An Act to extend the life of the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes
PL 92-265 (H.R.10390), enacted 03/30/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-264-MAR. 30, 1972 
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Water delivery 
charges. 
Appropriation. 
within an amount specified in a District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, with the United States, any State in the Potomac River Basin, 
any agency or political subdivision thereof, and any other competent 
State or local authority, with respect to the payment by the District 
of Columbia to the United States, either directly or indirectly, of the 
District's equitable share of any part or parts of the non-Federal por-
tion of the costs of any reservoirs authorized by the Congress for 
construction on the Potomac River or any of its tributaries. Every 
such contract may contain such provisions as the Commissioner may 
deem necessary or appropriate. 
SEC. 2. Unless hereafter otherwise provided by law, all payments 
made by the District of Columbia and all moneys received by the Dis-
trict of Columbia pursuant to any contract made under the authority 
of this Act shall be paid from, or be deposited in, the District of 
Columbia Water Fund. Charges for water delivered from the District 
of Columbia water system for use outside the District of Columbia 
may be adjusted to reflect the portions of any payments made by the 
District of Columbia under contracts authorized by this Act which 
are equitably attributable to such use outside the District. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved March 24, 1972. 
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AN ACT 
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To amend the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 
to provide assistance to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. 
Radio Free 
Europe and Radio 
Liberty. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
62 Stat. 11. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the United 
States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 is amended 
by inserting after section 702 the following new section: 
" A U T H O R I Z A T I O N FOR GRANTS TO RADIO FREE EUROPE AND RADIO LIBERTY 
"SEC. 703. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment $36,000,000 for fiscal year 1972 to provide grants, under such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate, to Radio 
Free Europe and Radio Liberty. Except for funds appropriated under 
this section, no funds appropriated after the date of enactment of this 
section for any fiscal year, under this or any other provision of law, 
may be made available to or for the use of Radio Free Europe or 
Radio Liberty." 
Approved March 30, 1972. 
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Public Law 92-265 
March 30, 1972 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 10390] 
To extend the life of the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes. 
Indian Claims 
Commission. 
Termination 
date, extension. 
81 Stat. 11, 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 23 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to create an Indian Claims Commission, to 
provide for the powers, duties, and functions thereof, and for other 
purposes", approved August 13,1946 (60 Stat. 1049,1055), as amended 
(75 Stat. 92; 25 U.S.C. 70v), is hereby amended by striking said 
section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
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"DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION AND DISPOSITION OF PENDING CLAIMS 
"SEC. 23. The existence of the Commission shall terminate at the 
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end of fifteen years from and after April 10, 1962, or at such earlier --
time as the Commission shall have made its final report to the Con-
g:ress on all claims filed with it. Upon its dissolution the records and 
files of the Commission in all cases in which a final determination 
has been entered shall be delivered to the Archivist of the United 
States. The records and files in all other pending cases, if any, in-
cluding those on appeal shall be transferred to the United States Court 
of Claims, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States 
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Court of Claims to adjudicate all such cases under the provisions of 
section 2 of the Indian Claims Commission Act: Provided, That sec-
tion 2 of said Act shall not apply to any case filed originally in the 
Court of Claims under section 1505 of title 28, United States Code." 
SEC. 2. Section 27(a) of such Act of August 13, 1946, as amended 
(25 U.S.C. 70v-l), is amended by striking said section and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: 
63 Stat. 102. 
81 Stat. 11. 
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TRIAL CALENDAR 
"SEC. 27. (a) The Commission from time to time shall prepare a 
trial calendar which shall set a date for the trial of the next phase 
of each claim as soon as practical after a decision of the Commission 
or the United States Court of Claims or the Supreme Court of the 
United States makes such setting possible, but such date shall not be 
later than one year from the date of such decision except on a clear 
showing by a party that irreparable harm would result unless longer 
preparation were allowed." 
SEC. 3. Section 27(b) of such Act of August 13, 1946, as amended 
(25 U.S.C. 70v-l), is amended by striking said section and inserting 
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in lieu thereof the following: 
"SEC. 27. (b) If a claimant fails to proceed with the trial of its 
claim on the date set for that purpose, the Commission may enter an 
order dismissing the claim with prejudice or it may reset such trial 
at the end of the calendar." 
SEC. 4. The Act of August 13, 1946, as amended, is furtlier amended grfsXnaWo'^.' 
by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: 
mittees. 
"SEC. 28. The Commission shall, on the first day of each session of 
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Congress, submit to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs 
of the Senate and House of Representatives, a report showing the 
progress made and the work remaining to be completed by the Com-
mission, as well as the status of each remaining case, along with a 
projected date for its completion." 
SEC. 5. Section 6 of such Act of August 13, 1946 (25 U.S.C. 7De), Appropriations. 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "There 
are authorized to be appropriated for the necessary expenses of the 
Commission not to exceed $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1973, and appro-
priations for succeeding fiscal years shall be made only io the extent 
herea fter authorized by Act of Congress." 
Approved March 30, 1972. 
81 Stat. 11.