An Act to amend the act entitled ""An Act to establish Civil Air Patrol as a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force and to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to extend aid to Civil Air Patrol in the fulfillment of its objectives"", and for other purposes.
PL 84-955 (S.1135), enacted 08/03/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 955-AUG. 3, 1956 
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S T A T . 
August 3, 1956 
IS. 1135] 
Public Law 955 
CHAPTER 926 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to establish Civil Air Patrol as a civilian 
auxiliary of the United States Air Force and to authorize the Secretary of the 
Air Force to extend aid to Civil Air Patrol in the fulfillment of its objectives, 
and for other purposes". 
ClvU Air Patrol. 
5 u s e 6261, 626m. 
Voluntieer civil-
ian employees. 
39 Stat. 750. 
5 use 790. 
Monthly pay. 
5 u s e 760. 
49 Stat. 622. 
42 u s e 401 et 
8«q. 
"Performance of 
duty". 
Notice of claim. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati'ms 
of the 
United States of America m Congress a^sembled^ That the Act ap-
proved May 26, 1948 (62 Stat. 274), entitled "An Act to establish 
Civil Air Patrol as a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force 
and to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to extend aid to Civil 
Air Patrol in the fulfillment of its objectives, and for other purposes", 
is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new sections: 
"SEC. 3. (a) Volunteer civilian members of Civil Air Patrol, except 
Civil Air Patrol Cadets, shall, for the purpose of administration of the 
Federal Employees' Compensation Act, be deemed to be civilian em-
ployees of the United States within the meaning of the term 'employee' 
as defined in section 40 of that Act, and the provisions of that Act shall 
apply to them in all respects, subject to the remaining provisions of 
this section. 
"(b) In administering that Act for members covered by this 
section— 
"(1) the monthly pay of such a member shall, for the purpose 
of computing compensation for disability or death, be considered 
to be $300; 
"(2) the percentages applicable to payments under section 10 
of that Act are— 
"(A) 45 per centum for clause (C) of that section, in any 
case where the member died f 
uUv or currently insured under 
title I I of the Social Security Act, with no additional pay-
ments for a child or children so long as the widow or widower 
remains eligible for payments under that clause; 
"(B) 20 per centum for clause (D) of that section, for one 
child and 10 per centum additional for each additional child, 
but not more than a total of 75 per centum, in any case where 
the member died fully or currently insured under title I I 
of the Social Security Act; and 
"(C) 25 per centum for clause (E) of that section, if one 
parent was wholly dependent for support upon the deceased 
member at the time of his death and the other was not 
dependent to any extent; 16 per centum to each, if both were 
wholly dependent; and if one was, or both were, partly 
dependent, a proportionate amount in the discretion of the 
Secretary of Labor; 
"(3) no payments may be made Under clause (F) of that 
section; 
" (4) the term 'performance of duty', as used in that Act, means 
only active service, and travel to and from such service, rendered 
in performance or support of operational missions of the Civil 
Air Patrol, under direction of the Department of the Air Force, 
and under written authorization by competent authority covering 
a specific assignment and prescribing a time-limit for such assign-
ment; and 
"(5) the Secretary of Labor, or his designee, shall inform the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare whenever a claim is 
filed and eligibility for compensation is established under clause 
(C) or clause (D) of section 10 of that Act, and that Secretary 
shall then certify to the Secretary of Labor as to whether or not 
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the member concerned was fully or currently insured under title 
II of the Social Security Act at the time of his death." 
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"(c) When a claim is filed, the Secretary of Labor or his designee seq. 
may inform the Secretary of the Air Force or his designee, who 
shall advise, if so requested, the Secretary of Labor concerning the 
facts with respect to the injury, including the question whether at 
the time of injury the member of the Patrol was rendering service, 
or engaged in travel to or from such service, in performance or sup-
port of an operational mission of the Patrol: Provided, That this 
shall not be construed to dispense with the reports of the member's 
immediate superior required under section 24, or other reports agreed 
upon under section 28a of that Act. 
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"(d) The provisions of this section shall be applicable as of May Applicability. 
20,1941, in the cases of members of the Civil Air Patrol as it existed 
under and pursuant to Executive Order 8757 of May 20, 1941, as 
amended by Executive Order 9134 of April 15, 1942, and Executive 
app. 
