 
2 of this Act, and the laws of the several States shall apply to the 
tribe and its members in the same manner as they apply to other 
citizens or persons within their jurisdiction. 
SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall aflPect the status of the members 
of the tribes as citizens of the United States. 
SEC. 8. The Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended by the 
Act of June 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 387), shall not apply to the tribe and 
its members after the date of the proclamation to be issued in accord-
ance with the provisions of section 2 of this Act. 
Approved August 23, 1954. 
F e d e r a l trust 
termination. 
Pub 1 i cat ion in 
FR. 
25 u s e 461-4 79. 
Cancelation of 
indebtedness. 
Re v o c a t i o n of 
charter. 
25 u s e 461-479. 
Applicability of 
State laws. 
eitizenship sta-
tus. 
49 Stat. 378. 
25 use 461-479. 
Public Law 628 
CHAPTER 832 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
ALiithorizing the erection of a memorial gift from tlie people of tlie Netherlands. 
[H. J. Res. 356] 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
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fr^m^the^Nitw States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Government of 
lands. 
the Netherlands is authorized to erect a memorial carillon tower and 
ihstall carillon bells on public ^'oimd under the administration of 
the Secretary of the Interior, as a gift to the people of the United 
States from the people of the Netherhmds in gratitude for the gen-
erosity of the people of the United States for the aid and assistance 
rendered to the people of the Netherlands in times of national 
emergency. 
SEC. 2. The design and site of such memorial shall be approved by 
the Secretary of the Interior, and the United States shall be put to 
no expense in or by the erection of this memorial. 
SEC. O. The authority conferred pursuant to this joint resolution 
shall lapse unless (1) the erection of such memorial is commenced 
within five years after the date of the passage of this joint resolution, 
and (2) prior to its commencement funds are certified available in 
an amount sufficient, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, 
to insure completion of the memorial. 
Approved August 23, 1954. 
August 23, 1954 
[S.3379] 
Public Law 629 
C H A P T E R 833 
AN ACT 
To amend section 4 of the Flammable Fabrics Act, with respect to standards of 
flammability in the case of certain textiles. 
Fla mmab il it y 
standardsii 
67 Stat. 112. 
Be it enactedr hy the SenMe and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4 of 
the Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U. S. C , sec. 1193) is hereby amended 
by inserting at the end thereof the following subsection: 
"(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3.1 Commercial 
Standard 191-53, textiles free from nap, pile, tufting, flock, or other 
type of raised fiber surface when tested as described in said standard 
shall be classified as class 1, normal flammability, when the time of 
flame spread is three and one-half seconds or more, and as class 3, 
rapid and intense burning, when the time of flame spread is less than 
three and one-half seconds." 
Approved August 23, 1954. 
August 23, 1954 
[S. 3487] 
Public Law 630 
CHAPTER 834 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Central Bank for Cooperatives and the regional banks for 
cooperatives to issue consolidated debentures, and for other purposes. 
B a n k s for co-
operatives. 
48 Stat. 263. 
C o n s o l i d a t e d 
debentures. 
Committee. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 37 of 
the Farm Credit Act of 1933, as amended (title 12, U. S. C, 1134m), 
is hereby amended by substituting the word "paragraph" for the word 
"section" in the next to the last sentence thereof and by adding thereto 
the following new paragraph: 
"When the Central Bank for Cooperatives and the regional banks 
for cooperatives shall by resolutions consent thereto, consolidated 
debentures of the thirteen banks for cooperatives may be issued in the 
manner and form and on terms and conditions approved by the Farm 
Credit Administration. 
There shall be a debenture committee com-
prised of the presidents of the twelve regional banks for cooperatives 
and the chief executive officer of the Central Bank for Cooperatives