An Act to provide funeral transportation and living expense benefits to the families of deceased prisoners of war, and for other purposes.
PL 93-257 (S.3228), enacted 03/29/1974

88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-257-MAR. 29, 1974 
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cation, and Welfare has made a determination as to whether such indi-
vidual is disabled, as defined in section 1614(a) (3) (A) of that Act. 
SEC. 2. The last sentence of section 203(e) (2) of the Federal-State 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (as added by 
section 20 of Public Law 93-233) is amended by striking out "April" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "July". 
Approved March 28, 1974. 
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note. 
Public Law 93-257 
AN ACT 
To provide funeral transportation and living expense benefits to the families of 
deceased prisoners of war, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of A?)ierica in Congress 
assembled, 
SHORT TITLE 
March 29, 1974 
[S.3228] 
Funeral Trans-
portation and 
Living Expense 
Benefits Act of 
1974. 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Funeral Transportation 
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and Living Expense Benefits Act of 1974". 
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FINDINGS 
SEC. 2. (a) The United States did in 1973 provide transportation 
and other amenities to families of five hundred and fifty-six returned 
prisoners of war for reunions upon these men's arrival in the con-
tinental United States after release from imprisonment by the govern-
ment of the Democratic Eepublic of Vietnam and did in 1973 also 
provide transportation and other amenities to these returned prisoners 
of war and their families to attend ceremonies in their honor in 
Washington, District of Columbia. 
(b) The remains of other prisoners of war, having died in captivity 
in Southeast Asia, are now being returned to the United States for 
burial. 
(c) The United States owes no lesser degree of respect, honor or 
solicitude to the memories of the men who died in captivity and their 
families than in the cases of those who survived and returned alive to 
the United States. 
(d) It is fitting and proper, therefore, as a mark of respect to those 
men who died in captivity while serving in the Armed Forces of the 
United States, that comparable courtesies and amenities be extended to 
the families of these deceased military personnel. 
BENEFITS 
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SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide 
funeral transportation and living expenses benefits for the family of M
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any deceased member of the Armed Forces who shall have died while 
classified as a prisoner of war or as missing in action during the Viet-
nam conflict and whose remains shall have been returned to the United 
States after January 27,1973. 
(b) Such benefits shall include transportation roundtrip from such 
family members' places of residence to the place of burial for such 
deceased member of the Armed Forces, living expenses and other such 
allowances as the Secretary shall deem appropriate. 
ceased Viet-
POW's and 
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Eligible family 
members. 
(c) Eligible family members shall include the deceased's widow, 
children, stepchildren, mother, father, stepfather and stepmother, or 
if none of these shall desire to be granted such benefits, the deceased's 
brothers, sisters, half brothers and half sisters. 
Approved March 29, 1974. 
April 2, 1974 
[H. R. 5236] 
Public Law 93-258 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of certain mineral interests of the United States 
in property in Utah to the record owners of the surface of that property. 
Boundaries. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rep7'esentatwes of the 
ut^h!^ *^°''"*^' 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
Certain mineral of the Interior shall convey to those persons who, on the date of enact-
interests, con- 
ment of this Act, are the record owners of the surface rights thereof, 
veyance. 
^^ ^^ ^j^^ helrs, successors, or assigns of such person or persons, all 
mineral interests reserved to the United States in and to the real prop-
erty consisting of twenty acres and more particularly described in 
section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 2. The real property referred to in the first section of this Act 
is situated in Utah County, Utah, and is more particularly described 
as follows : 
Beginning at a point south 151.8 feet and west 0.27 feet from 
the north quarter corner of section 17, township 5 south, range 
2 east, 3alt Lake base and meridian, and running thence south 
89 degrees 54 minutes east 62.0 feet; thence north 0 degree 06 min-
utes east 152.1 feet; thence north 89 degrees 29 minutes 44 seconds 
east 70 feet; thence south 0 degree 06 minutes west 165.62 feet; 
thence south 89 degrees 54 minutes east 164.97 feet; thence north 
0 degree 06 minutes east 137 feet; thence north 89 degrees 51 min-
utes east 16.5 feet; thence south 0 degree 06 minutes west 137 feet; 
thence south 39 degrees 20 minutes west 135 feet; thence south 
51 degrees 07 minutes east 660 feet; thence north 88 degrees 40 
minutes west 268.8 feet; thence south 0 degree 28 minutes 30 sec-
onds west 1262.9 feet along a fence line; thence north 89 degrees 
46 minutes west 364.2 feet; thence south 89 degrees 06 minutes 30 
seconds west 133.2 feet; thence north 1 degree 17 minutes 30 sec-
onds east 1323.2 feet; thence east 4.34 feet; thence north 0 degree 
06 minutes east 466.7 feet, more or less to the point of beginning. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary shall require the deposit of a sum of money 
which he deems sufficient to cover estimated administrative costs of 
this Act. If a conveyance is not made pursuant to this Act, and the 
administrative costs exceed the deposit, the Secretary shall bill the 
applicant for the outstanding amount, but if the amount of the deposit 
exceeds the actual administrative costs, the Secretary shall refund the 
excess. 
SEC. 4. No conveyance shall be made unless application for convey-
ance is filed with the Secretary within six months of the date of 
approval of this Act and unless within the time specified by him 
payment is made to the Secretary of (1) administrative costs of the 
conveyance and (2) the fair market value of the interest to be con-
veyed. The amount of the payment required shall be the difference 
between the amount deposited and the full amount required to be paid 
under this section. If the amount deposited exceeds the full amount 
required to be paid, the applicant shall be given a credit or refund 
for the excess. 
Administrative 
costs. 
Application.