An Act to amend chapter 19 of title 20 of the District of Columbia Code to provide for distribution of a minor's share in a decedent's personal estate where the share does not exceed the value of $1,000
PL 92-85 (H.R.2594), enacted 08/11/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-85-AUG. 11, 1971 
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into a definitive arrangement, for a term not exceeding seven years, for 
the conduct in the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant of a program 
of plant operation, and research and development of programmatic 
interest to the Commission; and the Commission is further authorized 
as part of such arrangement, and without regard to the provisions of 
section 169 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to waive 
use charges for special nuclear material, up to a total amount of 
$9,100,000, and to distribute special nuclear material by lease during 
the term of the arrangement. 
TITLE I I 
SEC. 201. (a) Subsection a. of section 31 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended, is amended by (1) striking the word "and" from 
the end of paragraph (4) thereof; (2) striking from the end of para-
graph (5) thereof the period and substituting therefor "; and" and 
(3) by adding thereto a new paragraph (6) to read as follows: 
"(6) the preservation and enhancement of a viable environment by 
developing more efficient methods to meet the Nation's energy needs." 
(b) The first sentence of section 33 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "Where the Com-
mission finds private facilities or laboratories are inadequate for the 
purpose, it is authorized to conduct for other persons, through its own 
facilities, such of those activities and studies of the types specified in 
section 31 as it deems appropriate to the development of energy." 
Approved August 11, 1971. 
68 Stat. 952. 
42 u s e 2209. 
Research. 
68 Stat. 927; 
84 Stat. 1472. 
42 u s e 2051. 
81 Stat. 577. 
42 u s e 2053. 
Public Law 92-85 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 19 of title 20 of the District of Columbia Code to pro-
vide for distributicm of a minor's share in a decedent's personal estate where 
the share does not exceed the value of $1,000. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepresentatlreH of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) chapter 
19 of title 20, District of Columbia Code, is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new section: 
"§20-1908. Distribution of minor's share 
"If (1) any person entitled to a distributive share of a decedent's 
estate is under twenty-one years of age and is not otherwise under a 
legal disability, (2) such distributive share consists of personal prop-
erty or money of the value of not more than $1,000, and (3) there is 
no duly appointed and qualified guardian for'such person— 
" (A) if such person is eighteen years of age or over, the execu-
tor or administrator may deliver such share to such person and 
his receipt shall be sufficient voucher therefor; 
"(B) if such person is under eighteen years of age, the execu-
tor or administrator may deliver such share to the custodian of 
such person and the receipt of such custodian shall be sufficient 
voucher therefor." 
(b) The table of sections for such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new item: 
"20-1908. Distribution of minor's share." 
Approved August 11, 1971. 
August 11, 1971 
[H. R. 2594] 
D.e. estates. 
Minor's share, 
distribution. 
79 Stat. 729. 
D.e. eode 20-
1901. 
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