An Act to provide for the relief of certain members of the Army and Air Force, and for other purposes
PL 84-561 (H.R.5652), enacted 06/04/1956

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plan, and construct the minimum basic facilities required for access by 
the visiting public to, and for the protection of its health and safetjr 
and of public property on, lands withdrawn or acquired for the Jum-
per division. 
The costs thereof, in the amount of not more than 
$34,870, shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable. 
SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for con-
struction of the Juniper division $563,000, plus such amounts, if any, 
as may be required by reason of changes in the cost of construction of 
the types involved therein as shown by engineering cost indices and, 
in addition thereto, such sums as are required to operate and maintain 
the division. 
Approved June 4, 1966. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 560 
CHAPTER 361 
AN ACT 
To authorize a $100 per capita payment to members of the Red Lake Band of 
Chipi)ewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the 
Red Lake Reservation. 
June 4. 1956 
[H. R. 5478] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Secretar}' 
of the Interior is authorized to withdraw as much as may be necessary 
from the fund on deposit in the Treasury of the United States arising 
from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber within the Eed 
Lake Eeservation in Minnesota, according to the provisions of the 
Act of May 18, 1916 (39 Stat. 137), to the credit of the Red Lake 
Indians in Minnesota, and to pay therefrom $100 to each member of 
the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota who is living 
at the date of enactment of this Act. Such payment shall be made 
under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior 
may prescribe. 
SEC. 2. No money paid to Indians under this Act shall be subject 
to any lien or claim of attorneys or other persons. Before any pay-
ment is made under this Act. the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians 
of Minnesota shall, in sucn manner as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Interior, ratify and accept the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 3. Payments made under this Act shall not be held to be 
"other income and resources" as that term is used in sections 2 (a) (7), 
402 (a) (7), and 1002 (a) (8) of the Social Security Act, as amended 
(U. S. d , 1946 edition, title 42, sees. 302 (a) (7), 602 (a) (7), and 
1202(a) (8)). 
Approved June 4, 1956. 
R«d Lake Reser-
vation, Nflnn. 
Per capita pay-
ments. 
Reatiiction. 
Ratificatloxu 
53 S t a t . 
1360, 
1379; 64 Stat. S53. 
Public Law 561 
CHAPTER 362 
AN ACT 
June 4, 1956 
To provide for the relief of certain members of the Army and Air Force, and — . 
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for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
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United States of America in Congress assembled, That commissioned Forc^^ *" 
officers of the Regular Army or Regular Air Force (except those ap- aiii^^Sfc^fi^*' 
pointed pursuant to the Act of December 28, 1945 (59 Stat. 663)), as 
amended, who, subsequent to August 31,1946, and prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act, were absent from duty by authority of the Sec-
retary concerned for any period after their acceptance of appointment 
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Repayments. 
A u t h o r i t y 
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eral. 
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as a commissioned officer of the Regular Army or Regular Air Force 
during which period they were awaiting orders assigning them to their 
initial-duty stations, shall, if application therefor is made within two 
years after the date of enactment of this Act and to the extent they 
have not already been paid therefor, be paid pay and allowances for 
that period. 
Payments of pay and allowances heretofore made to 
these officers for such periods shall be validated upon a determination 
by the Secretary concerned, or his designee, that such payments were 
free from fraud and collusion. 
SEC. 2. Any commissioned officer or former commissioned officer of 
the Regular Army or Regular Air Force who has repaid the United 
States an amount paid to him as pay and allowances for a period 
described in the first section of this Act, is entitled to be paid the 
amount involved, if otherwise proper, under this Act. 
SEC. 3. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his de-
signee, shall, within two years from the date of this Act, relieve dis-
bursing officers, including special disbursing agents, of the Army and 
the Air Force from accountability or responsibility for any payments 
described in this Act, and shall allow credits in the settlement of the 
accounts of such officers or agents for payments which are determined 
by the Secretary concerned, or his designee, to be free from fraud or 
collusion. 
The determination by the Secretary concerned, or his 
designee, shall be final and conclusive upon the Comptroller General: 
Provided. That this section shall not apply to original payments au-
thorized by the first section of this Act or to the repayments authorized 
by section 2 hereof. 
Funds avaUabie. 
gjjc^ 4 ^j^y appropriations available to the military department 
concerned for the pay and allowances of military personnel are avail-
able for payments under this Act. 
Approved June 4, 1956. 
NonapplicabUlty. 
June 4, 1956 
[H. R. 5862] 
Public Law 562 
CHAPTER 363 
AN ACT 
To confer jurisdiction upon United States district courts to adjudicate certain 
claims of Federal employees for the recovery of fees, salaries, or com-
pensation. 
Federal 
employ 
ees. 
Claims jurisdic-
tion. 
62 Stat. 933. 
65 Stat. 727. 
28 u s e 1346. 
Pending cases. 
Restoration. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That, notwithstand-
ing any lapse of time or statute of limitations, and notwithstanding 
section 1346 (d) (2) of title 28, United States Code, the United States 
district courts shall have jurisdiction of all civil actions or claims to 
recover fees, salary, or compensation for official services of employees 
of the United States which were filed jjrior to October 31, 1951, and 
were thereafter dismissed for want of jurisdiction as a result of the 
amendment made to such section by section 50 (b) of the Act entitled 
"An Act to amend certain titles of the United States Code, and for 
other purposes", approved October 31, 1951. 
Such cases which were pending in the district courts or in the courts 
of appeals on October 31, 1951, and which may have been dismissed 
by reason of the withdrawal of jurisdiction during their j)endency, 
shall be restored upon petition to the appropriate court within one 
year after the effective date of this Act. 
Approved June 4, 1956.