An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to forfeiture of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration
PL 86-222 (H.R.7106), enacted 09/01/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-221-SEPT. 1, 1959 
[73 STAT. 
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(l>) to grant a right to any applicant to which a conveyance 
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jg made pursuant to paragraph (a) hereof, without cost, to 
dismantle the buildings known as Leeton, and to salvage and 
remove any and all material considered by such grantee to have 
a historic value; provided that the grant of such right shall be 
conditioned upon an obligation of the grantee to remove all 
material and structures, whether or not of historic value, from 
the land occupied by such buildings and to restore the land to 
a condition satisfactory to the Administrator, including, but not 
limited to, the removal of all debris and the filling of all wells 
and basement and septic tank excavations. 
Approved September 1, 1959. 
Public Law 86- 221 
September 1, 1959 
^ ^ A C T 
[H. R. 2979] 
To amend section 752 of title 28, United States Code. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Liw'^cierkr*and United Sttttes of America in Congress assembled, That section 752 
secretaries'. ^ ^ 
of title 28, United States Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"District judges may appoint necessary law clerks and secretaries 
subject to any limitation on the aggregate salaries of such employees 
which may be imposed by law." 
Approved September 1, 1959. 
Public Law 86-222 
September 1, 1959 
AN A C T 
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.— To amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to forfeiture of benefits 
under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. 
Veterans. 
Forf e it ur e 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
of United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3503 
''Tl stit 1240 
^^ ^^^^^ ^^' United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsections: 
"(d) After the date of enactment of this subsection, no forfeiture 
72 Stat. 1240. 
gf benefits may be imposed under this section or section 3504 of this 
title upon any individual who was a resident of, or domiciled in, a 
State at the time the act or acts occurred on account of which benefits 
would, but for this subsection, be forfeited unless such individual 
ceases to be a resident of, or domiciled in, a State before the expira-
tion of the period during which criminal prosecution could be insti-
tuted. 
This subsection shall not apply with respect to (a), any 
forfeiture occurring before the date of enactment of this subsection, 
or (b) an act or acts which occurred in the Philippine Islands prior 
to July 4,1946. 
"(e) No apportionment award under subsection (b) of this section 
shall be made in any case after the date of enactment of this 
subsection." 
SEC. 2. Section 3504 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) In the case of any forfeiture under this section there shall be 
no authority after the date of enactment of this subsection (1) to 
make an apportionment award pursuant to subsection (b) or (2) to 
make an award to any person of gratuitous benefits based on any 
period of military, naval, or air service commencing before the date 
of commission of the offense." 
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SEC. 3. (a) Chapter 61 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"§ 3505. Forfeiture for subversive activities 
"(a) Any individual who is convicted after the date of enactment of 
this section of any offense listed in subsection (b) of this section shall, 
from and after the date of commission of such oifense, have no right 
to gratuitous benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' 
Administration based on periods of military, naval, or air service 
commencing before the date of the commission of such offense and 
no other person shall be entitled to such benefits on account of such 
individual. After receipt of notice of the return of an indictment 
for such an offense the Veterans' Administration shall suspend pay-
ment of such gratuitous benefits pending disposition of the criminal 
proceedings. 
If any individual whose right to benefits has been 
terminated pursuant to this section is granted a pardon of the offense 
by the President of the United States, the right to such benefits shall 
be restored as of the date of such pardon. 
"(b) The offenses referred to in subsection (a) of this section are 
those offenses for which punishment is prescribed (1) in the following 
provisions of title 18, United States Code: sections 792, 793, 794, 798, 
2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, 2385, 2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, and chapter 105; 
(2) in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, articles 94,104, and 106; 
(3) in the following sections of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954: 
sections 222, 223, 224, 225, and 226; and (4) in the following sections 
of the Internal Security Act of 1950: sections 4, 112, and 113. 
•'(c) The Attorney General shall notify the Administrator in each 823" 
case in which an individual is indicted or convicted of an offense listed 
in clauses (1), (3), or (4) of subsection (b) of this section. 
The 
Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Treasury, as may be 
appropriate, shall notify the Administrator in each case in which an 
individual is convicted of an offense listed in clause (2) of subsection 
(b) of this section." 
(b) The table of sections for such chapter 61 is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following: 
•'."i.'O.j. Forfeiture for subversive activities." 
Approved September 1, 1959. 
18 u s e 
2151-
2157. 
10 u s e 894,904, 
906. 
68 Stat. 958. 
42 u s e 
2272-
2276. 
64 S t a t . 
99 1, 
1029. 
s o u s e 783, 822, 
38 U S C 3501-
3504, 
Public Law 86-223 
A N A C T 
September 1, 1959 
To amend section 2734 of title 10, United States Code, so as to authorize the 
[H. R. 2741] 
Secretary of the Treasury to settle claims arising in foreign countries inci-
dent to noncombat activities of the Coast Guard. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 10 of the ^
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_ o a s t Guard, 
United States Code is amended as follows: 
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(1) Section 2734 is amended as follows: 
(A) The catchline is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 2734. Property loss; personal injury or death : incident to noncom-
bat activities of the armed forces; foreign countries." 
(B) Subsection (a) is amended as follows: 
(i) by striking out the words "of a military department" and 
inserting in place thereof the word "concerned"; and 
(ii) by striking out the words "the department concerned" 
and inserting in place thereof the words "the military depart-
ment concerned or the Coast Guard, as the case mav be."