An Act to declare that 99.84 acres of Government-owned land acquired for Indian administrative purposes is held by the United States in trust for the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation
PL 89-445 (H.R.12264), enacted 06/09/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-445-JUNE 9, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
SEC. 2. Title 37, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
76 Stat. 477. 
(1) Subsection (e) of section 415 is amended by striking out "435" 
and inserting "214" m place thereof. 
(2) The second sentence of section 402(c) is amended by deleting 
"or'' between Air Force and Marine Corps in both places that it 
appears and by inserting ", or Coast Guard"' after "Marine Corps" in 
both places where the latter appears so that the sentence will read 
as follows: "An aviation cadet of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, 
or Coast Guard is entitled to the same basic allowance for subsistence 
as is provided for an officer of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or 
Coast Guard, respectively." 
SEC. 3. Subsection (e) of section 5 of the Act of September 24, 1963 
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4 use 211 note. (77 Stat. 193), Is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: 
"An officer of the Regular Coast Guard who was appointed as a, per-
manent commissioned officer under any provision of law in effect prior 
to the effective date of this Act and who is serving on active duty shall 
be considered to have been appointed under section 211 of title 14, 
LTnited States Code, and subject to the provisions thereof." 
SEC. 4. Section 202 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended 
(5 U.S.C. 1082), is further amended by adding the following para-
graph : 
"(36) civilian members of the faculty of the Coast Guard 
Academy whose compensation is fixed under section 186 of title 
14, United States Code." 
Approved June 9, 1966. 
77 Stat. 177. 
63 Stat. 954; 
74 Stat. 912. 
74 Stat. 145. 
Public Law 89-445 
June 9, 1966 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 12264] 
rj,^ declare that 99.84 acres of Government-owned land acquired for Indian 
administrative purposes is held by the United States in trust for the Apache 
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives 
of the 
Indians. 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That all of the right, 
Lands^in"truest, title, aiid iuterest of the United States in and to a tract of land situated 
in sections 27 and 28, township 13 south, range 12 east, New Mexico 
principal meridian, and improvements thereon, formerly used for 
Indian administrative purposes, are hereby declared to be held by the 
United States in trust for the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Keserva-
tion. New Mexico, subject to valid existing rights, and subject to the 
right of the United States to use any of said land and improvements 
for governmental purposes for the benefit of the Indians. The land 
is within the Mescalero Reservation and is commonly known as small 
holding claim numbered 485, United States Land Office serial num-
bered Las Cruces 07366, containing approximately 99.84 acres. It is 
identified on supplemental plats of survey of sections 27 and 28, 
township 13 south, range 12 east. New Mexico principal meridian. 
New Mexico, accepted April 30,1936, as "Private Claim 485". 
SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in 
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 
25 use 70a. 
^940 (gQ g^^^ 1050), the extent to which the value of the title con-
veyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim 
against the LTnited States determined by the Commission. 
Approved June 9, 1966.