An Act to authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to make emergency payments to persons who are injured or whose property is damaged as a result of aircraft or missile accidents, and for other purposes
PL 87-212 (H.R.7934), enacted 09/08/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-212-SEPT. 8, 1961 
[75 ST A T . 
Initial appoint-
ments. 
47 Stat. 735. 
12 u s e 1432. 
Effective date. 
"(h) If at any time when nominations are required members shall 
hold less than $1,000,000 of the capital stock of the Federal home loan 
bank, the Board shall appoint a director or directors to fill the place 
pr places for which such nominations are required, and the Board may, 
prior to the filing of the certificate mentioned in section 12, appoint 
directors who shall be respectively designated by it as appointive 
directors and as elective directors, in accordance with the provisions 
of this section." 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the 
second day of the first calendar year which begins after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 8, 1961. 
Septembers, 1961 
[H. R. 7934] 
Public Law 87-212 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to make emergency 
payments to persons who are injured or whose property is damaged as a 
result of aircraft or missile accidents, and for other purposes. 
Armed Forces. 
Aircraft and mis-
sile accidents. 
70A Stat. 152. 
10 u s e 
2 7 3 1-
2735. 
74 Stat. 878. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That chapter 163 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by adding the following new section at the end thereof: 
"§2736. Property loss; personal injury or death: incident to air-
craft or missile operation 
"(a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of a military depart-
ment may prescribe, payment of an amount not in excess of $1,000 may 
be made in advance of the submission of a claim to or for any person, 
or his legal representatives, who was injured or killed, or whose 
property was damaged or lost, as the result of an accident involving 
an aircraft or missile under the control of that department for which 
allowance of a claim is authorized by law. Payments under this 
subsection are limited to those which would otherwise be payable under 
section 2733 or 2734 of this title or section 715 of title 32. 
"(b) Any amount paid under subsection (a) shall be deducted from 
any amount that may be allowed under any other provision of law to 
the person, or his legal representative, for injury, death, damage, or 
loss attributable to the accident concerned. 
"(c) So far as practicable, regulations prescribed under this section 
shall be uniform for the military departments, 
"(d) Payment of an amount under subsection (a) is not an admis-
sion by the United States of liability for the accident concerned."; and 
(2) by adding the following new item at the end of the analysis: 
"2736. Property loss; personal injury or death: incident to aircraft or missile 
operation." 
Approved September 8, 1961. 
September 8, 1961 
[H. R.566] 
Public Law 87-213 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the establishment of a national historic site at Fort Davis, JefC 
l>avis County, Texas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Fort Da vi 8 Na- United Sttttcs of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall acquire, on behalf of the United States, by gift, 
tional 
H i s t o r i c 
Site, Tex.