An Act to amend Veterans Regulation No. 2 (a), as amended, to provide that the amount of certain unnegotiated checks shall be paid as accrued benefits upon the death of the beneficiary-payee, and for other purposes
PL 83-42 (H.R.1563), enacted 05/29/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 42-MAY 29, 1953 
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Public Law 41 
CHAPTER 75 
AN ACT 
To retrocede to the State of Oklahoma concurrent jurisdiction over the right-of-
way for United States Highways 62 and 277 within the Fort Sill Military 
Reservation, Oklahoma. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby 
granted to the State of Oklahoma a retrocession of jurisdiction oyer 
that part of the Fort Sill Military Reservation for which permission 
to use as a highway right-of-way for United States Highways 62 and 
277, eighty feet in width, with necessary borrow pits, was granted to 
the State of Oklahoma by the Assistant Secretary of War by permit 
dated October 13,1932. This retrocession of jurisdiction is granted to 
the extent that all laws of the State and all laws of the United States 
shall be applicable within the entire area included within the said 
permit and the United States and the State shall exercise concurrent 
jurisdiction thereover. 
SEC. 2. The retrocession of jurisdiction granted shall be effective 
upon the acceptance thereof by the Legislature of the State of 
Oklahoma. 
Approved May 27, 1953. 
May 27, 1953 
[S. 1641] 
Ft. Sill Military 
Reservation, Okla. 
Public Law 42 
CHAPTER 84 
AN ACT 
To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 2 (a), as amended, to provide that the 
amount of certain unnegotiated checks shall be paid as accrued benefits upon 
the death of the beneficiary-payee, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemblsd, That paragraph V 
(2), part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 2 (a), as added by the 
Act of Julv 13,1943 (57 Stat. 557; 38 U. S. C, ch. 12, note), is amended 
to read as follows: 
" (2) A check received by a payee in payment of pension, compensa-
tion, retirement pay, subsistence allowance, or education and training 
allowance shall, in the event of the death of the payee on or after the 
last day of the period covered by said check and unless negotiated by 
the payee or the duly appointed representative of his estate, be returned 
to the Veterans' Administration and cancelled. 
The amount repre-
sented by any check returned and cancelled pursuant to the foregoing 
or any amount recovered by reason of improper negotiation of any 
such check shall constitute accrued benefits payable pursuant to the 
provisions of paragraph V (1) : Provided, That the one-year limita-
tions of paragraph V (1) shall not apply: Provided further, 
That 
any amount not so paid shall be paid upon settlement by the General 
Accounting Office to the estate of the deceased payee, if such estate 
will not escheat: And provided further, That the provisions of this 
subparagraph in effect prior to the date of approval of this amendment 
shall be applicable in the case of any payee dying prior to said date." 
SEC. 2. The following provisions of law are hereby repealed (together 
with the punctuation mark immediately preceding the language in 
each case) : 
(a) That portion of section 4 of the Act of May 1, 1926 (44 Stat, 
383), as amended (38 U. S. C. 364c), section 5 of the Act of July 3, 
1926 (44 Stat. 807), as amended (38 U. S. C. 321a), and section 5 of the 
Act of June 2, 1930 (46 Stat. 493), as amended (38 U. S. C. 365d), 
May 29, 1953 
[H. R. 1563] 
Veterans. 
C h e c k s of de 
ceased payee. 
Repeals. 
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which reads in each cited Act as follows: 
"and the issue of a check in payment of a pension for which the 
execution and submission of a voucher was not required shall con-
stitute payment in the event of the death of the pensioner on 
or after the last day of the period covered by such check, and it 
shall not be cancelled, but shall become an asset of the estate of the 
deceased pensioner", and 
(b) The proviso in section 2 of the Act of May 23, 1928 (45 Stat. 
715) as amended (38 U. S. C. 321b). 
Approved May 29, 1963. 
Public Law 43 
CHAPTER 85 
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AN A C T 
May 29> 1953 
[H. R. 2990] 
To amend the Act which incorporated the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 
United States, 
V e t e r a n s of 
Foreign Wars. 
49 Stat. 1390. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first section 
of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars of the United States", approved May 28, 1936 (36 U. S. C , sec. 
I l l ) , is amended by striking out "and marines" and mserting in lieu 
thereof "marines, and airmen". 
SEC. 2. Section 5 of such Act (36 U. S. C , sec. 115) is amended by 
striking out "Army, Navy, or Marine Corps" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "Armed Forces". 
Approved May 29, 1953. 
Public Law 44 
CHAPTER 86 
May 29, 1953 
[H. R. 3406] 
To authorize payment of salaries and expenses of officials of the Klamath Tribe. 
Klamath Indians. 
25 u s e 563. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior, or such official as may be designated by him, is hereby 
authorized, until otherwise directed by Congress, to advance to the 
tribe or to pay out of any unobligated tribal funds of the Klamath 
Indians in the Treasury of the United States salaries and expenses of 
tribal officials or representatives (except the Klamath Loan Fund 
Board) at rates and/or limitations designated in advance by the 
Klamath General Council, or any governing body to which it may 
delegate such authority, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: 
Provided^ That the length of stay of representatives serving the tribe 
at the seat of government shall be determined by the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
SEC. 2. The Act of June 25,1938 (ch. 710,52 Stat. 1207), as amended 
August 7, 1939 (ch. 519, 53 Stat. 1244), as amended May 15, 1945 (ch. 
123,59 Stat. 167), is hereby repealed. 
Approved May 29, 1953.