An Act to amend the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 so as to establish a time limitation upon the filing of certain claims thereunder
PL 83-431 (H.R.2566), enacted 06/28/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 431-JUNE 28, 1954 
[68 S T A T . 
Public Law 431 
CHAPTER 403 
June 28, 1954 
^^ 
ACT 
[H. R. 2566] 
To amend the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 so as to establish a time limitation 
upon the filing of certain claims thereunder. 
58 Stat. 665. 
41 use 117. 
Nonliability. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amerioa in Congress assembled^ That section 17 
of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 is hereby amended by adding 
at the end of subsection (d) thereof the following: "No person shall 
be entitled to recover compensation, to receive a settlement of any 
alleged obligation, or to obtain the benefit of any amendment, con-
firmation, ratification, or formalization of any alleged contract or 
commitment under the provisions of subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) 
of this section, unless such person shall, on or before one hundred and 
eighty days after the date of enactment of this sentence, have filed a 
claim therefor with the contracting agency." 
SEC. 2. No liability shall accrue by reason of the enactment of 
the first section of this Act which would not otherwise have accrued. 
Approved June 28, 1954. 
Public Law 432 
CHAPTER 404 
June 28, 1954 
^ ^ ACT 
[H. R. 3986] 
To authorize the appropriation of additional funds to complete the International 
Peace Garden, North Dakota. 
International 
Peace Garden, N. 
Dak. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That the first section 
of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an appropriation to complete 
the International Peace Garden, North Dakota", approved October 25, 
1949 (63 Stat. 888), is amended by striking out "$100,000" and by 
inserting in lieu thereof "$200,000". 
Approved June 28, 1954. 
June 28, 1954 
[H. R. 6173] 
Public Law 433 
CHAPTER 405 
AN ACT 
To provide for the use of the tribal funds of the Southern Ute Tribe of the 
Southern Ute Reservation, to authorize a per-capita payment out of such funds, 
and for other purposes. 
S outhern Ut e 
Tribe. 
Per capita pay-
ment, etc. 
Be it enax)ted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled. That, notwith-
standing any other provisions of existing laws, the tribal funds now 
on deposit or hereafter deposited in the United States Treasury to the 
credit of the Southern Ute Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, 
may be expended or advanced for such purposes and in a manner, 
including per capita payments, the purchase of land or any interests 
therein or improvements thereon and w^ater rights, as may be desig-
nated by the Southern Ute Tribal Council and approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior: Provided^ That the purchase of taxable 
lands under this authority shall not operate to remove such lands from 
the tax rolls: Provided further^ That neither the transfer to the tribe 
of tribal funds, nor the distribution thereof to individual members of 
the tribe, as provided herein, from those funds consisting of compen-
sation for lands acquired by the United States Government, shall be