An Act to authorize the conveyance of homestead allotments to Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos in Alaska.
PL 84-931 (H.R.11696), enacted 08/02/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 931~AUG. 2, 1956 
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said commercial standards first established, a like period shall be 
allowed for compliance with said change in commercial standards. 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
Public Law 931 
CHAPTER 891 
August 2, 1956 
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[H. R. 11696] 
To authorize the conveyance of homestead allotments to Indians, Aleuts, or 
Eskimos in Alaska. 
Alaska. 
H o m e s t ead al-
lotments to Indians 
or Eskimos. 
C o n v e y a n c e of 
title. 
A l l o t m e n t s in 
national forests. 
P r o o f of occu-
pancy. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of May 
17,1906 (34 Stat. 197; 48 U.S. C. 357), is hereby amended— 
(a) by inserting after the word "Indian" in the first sentence 
thereof the following: ", Aleut'^; 
(b) by inserting before the word "nonmineral" in the first sen-
tence thereof the following: "vacant, unappropriated, and unre-
served" ; 
(c) by inserting after the word "Alaska" the first time it 
appears in the first sentence thereof the following: ", or, subject 
to the provisions of the Act of March 8, 1922 (42 Stat. 415, 48 
U. S. C. 376-377), vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved land 
in Alaska that may be valuable for coal, oil, or gas deposits,"; 
(d) by striking the period after the first sentence thereof and 
adding the following: ": Provided, That any Indian, Aleut, or 
Eskimo who receives an allotment under this Act, or his heirs, is 
authorized to convey by deed, with the approval of the Secretary 
of the Interior, the title to the land so allotted, and such convey-
ance shall vest in the purchaser a complete title to the land which 
shall be subject to restrictions against alienation and taxation 
only if the purchaser is an Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo native of 
Alaska who the Secretary determines is unable to manage the 
land without the protection of the United States and the convey-
ance provides for a continuance of such restrictions."; and 
(e) by adding two new sections as follows: 
"SEC. 2. Allotments in national forests may be made under this Act 
if founded on occupancy of the land prior to the establishment of the 
particular forest or if the Secretary of Agriculture certifies that the 
land in an application for an allotment is chiefly valuable for agricul-
tural or grazing purposes. 
"SEC. 3. No allotment shall be made to any person under this Act 
until said person has made proof satisfactory to the Secretary of the 
Interior of substantially continuous use and occupancy of the land 
for a period of five years." 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
August 2, 1956 
[H. R. 8226] 
Public Law 932 
CHAPTER 892 
AN ACT 
Stat 
To amend section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (48 U. S. C, 
sec. 353). 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
s^hooriands. 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of 
38 Stat. 1214; 66 the Act of March 4,1915, as amended (48 U. S. C , sec. 353), is further 
amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first para-
graph thereof a colon and the following language: ^'•Provided, That 
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the existence of a mineral lease or permit, or application therefor, 
shall not prevent the reservation of land under this section, and such 
leases, permits, and applications shall be administered as hereinafter 
provided. The rights of the Territory to any lands under this Act 
shall not be denied on the sole grounds that such lands were at the 
time of the acceptance of the survey subject to a reservation, applica-
tion, claim, or right and that that reservation, application, claim, or 
right was extinguished, relinquished, or cancelled prior to March 5, 
1952". 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
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Public Law 933 
CHAPTER 893 
AN ACT 
Augusta, 195 
To amend subdivision e of section 58, Notices, of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended. 
[A R. 9956] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subdivision e 
of section 58 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, is hereby amended 
to read as follows: 
"SEC. 58e. The court shall, in every case instituted under any pro-
visions of this Act, mail or cause to be mailed a copy of the notice of 
the first meeting of creditors to the district director of internal rev-
enue for the district in which the court is located, and to the Comp-
troller General of the United States. Whenever the schedules of 
the bankrupt, or the list of creditors of the bankrupt, or any other 
papers filed in the case disclose a debt to the United States acting 
through any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, (except 
for any internal revenue obligation payable to the Secretary of the 
Treasury or his delegate) a notice of the first meeting shall be mailed 
as well to the head of such department, agency, or instrumentality." 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
Bankruptcy. 
Notices. 
65 Stat. 114. 
11 u s e 94. 
Public Law 934 
CHAPTER 894 
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August 2, 195(5 
To provide additional time for tlie Tariff Commission to review the customs tariff 
[H. R. 12254.1 
schedules. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 101 (c) 
of the Customs Simplification Act of 1954 (Public Law 768, Eighty-
third Congress) is amended by striking out "two years after the enact-
ment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "March 1, 1958,". 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
68 Stat. 1136. 
19 u s e 1332 note. 
Public Law 935 
CHAPTER 901 
AN ACT 
August 2, 1956 
To amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 to bring 
[H. R. 3489] 
employees of Gallaudet College within its coverage. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 (a) 
of the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 is 
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amended by striking out "(but not including" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "(including Gallaudet College but not including".