An Act to grant relief to payees and special indorsees of fraudulently negotiated checks drawn on designated depositaries of the United States by extending the availability of the check forgery insurance fund, and for other purposes.
PL 93-539 (H.R.6274), enacted 12/22/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-539-DEC. 22, 1974 
[88 STAT. 
Public Law 93-539 
December 22, 1974 
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ACT 
[H. R. 6274] 
r£Q grant relief to payees and special indorsees of fraudulently negotiated checks 
drawn on designated depositaries of the United States by extending the avail-
ability of the check forgery insurance fund, and for other purposes. 
S upra. 
31 use 562. 
31 use 563. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
in^ura''nce°fun7 
United States of'America 
in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
November 21, 1941 (55 Stat. 777; 31 U.S.C. 561-564), is amended as 
follows: 
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(a) Sections 4 and 5 are redesignated as sections 5 and 6. 
(b) A new section 4 is added to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make avail-
able to accountable officers of the United States sums in the fund to 
pay to a payee or special indorsee of a check drawn on and paid by a 
designated depositary of the United States the amount of the check, 
without interest, where it is established, in accordance with regula-
tions promulgated under section 5, that the conditions specified in 
section 2 of this Act, except as they pertain to the Treasurer of the 
United States, have been fulfilled. Notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953 (66 Stat. 
662; 31 U.S.C. 724), where such check was payable in a foreign cur-
rency the accountable officer may be authorized to make payment in 
that foreign currency. The liability and restoration provisions of sec-
tion 3 of this Act shall apply with respect to checks drawn on desig-
nated depositaries, except that recoveries of foreign currency shall be 
used, as required, to reimburse either the foreign currency fund or 
account or the check forgery insurance fund, whichever account or 
fund is charged when settlement is made with the payee or indorsee." 
Approved December 22, 1974. 
Public Law 93-540 
December 22, 1974 
AN A C T 
[H. R. 6 5] 
rj^ authorize the exchange of certain lands between the Pueblo of Acoma and the 
Forest Service. 
Be it enacted, hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
p^^^bF^" 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
Acoma Tribe, 
of the Iiiterior shall transfer lands and minerals therein, within sec-
N. Mex. 
tion 17, township 11 north, range 8 west, and section 13, township 11 
wUh"/ore''s''t^sefv- "orth, range 9 west, New^ Mexico Principal Meridian, now held in 
ice. 
trust for the Pueblo of Acoma Tribe, to the Secretary of Agriculture 
for administration as a part of the Mount Taylor Division, Cibola 
National Poorest, and subject to the laws, rules, and regulations appli-
cable to the National Forest System. 
SEC. 2. The lands and minerals therein, within section 20, township 
11 north, range 8 west, and section 24, township 11 north, range 9 
west. New Mexico Principal Meridian, now a part of the Cibola 
National Forest, are hereby declared to be held in trust by the Secre-
tary of the Interior for the Pueblo of Acoma Tribe: Provided^ That 
rights-of-way sixty-six feet in width, being thirty-three feet on either 
side of the centerline, for Forest Service Development System roads 
now in place across said lands, shall be retained by the Secretary of 
Agriculture. 
SEC. 3. Any transfer effected by this Act shall be subject to valid 
claims as long as they are maintained. 
Approved December 22, 1974.