An Act to amend the act of June 30, 1948, so as to extend for 1 year the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for certain public lands in Monroe County, Mich., held under color of title
PL 83-697 (H.R.9790), enacted 08/28/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 697-AUG. 28, 1954 
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S T A T . 
Secretary concerned may revoke an election made by him on behalf of 
a mentally incompetent member when it is established to his satisfac-
tion that such election has resulted in undue hardship. 
A retired 
member whose election is revoked under this Act shall have refunded 
to him a sum which represents the difference between the amount by 
which his retired pay has been reduced in accordance with his election 
and the cost of an amount of term insurance which is equal to the 
protection provided his dependents during the period his election was 
in effect. 
A retired member whose election is revoked under this Act 
shall not thereafter be permitted to be covered in any way under the 
Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953. 
SEC. 2. Terms used in this Act shall have the meaning assigned to 
them by the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953. 
SEC. 3. Payments of the refunds authorized by this Act may be made 
from appropriate current appropriations. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
August 28, 19S4 
[H. R. 9790] 
Public Law 697 
CHAPTER 1048 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 30, 1948, so as to extend for one year the authority 
of the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for certain public lands in 
Monroe County, Michigan, held under color of title. 
Monroe 
Mich. 
County, 
Land patents. 
^ 67 Stat. 581. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled.^ That the Act en-
titled "An xlct authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue pat-
ents for lands held under color of title", approved June 30,1948 (Pub-
lic Law 856, Eightieth Congress), as amended, is amended by strik-
ing out "within six years after passage of this Act" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "within seven years after passage of this Act". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
take effect as of June 29, 1954. 
Approved August 28, 1964. 
Public Law 698 
CHAPTER 1049 
August 28, 1954 
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[H. R. 9962] 
To increase by 5 per centum the rates of pension payable to veterans and their 
dependents. 
Veterans' 
iions. 
Increase. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) all monthly 
rates of pension for disability, age, or death payable to veterans or 
their dependents under any public law administered by the Veterans' 
Administration are hereby increased by 5 per centum, subject to the 
provisions of subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to pension payable under sec-
tions 4756 or 4757 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (38 U. S. C. 
229, 230), the Act of April 27, 1916 (39 Stat. 53), as amended (38 
U. S. C. 391 and the following), or the Act of February 28, 1929 
(45 Stat. 1409). 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second 
calendar month following the date of its enactment. 
Approved August 28, 1954.