An Act to direct the Secretary of the Army to release on behalf of the United States a condition do a deed conveying certain land to the State of Oregon to be used as a public highway
PL 92-459 (H.R.4634), enacted 10/03/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-459-OCT. 3, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
Filing date. 
70 Stat. 331. 
SO u s e app. 20. 
60 Stat. 925. 
50 u s e app. 34. 
Yen-dollar 
conversion ratio. 
District of Columbia in Honda against Clark, civil action numbered 
1179-64. Legal representatives or successors in interest, by inheritance, 
devise, bequest, or operation of law, of debt claimants, other than per-
sons who would themselves be disqualified from allowance of a debt 
claim, may apply for and receive payment to the same extent as their 
predecessors in interest would have. Claims under this Act shall be 
filed not later than one hundred and eighty days after the date of 
enactment of this Act with the Office of Alien Property of the Depart-
ment of Justice. 
SEC. 2. Claims payable under this Act shall be subject to section 20 
of the Trading With the Enemy Act, and required to meet all condi-
tions of allowability and defenses prescribed by section 34(a) of the 
Trading With the Enemy Act, except the provision concerning allow-
ance of claims of persons interned or paroled pursuant to the Alien 
Enemy Act, and the defense that the underlying debt obligation has 
been released or exonerated on or after November 14, 1967, by its 
redemption or surrender for consideration. 
SEC. 3. Claims shall be payable at the same yen-dollar conversion 
ratio afforded to claimants under the consent decree of the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia of April 30,1968, in 
Honda against Clark, civil action numbered 1179-64, to the extent 
funds are available therefor. 
SEC. 4. Payments under this Act shall be made as expeditiously as 
possible. All determinations with respect to the form and content of 
claims under this Act, the proof thereof and all other matters related 
to proceedings on such claims, including the allowance and disallow-
ance thereof and the proration of available Yokohama Specie Bank 
assets among allowed claims if insufficient for full payment, shall be 
within the sole discretioii of the Attorney General or his designee and 
shall not be subject to review by any court. 
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Approved October 3, 1972. 
October 3, 1972 
[H. R. 4634] 
Public Law 92-459 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to release on behalf of the United States 
a condition in a deed conveying certain land to the State of Oregon to be used 
as a public highway. 
Camp Withy-
combe, eiack-
amas County, 
Greg. 
Land use con-
dition, release. 
70 Stat. 793. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled, That, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 1, 1956, the 
Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to release or modify 
on behalf of the United States the reservation and conditions in a 
deed dated November 9, 1956, conveying land in Clackamas County, 
Oregon, to the State of Oregon (as reflected on drawing 4540, filed 
with the district engineer, Seattle, Washington) one of which requires 
the land so conveyed to be used for military purposes only and provides 
for a reversion of such land to the United States if at any time it 
ceases to be so used, but only with respect to a sixty-foot right-of-way 
cutting across the northwest corner of such land for a distance of 
approximately three hundred and forty to four hundred feet, and 
cmly if the State of Oregon or an authorized agency of the State 
conveys such right-of-way (subject to section 2 o:^ this Act^ to 
Clackamas County to be used as a public highw^ay to provide a direct 
intertie between Clackamas County Road 40 and Mather Eoad. 
SEC. 2. The release and the deed of conveyance of the right-of-way 
to Clackamas County as authorized under the first section of this 
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Act shall provide that the right-of-way shall be used only as a public, 
highway and for related purposes, and if such right-of-way at any 
time ceases to be so used, title thereto shall immediately revert to 
the State of Oregon, together with any improvements made by Clacka-
mas County without payment of compensation therefor, and, in which 
event, the right-of-way shall again become a part of Camp Withy-
combe and be subject to the same reservation and conditions set forth 
in the aforementioned deed of November 9, 1956. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary is authorized to impose such additional 
terms and conditions on the release and conveyance authorized by this 
Act as he deems necessary to protect the interests of the United States. 
SEC. 4. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the 
release and conveyance authorized by this Act shall be borne by the 
grantee. 
Approved October 3, 1972. 
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Public Law 92-460 
AN ACT 
To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 to provide a temporary 20 per 
centum increase in annuities, to simplify administration of the Act, and for 
other purposes. 
October 4, 1972 
[H. R.15927] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 
3(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is amended by inserting 
at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(5) The individual's annuity computed under the preceding pro-
visions of this subsection and that part of subsection (e) of this section 
which precedes the first proviso shall be increased by 20 per centum.". 
(b) Section 2(e) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking out "section 3(a) (3) or (4) of this Act'- and 
inserting in lieu thereof "section 3(a) (3), (4), or (5) of this 
Act"; 
(2) by striking out the second sentence of the last paragraph; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"The spouse's annuity computed under the other provisions of this 
section shall (before any reduction on account of age) be increased by 
20 per centum. The preceding sentence and the other provisions of 
this subsection shall not operate to increase the spouse's annuity 
(before any reduction on account of age) to an amount in excess of 
the maximum amount of a spouse's annuity as provided in the first 
sentence of this subsection. This paragraph shall be disregarded in the 
application of the preceding two paragraphs." 
(c) Section 2 (i) of such Act is amended by striking out "the last two 
paragraphs" and inserting in lieu thereof "the last paragraph plus the 
two preceding paragraphs". 
(d) Section 3(e) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking out the word "and" after clause (iv) in the 
second paragraph thereof and inserting after the semicolon in 
clause (v) in such second paragraph the following new clauses: 
"(vi) individuals not entitled to an annuity under section 2 or 
.5 of this Act shall not be included in the computation under such 
first proviso except a spouse who could qualify for an annuity 
under section 2(e) or (h) of this Act if the employee from whom 
the spouse's annuity under this Act would derive had attained age 
sixty-five, and such employee's children who meet the definition 
Railroad Retire-
ment Act of 1937, 
amendment. 
Annuities in-
crease. 
82 Stat. 17; 
85 Stat. 101. 
45 u s e 228c. 
Spouse's annu-
ity. 
85 Stat. 101. 
45 u s e 228b. 
Minimum annu-
ity. 
82 Stat. 18. 
45 u s e 228c. 
45 u s e 228b, 
228e. 
Supra.