An Act to provide for the rehabilitation of Guam, and for other purposes
PL 88-170 (H.R.6225), enacted 11/04/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-169-NOV. 4, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
November 4, 1963 
[H. R. 845] 
Public Law 88-169 
AN ACT 
To declare that certain land of the United States is held by the United States 
in trust for the Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation. 
Indians. 
Oglala Sioux 
Tribe. 
Lands in trust. 
25 u s e 70a. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United Stn,tes of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the land 
described herein and heretofore used as a site for the Wakpamni 
Lake Day School on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota 
which has been determined excess to the needs of the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, together with the improvements thereon, are hereby 
declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Oglala 
Sioux Indian Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation. 
The land is 
described as the east half northeast quarter northeast quarter, section 
9 and the west half northwest quarter northwest quarter, section 10, 
township 35 north, range 41 west, sixth principal meridian. South 
Dakota. 
SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in 
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 
]946 (60 Stat. 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 
again^ the United States determined by the Commission. 
Approved November 4, 1963. 
November 4, 1963 
[H. R. 6225] 
Guam. 
Rehabilitation. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Public Law 88-170 
AN ACT 
To provide for the rehabilitation of Guam, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the purpose 
of this Act is to provide for rehabilitation in connection with the 
damage caused in Guam by Typhoon Karen on November 11, 1962; 
to provide for the construction of necessary public works, including 
the acquisition of real property; to develop and stimulate trade and 
industry; and to provide facilities for community life through a 
program of useful public works and community development. 
SEC. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
the Interior not to exceed $45,000,000 to carry out the purposes of 
this Act, to be paid to the Government of Guam in such sums as may 
be requested by the Governor of Guam with the concurrence of the 
territorial legislature and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, 
and such moneys as may be appropriated shall be available until 
expended. No payment shall be made unless it is requested prior to 
June 30, 1973. Funds appropriated pursuant to this Act and paid 
to the Government of Guam shall be available for administrative 
expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, including the 
employment of consultants, such as engineers, architects and other 
technical experts, personal services and rental in Guam and elsewhere, 
supplies and equipment, travel expenses, transfer of household goods 
and effects, purchase, repair, operation, and maintenance of vehicles, 
and such other expenses as may be necessary for carrying out the 
foregoing purposes. Funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall 
also be available for use by the Government of Guam to permit Guam 
to qualify for participation in Federal programs. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury shall withhold from sums 
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collected pursuant to section 30 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 
U.S.C. 1421h), before such sums are transferred to the Govern- 
64 stat. 392. 
ment of Guam, such amounts as the Secretary of the Interior esti-
mates will reimburse the United States, with interest as set forth 
below, over a period of thirty years beginning June 30, 1968, for 
(a) 100 per centum of such moneys as are paid under sec-
tion 2 hereof for water projects, power projects, or telephone 
projects; 
(b) 100 per centum of such moneys as are paid under sec-
tion 2 hereof for use by the Government of Guam to permit Guam 
to qualify for participation in Federal programs; and 
(c) 50 per centum of all other moneys as are paid under section 
2 hereof. 
The foregoing amounts, until reimbursed to the United States, 
shall bear interest beginning July 1, 1968, at a rate determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, which rate shall be determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the 
average yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United 
States of comparable maturities as of the last day of the month pre-
ceding the advance, adjusted to the nearest one-eighth of 1 per 
centum. 
All sums so withheld shall be deposited in the Treasury 
of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 4. The Government of Guam in carrying out the purpose of 
this Act may utilize, to the extent practicable, the available services 
and facilities of agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Gov-
ernment upon a reimbursable basis. Reimbursements may be credited 
to the appropriation or fund which provided the services and facili-
ties or the appropriation or fund currently available for providing 
such services or facilities. 
Agencies and instrumentalities of the 
Federal Government shall make available to the Government of 
Guam upon request of the Secretary of the Interior such services 
and facilities as they are equipped to render or furnish, and they 
may do so without reimbursement if otherwise authorized by law. 
SEC. 5. No portion of the sums to be repaid by the Government of 
Guam to the Treasury, as provided for in section 3 hereof, shall be 
considered to be public indebtedness of Guam within the meaning of 
section 11 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1423a). 
64 stat. 387. 
SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Guam, 
with the assistance of such departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government and the Government of Guam as the President and 
the Governor, respectively, may designate, shall prepare a long-
range economic development plan for Guam. Of the moneys author-
ized to be appropriated by section 2 of this Act, not more than 
$200,000 shall be available to agencies of the Department of the 
Interior to carry out the purposes of this section. 
Other Federal 
departments and agencies designated by the President to furnish 
such assistance may do so without reimbursement or transfer of 
funds. 
An interim report of the Secretary and the Governor on 
Report to Pre si-
progress toward formulation of such plan shall be presented to the '^*"* ^""^ ^°"' 
President and the Congress on or before September 1, 1964, or 
nine months from the date on which appropriations to carry out 
this Act first become available, whichever occurs later, and the final 
report on the plan shall be presented on or before July 1, 1965, or 
eighteen months from the date on which appropriations to carry out 
this Act first become available, whichever occurs later. 
Approved November 4, 1963. 
gress.