An Act to provide for the granting of mineral rights in certain homestead lands in the State of Alaska.
PL 86-789 (S.1670), enacted 09/14/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-789-SEPT. 14, 1960 
[74 S T A T . 
Hou sing amend-
ment s. 
73 Stat. 654. 
12 u s e 1703. 
73«tat. 681. 
12 u s e 1749. 
69 Stat. 643. 
42 u s e 1493. 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 2(a) of the National Housing Act is amended 
by (1) striking out "1960" and inserting in lieu thereof "1961", and 
(2) striking out the last sentence of the first paragraph thereof. 
(b) Section 401 (d) of the Housing Act of 1950 is amended by strik-
ing out "$1,175,000,000", "$125,000,000", and "$50,000,000" and in-
serting in lieu thereof "$1,675,000,000", "$175,000,000", and "$100,-
000,000", respectively. 
(c) Section 203(a) of the Housing Amendments of 1955 is amended 
by striking out "$100,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$150,-
000,000". 
Approved September 14, 1960. 
Public Law 86-789 
AN ACT 
September 14, 1960 
[s. 16701 
To provide for the granting of mineral rights in certain homestead lands in the 
State of Alaska. 
Alaska. 
H o m e s t 
1 an d s, min 
rights. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the United 
States hereby quitclaims as of the date of this Act or as of the date of 
issuance of patent, whichever is later, to the patentee or to his lawful 
heirs if title to the lands prior to the date oi this Act had by devise 
or succession passed out of the patentee, all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to oil and gas deposits in lands in the Kenai 
Peninsula in the State of Alaska patented to homestead entrymen pur-
suant to homestead entries on which all requirements of the homestead 
laws had been complied with prior to July 23, 1957, except for the 
actual submission of acceptable final proof. 
SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall aifect the validity of any lease 
issued under the Mineral I^easing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 
437; 30 IT.S.C. 181 and following), as amended, or any rights arising 
thereunder, or any of its terms and conditions except that quitclaim 
under the terms ot this Act of any oil and gas deposit covered by such 
a lease shall vest in the grantee all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to such lease, insofar as the lease pertains to the 
quitclaimed lands, including the right to all rentals, royalties, and 
other payments accruing after the date of quitclaim and including any 
authority that may have been retained by the United States to modify 
its terms and conditions. 
Approved September 14, 1960. 
September 14, I960 
[S. 2761] 
Public Law 86-790 
AN ACT 
To validate payments made for certain emergency conservation measures under 
the program authorized by the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957. 
e o n s e r v a tion 
fjrogram. 
V a l i d a t i o n of 
t>ayments» 
71 Stat. 176. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That payments 
which have heretofore been made under the program authorized by 
the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, under the,item en-
titled "Emergency Conservation Measures, Agricultural Conservation 
Program Service", for emergency conservation measures carried out 
between January 1,1956, and June 21,1957, shall, if otherwise proper, 
not be considered invalid by reason of the fact that they were made 
for measures carried out prior to the enactment of said Act. 
Approved September 14, 1960.