An Act to terminate the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes
PL 90-9 (H.R.2536), enacted 04/10/1967

81 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-9-APR. 10, 1967 
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Public Law 90-9 
AN ACT 
To teriuinate the Indian Claims Commission, and for otluT purposes. 
Be It enacted by the Senate and Hou^e of Revret^etbtativeH of the 
United States of America in Congress aHsemhled^ That section 23 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to create an Indian Claims Commission, to 
I)rovide for the powers, duties, and functions thereof, and for other 
l)urposes"', approved August 13,1946 (60 Stat. 1049,1055), as amended 
(75 Stat. 92; 25 U.S.C. 70v), is hereby amended to read as follows: 
''SEC. 23. The existence of the Commission shall terminate at the 
end of ten years from and after April 10, 1962, or at such earlier time 
as the Commission shall have made its final report to the Congress on 
all claims filed with it. 
Upon its dissolution the records of the 
Commission shall be delivered to the Archivist of the United States.-' 
SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section 3 of said Act, as amended (25 
U.S.C. 70b), is further amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 3. (a) The Commission shall consist of five (^ommissionei-s 
who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. 
The President shall designate one Commis-
sioner as (^hairman. 
At all times at least three (Commissioners shall 
l)e members of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 
good standing. 
No more tlian three Commissioners shall be of the 
same political party. 
Each Commissioner shall take an oath to sup-
j)ort the Constitution of the United States and to discharge faithfully 
the duties of his office. 
"The persons holding the offices of Chief C^ommissioner and Asso-
ciate Commissioner of the Indian Claims Commission on April 9, 
1967, shall continue in office serving as (Commissioners of the Indian 
Claims Commission until June 30, 1968, unless prior to that date the 
President shall appoint them pursuant to this section." 
SEC. 3. Subsection (d) of said section 3, as amended, is further 
amended by striking out "Two members'" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Three Commissioners" and by striking out "two members" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "three Commissioners." 
SEC. 4. Sections 6 and 18 of said Act (25 U.S.d 70e and 70q) are 
each amended by striking out "Chief Commissioner" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "(Jhairman". 
SEC. 5. The Act of August 13,1946, as amended (25 U.S.C. 70-70v.), 
is amended by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: 
"TRIAL CALENDAR 
"SEC. 27. (a) The Commission shall, not later than one year after 
the effective date of this section, prepare a trial calendar which will 
set a date, not later than December 31,1970, for the trial of each claim 
pending before the Commission. 
"(b) If a claimant fails to proceed with the trial of its claim on the 
date set for that purpose, the Commission shall enter an order dis-
missing the claim with prejudice unless for good cause the Commission 
grants a continuance, which continuance shall be for a period of not 
more than six months. No further continuances shall be granted upon 
motion of the same party except upon a showing that unforeseeable 
events beyond the control of the party have occurred which make it 
imperative that such further continuances be granted, and in no event 
shall such further continuances exceed an aggregate of six months. 
If, upon the expiration of the final period of continuance granted, the 
claimant fails to proceed with the trial of its claim, the Commission 
April 10, 1967 
[H. R. 2536] 
Indian Claims 
Commission. 
Termination 
date. 
60 Stat. 1050. 
Membership. 
80 Stat. 464. 
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shall enter an order (lisniissiiig the claiiii with prejudice. 
Tlie Com-
mission may, however, stay the entry of any such order if it finds that 
a final compromise of the claim is being negotiated in good faith by 
the parties." 
SEC. 6. Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out paragraph (46) and by amending paragraph (47) to 
read as follows: 
"(47) Commissioners, Indian CyUiims Commission (5).". 
Approved April 10, 1967. 
Public Law 90-10 
April 12,1967 
J O I N T RESOLUTION 
[S. J. Res. 65] 
•p,^ extend the pericxi for making no change of conditions nnder section 10 of the 
Railway Labor Act applicable in the current dispute between the railroad 
carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and certain 
of their employees. 
Whereas disputes exist between the carriers represented by the 
National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees 
represented by the International Association of Machinists and 
Aerospace Workers; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, 
Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers; Sheet Metal 
Workers' International Association; Internationa] Brotherhood of 
Electrical Workers; Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America; 
[nternational Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers functioning 
through the Railway Employees' Department, AFL-CIO, labor 
organizations; and 
Whereas the President of the United States, pursuant to the provisions 
of section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, by Executive Order No. 
11324 of January 28, 1967, created an Emergency Board to investi-
gate these disputes and report its finditigs; and 
Whereas the Emergency Board has reported and the statutory period 
for making no change of conditions, as extended by agreement of 
the parties, is about to expire, without the parties having resolved 
the issues in dispute, thereby continuing to threaten substantially to 
interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive the 
country of essential transpoi-tatioji services; and 
Whereas it is essential to the national interest, including the national 
health and defense, that essential transportation services be main-
tained; and 
Whereas the Congress finds that an emergency measure is essential to 
security and continuity of transportation services by such carriers; 
and 
Whereas it is desirable to achieve the above objectives in a manner 
conducive to resolution of the disputes through collective bargain-
ing : Therefore be it 
44 Stat. 586. 
45 u s e 160. 
32 F. R. 1075. 
Railroad-labor 
negotiations, ex-
Resolved l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Ame/'ica in Congress assembled^ That the provisions of the 
final paragraph of section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 
160) shall be extended for an additional period with respect to the 
disputes referred to in Executive Order No. 11324 of January 28, 
1967, so that no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the 
carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference, or 
by their employees, in the conditions out of which such disputes arose 
prior to 12:01 a.m. of May 3,1967. 
Approved April 12, 1967. 
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