An Act to amend title 18, entitled ""Crimes and Criminal Procedure,"" of the United States Code, to provide a criminal sanction for the embezzlement or theft of the property of Indian tribal organizations
PL 84-871 (H.R.6403), enacted 08/01/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 871-AUG. 1, 1956 
[70 STAT. 
made his Federal income-tax return for the taxable year which 
corresponds to the fiscal year with respect to which such decision 
of the Tax Court was made, or if no such return was made for 
such taxable year, then by the United States Court of Appeals for 
the District of Columbia, or 
"(2) any United States Court of Appeals designated by the 
Attorney General and the contractor or subcontractor by stipula-
tion in writing." 
65 Stat. 22. 
§£<.. 13. Sectiou 113 of such Act (50 U. S. C. App., sec. 1223) is 
amended by striking out "during the period (or a part thereof) begin-
ning July 1,1950, and ending December 31,1953,". 
SEC. 14. Such Act is amended by inserting after section 113 a new 
section as follows: 
"SEC. 114. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
"The Board shall on or before January 1, 1957, and on or before 
January 1 of each year thereafter, submit to the Congress a complete 
report of its activities for the preceding year ending on June 30. Such 
report shall include— 
"(1) the number of persons in the employment of the Board 
during such year, and the places of their employment; 
"(2) the administrative expenses incurred by the Board during 
such year; 
"(3) statistical data relating to filings during such year by con-
tractors and subcontractors, and to the conduct and disposition 
during such year of proceedings with respect to such filings and 
filings made during previous years; 
" (4) an explanation of the principal changes made by the Board 
during such year in its regulations and operating procedures; 
"(5) the number of renegotiation cases disposed of by the Tax 
Court, each United States Court of Appeals, and the Supreme 
Court during such year, and the number of cases pending in each 
such court at the close of such year; and 
"(6) such other information as the Board deems appropriate." 
Approved August 1, 1956. 
Public Law 871 
CHAPTER 822 
August I. 1956 
AN ACT 
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To amend title 18, entitled "Crimes and Criminal Procedure", of the United 
States Code, to provide a criminal sanction for the embezzlement or theft of 
the property of Indian tribal organizations. 
Indians. 
Theft of t r i b a l 
67 Stat. 588. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That chapter 53 of 
property. 
title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting at the 
end of the chapter analysis preceding section 1151 of such title the 
following new item: 
"1163. Embezzlement and theft from Indian tribal organizations." 
SEC. 2. Title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting 
in chapter 53 thereof immediately after section 1162 a new section, 
to be designated as section 1163, as follows: 
"§ 1163. Embezzlement and theft from Indian tribal organizations 
"Whoever embezzles, steals, knowingly converts to his use or the 
use of another, willfully misapplies, or willfully permits to be mis-
applied, any of the moneys, funds, credits, ^oods, assets, or other prop-
erty belonging to any Indian tribal organization or intrusted to the 
custody or care of any officer, employee, or agent of an Indian tribal 
organization; or 
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"Whoever, knowing any such moneys, funds, credits, goods, assets, 
or other property to have been so embezzled, stolen, converted, mis-
applied or permitted to be misapplied, receives, conceals, or retains 
the same with intent to convert it to his use or the use of another— 
"Shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than 
five years, or both; but if the value of such property does not exceed 
the sum of $100, he shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned 
not more than one year, or both. 
"As used in this section, the term 'Indian tribal organization' means 
any tribe, band, or community of Indians which is subject to the 
laws of the United States relating to Indian affairs or any corporation, 
association, or group which is organized under any of such laws." 
Approved August 1, 1956. 
Penalty. 
Public Law 872 
CHAPTER 823 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance to the State of Oregon of the land and improve-
ments known as the Clackamas National Guard target range, at Clackamas, 
Oregon, to be used for National Guard purposes. 
August 1, 1956 
[H. R. 9699] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized to convey to the State of Oregon all the 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land 
in Clackamas County, Oregon, comprising two hundred thirty-three 
and ninety-one one-hundredths acres, more or less, together with 
buildings and improvements thereon, being the same property now 
utilized by the State of Oregon National Guard as a firing range and 
storage depot, subject, however, to reservation in the United States of 
all mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the land authorized to 
be conveyed by this Act. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance of the property identified in section 1 of 
(his Act to the State of Oregon shall be made without consideration 
therefor and upon condition that it shall be used for military purposes 
only, and in the event it shall not be used for such purposes title 
thereto shall immediately revert to the United States, and, in addi-
tion, title to all improvements made by the State of Oregon during 
its occupancy shall vest in the United States without payment of com-
pensation therefor. 
The deed of conveyance shall contain the further 
provision that whenever the Congress of the United States shall de-
clare a state of war or other national emergency, or the President 
declares a state of emergency to exist, and upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that the property so conveyed is useful or neces-
sary for military, air, or naval purposes, or in the interest of national 
defense, the United States shall have the right, without payment 
of any kind, to reenter upon the property and use the same or any 
part thereof, including any and all improvements made by the State 
of Oregon, for a period not to exceed the duration of such state of 
war or national emergency plus six months, and upon cessation of 
such use, such property shall revert to the State of Oregon, together 
with any or all improvements thereon and appurtenances appertaining 
thereto. 
SEC. 3. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the con-
veyance authorized herein shall be borne by the grantee. 
Approved August 1, 1956. 
C l a c k a m a s 
County, Greg. 
Conveyance. 
Reservation. 
Conditions. 
National e m e r -
gency. 
Survey cost.