An Act to amend section 3 of the act of May 19, 1947 (ch. 80, 61 Stat. 102), as amended, for the purpose of extending the time in which payments are to be made to members of the Shoshone Tribe and the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River. Reservation in Wyoming, and for other purposes
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Claims. 
57 Stat. 66. 
(3) inserting, immediately after the third paragraph thereof, 
the following new paragraph: 
"Claims of the type described in the first section of the Act entitled 
'An Act to provide for the prompt settlement of claims for damages 
occasioned by Army, Navy, and Marine Corps forces in foreign coun-
tries', approved January 2,1942 (55 Stat. 880, as amended; 31 U. S. C. 
224d), on account of damage to or loss or destruction of property both 
real and personal, or personal injury or death of any person, arising 
on or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and caused by 
the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any officer or civilian 
employee of the Commission while acting within the scope of his office 
or employment, may be considered, ascertained, adjusted, determined, 
and paid in the manner provided in such Act for the settlement of 
Army claims, except that in such cases one or more officers or employees 
of the Commission may be appointed by the Secretary of the Army 
to a claims commission or commissions or as officers to approve settle-
ments of claims made by such commission or commissions, and all pay-
ments in settlement of such claims shall be made out of appropriations 
made for the purposes of this Act." 
Approved July 25, 1956. 
July 25, 1956 
[S. 3180] 
Public Law 793 
CHAPTER 722 
AN ACT 
To amend title 28 of the United States Code to authorize the appointment of 
two United States commissioners for Cumberland Gap National Historical 
Park. 
Cumberland Gap 
National Historical 
Park. 
62 Stat. 916. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate imd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 631 
(a) of title 28 of the United States (^ode is amended by inserting 
after the third paragraph of such section the following new paragraph: 
"Two United States commissioners may be appointed for Cumber-
land Gap National Historical Park. 
One, whose jurisdiction shall 
be limited to the portion of the park situated in Kentucky, shall be 
appointed by the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky; 
the other, whose jurisdiction shall be limited to the portion of the 
park situated in Tennessee and Virginia, shall be appointed by joint 
action of the District Courts for the Eastern District of Tennessee 
and the Western District of Virginia." 
Approved July 25, 1956. 
July 25, 1956 
[S.3397] 
Public Law 794 
CHAPTER 723 
AN ACT 
To amend section 3 of the Act of May 19, 1947 (ch. 80, 61 Stat. 102), as amended, 
for the purpose of extending the time in which payments are to be made to 
members of the Shoshone Tribe and the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation in Wyoming, and for other purposes. 
Indians. 
S h o s h o n e and 
Arapahoe Tribes. 
25 u s e 613. 
Per capita pay-
ments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the segregation and expenditure 
of trust funds held in joint ownership by the Shoshone and Arapahoe 
Tribes of the Wind River Reservation", approved May 19, 1947 (ch. 
80, 61 Stat. 102), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of existing law, the 
trust funds credited to the Shoshone Tribe and the Arapahoe Tribe, 
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respectively, under the provisions of this Act shall be available for 
expenditure or for advance to the tribe for such purposes as may be 
requested by the tribal council and approved by the Secretary of the 
Interior or such official as may be designated by him: Provided^ That 
commencing with the quarterly period beginning April 1, 1956, 85 
per centum of all sums credited to said trust funds during the period 
ending May 19, 1959, shall be paid on the first day of September, the 
first day of December, the first day of March, and the first day of June 
each year, per capita, to the individual members of said tribes: Pro-
vided further^ That said per capita payments shall not be subject to 
any lien or claim of any nature against any of the members of said 
tribes unless the tribal council of such member shall consent thereto in 
writing, except as to reimbursable Treasury loans made to individual 
members of either tribe which may be due to the United States, and 
except as to irrigation charges owed by individual Indians to the 
United States with respect to lands for which water is requested and 
received by said individual Indians, and with respect to lands that are 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be properly classified 
under existing law on the basis of a survey to be undertaken by the 
Secretary after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the existing 
authority of the Secretary to protect and conserve the per capita funds 
payable to members of the tribes Avho are minors, non compos mentis, 
or who, in the opinion of the Secretary, are in need of assistance in 
conducting their affairs." 
SEC. 2. As a basis for determining the conditions under which per 
capita payments may be authorized after May 19, 1959, the Secretary 
of the Interior is requested to report to the Congress before January 
1,1958, (1) his recommendations regarding any new authority, if any, 
that he believes is needed in order to protect adequately the interests of 
minors and incompetent Indians, (2) the results of a survey and 
reclassification of the lands that should be removed from the irrigation 
project, and (3) the adequacy of the tribal contribution to the cost of 
administering the reservation. 
Approved July 25, 1956, 
Report to C o n -
gress. 
Public Law 795 
CHAPTER 724 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act so as to 
extend the coverage of such Act to employees of the municipal government 
of the District of Columbia employed in District of Columbia institutions 
located in Maryland and Virginia. 
July 25, 1956 
[H. R. 10670] 
D. 
301. C. Code 461-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 1 (b) 
D. c , unempioj«-
(8) of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, tion. 
approved xlugust 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 946), as amended (title 46, ch. 
3, D. C. Code; 68 Stat. 988), is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following subsection: 
"(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 (b) (2) of 
this Act, service performed in the employ of the municipal govern-
ment of the District of Columbia but not localized within the District 
may, if said government elects, be covered employment." 
SEC. 2. This amendatory Act shall take effect as of 12:01 ante-
meridian on the first day of the next succeeding calendar quarter fol-
lowing the enactment of this amendatory Act. 
Approved July 25, 1956. 
Effective date.