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 596 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 508. AUGUST 12, 1935. in Pending India n sui ts SEC. 2. In all suits now pending in the Court of Claims by an Indian tribe or band which have not been tried or submitted, and in any suit hereafter filed in the Court of Claims by any such tribe or Offset ag ain st band, the Court of Claims is hereby directed to consider and to offset amounts due, for grat u- ities, etc. against any amount found due the said tribe or band all sums expended gratuitously by the United States for the benefit of the said tribe or band ; and in all cases now pending or hereafter filed in the Court of Claims in which an Indian tribe or band is party plain- tiff, wherein the duty of the court is merely to report its findings of fact and conclusions to Congress, the said Court of Claims is hereby directed to include in its report a statement of the amount of money which has been expended by the United States gratuitously for the benefit of the said tribe or band : Provided, That expenditures made prior to the date of the law, treaty, agreement, or Executive order under which the claims arise shall not be offset against the claims or claim asserted ; and expenditures under the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat . L. 984), except expenditures under appropriations made pursuant to section 5 of such Act, shall not be charged as offsets against any claim on behalf of an Indian tribe or tribes now pend- ing in the Court of Claims or hereafter filed : Provided further, That funds appropriated and expended from tribal funds shall not be construed as gratuities ; and this section shall not be deemed to amend or affect the various Acts granting jurisdiction to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claims listed on page 678 of the hearings before the subcommittee of the House Committee on Appro- priations on the second deficiency appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1935 : And provided further, That no expenditure under any emergency appropriation or allotment made subsequently to March 4, 1933, and gen erally a pplicab le throu ghout t he Unite d State s for relief in stricken agricultural areas, relief from distress caused by unemployment and conditions resulting therefrom, the prosecution of publ ic works and pu blic pro jects f or the relief o f unemp loyment or to increase employment, and for work relief (including the civil- works program) shall be considered in connection with the operation of this section. SEC. 3. The term " Civilian Conservation Corps " as used in sec- tion 1 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act for 1935, approved April 8, 1935, shall be construed as embracing emergency conservation work of the character carried on prior to April 1, 1935, under authority of the Act of March 31, 1933, as amended. Amount of Federal expen se to be e xpres sed in Court findings . Provisos. Pending claims not affected. Vol. 48, p. 984. Exceptions. Tr ibal ex pendit ures not gratuities . Designated activi- ties, etc., excluded. " Civili an Cons erva- tion Corps" construed. Ante, p.115. General Public Works. Tennessee Valley Authority. Continuance, etc ., of projects. Vol. 48, p.58. TIT LE I I-GE NERA L PU BLIC WOR KS TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled " The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 ", approved May 18, 1933 (48 Stat . 58), including the continued construction of Norris Dam, Wh eeler D am, Pic kwick L anding Dam, an d the be ginning of construction on a dam at or near Guntersville, Alabama, and a dam at or near Chickamauga Creek, both on the Tennessee River, and a dam on the Hiwassee River, a tributary of the Tennessee River, at or near Fowlers Bend, and the continuation of preliminary investigations as to the location and desirability of a dam at or near Aurora Landing and a dam at or near Whites Creek, and the acqui- sitio n of nec essary land, th e clear ing of s uch lan d, reloc ation o f highways, and the construction or purchase of transmission lines and other facilities, and all other necessary works authorized by