Order 9339 of April 29, 1943: Provided, That the time limitations 
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in that Act, in respect to notice of injury and claim for compensa- ^^^ "
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tion, shall not begin to run until the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That no benefits under that Act shall accrue or be 
l)ayable in any case for any period prior to the date of this Act, but 
this provision shall not bar the payment or reimbursement of medical 
and other expenses as authorized by sections 9 and 11 of that Act, if 
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not otherwise paid or furnished by the United States: Provided 
further, That, with respect to services rendered prior to the enact-
ment of this Act, the term 'performance of duty', as used in that 
Act, shall mean only active service, and travel to and from such serv-
ice, rendered in performance or support of operational missions of 
the Civil Air Patrol, under direction of the Office of Civilian Defense, 
the Department of the Army (War), including the Army Air Forces, 
or the Department of the Air Force: And provided further. That 
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the entitlement of any person to receive benefits from the United 
States under any other provision of law in effect prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act for an injury or death for which benefits are 
authorized by this Act is hereby terminated. 
"SEC. 4. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer military «^^"^?ua'' ^
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or veteran status upon any person." 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 760 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— 
^^ stat. 553. 
(1) by striking out "$150" in subsection (a) and inserting 
"$300" in iieu thereof; and 
(2) by adding the following subsection at the end thereof: 
"(e) In administering the Federal Employees' Compensation Act 
for persons covered by this section— 
"(1) the percentages applicable to payments under section 10 
of that Act are— 
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"(A) 45 per centum for clause (C) of that section, in any 
case where the member died fully or currently insured under 
title II of the Social Security Act, with no additional pay- ^^^2 use 401 ,
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ments for a child or children so long as the widow or widower 
remains eligible for payments under that clause; 
"(B) 20 per centum for clause (D) of that section, for 
one child, and 10 per centum additional for each additional 
child, but not more than a total of 75 per centum, in any case 
where the member died fully or currently insured under title 
II of the Social Security Act; and 
"(C) 25 per centum for clause (E) of that section, if one 
parent was wholly dependent for support upon the deceased 
member at the time of his death and the other was not depend-
ent to any extent; 16 per centum to each if both were wholly 
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dependent; and if one was, or both were, partly dependent, 
a proportionate amount in the discretion of the Secretary of 
Labor; 
"(2) no payments may be made under clause (F) of that sec-
tion; and 
"(3) the Secretary of Labor or his designee shall inform the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare whenever a claim 
is filed and eligibility for compensation is established under 
clause (C) or clause (D) of section 10 of that Act, and that Sec-
retary shall then certify to the Secretary of Labor as to whether 
or not the member concerned was fully or currently insured under 
title I I of the Social Security Act at the time of his death." 
^piicabiuty. 
^^^ -pj^g amendments made by this section apply only to benefits 
for months beginning after the month in which it is enacted, 
to^'ineful"^*™*"* 
(^) '^^^ entitlement of any person to benefits under the Federal 
Employees' Compensation Act as it was in effect before the enactment 
of this section is not affected by this section. 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
Public Law 956 
CHAPTER 927 
August 3, 1956 
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ACT 
[S. 3787] 
Relating to the management of the Red Lake Indian Forest and sawmill. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Fore8t^*''* Indian JJrdted /States of America in Congress assembled, That the seven-
teenth paragraph of section 9 of the Act of May 18, 1916 (39 Stat. 
123,137) is hereoy amended to read as follows: 
"The Red Lake Indian Forest shall be administered by the Secre-
tary of the Interior in accordance with principles of scientific forestry 
that will encourage the production of successive timber crops for 
the benefit of the Indians of the Red Lake Band, and he is hereby 
authorized (a) to harvest, sell, and manufacture such marketable 
timber from any tribal lands within the Red Lake Indian Reservation 
as he may deem to be advisable and, if the timber is the growth of 
Red Lake Indian Forest, in keeping with the foregoing principles, 
(b) to establish nurseries and otherwise provide for the reforestation 
of said lands, (c) to construct and operate sawmills and other fa-
cilities for the manufacture into marketable products of the timber 
harvested from said lands, (d) to purchase, harvest, and manufacture 
such additional timber standing on or severed from any other lands, 
including lands outside the reservation, as in his opinion may con-
tribute to the profitable operation of such sawmills and other facilities 
as a tribal enterprise, subject to such limitations on expenditures as 
may be prescribed in annual appropriations acts, and (e) to employ, 
with the consent of the tribal council, such persons and use such means 
as he may find necessary to carry out the purposes of the foregoing 
provisions. Any proceeds derived from sales of timber or timber 
products under this paragraph may be expended in payment of the 
expenses of any of the activities authorized oy this paragraph, includ-
ing construction expenses." 
SEC. 2. The fourth paragraph of section 8 of the Act of June 30,1919 
(41 Stat. 3, 14) is hereby amended by striking out the proviso. 
Approved August 3, 1956.