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PUBLIC LAW 956-AUG. 3, 1956

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dependent; and if one was, or both were, partly dependent, a proportionate amount in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor; "(2) no payments may be made under clause (F) of that section; and "(3) the Secretary of Labor or his designee shall inform the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare whenever a claim is filed and eligibility for compensation is established under clause (C) or clause (D) of section 10 of that Act, and that Secretary shall then certify to the Secretary of Labor as to whether or not the member concerned was fully or currently insured under title II of the Social Security Act at the time of his death." ^piicabiuty. ^^^ -pj^g amendments made by this section apply only to benefits for months beginning after the month in which it is enacted, to^'ineful"^*™*"* (^) '^^^ entitlement of any person to benefits under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act as it was in effect before the enactment of this section is not affected by this section. Approved August 3, 1956.

P u b l i c Law 956 August 3, 1956 [S. 3787]

CHAPTER 927

'^ ACT Relating to the management of the Red Lake Indian Forest and sawmill.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fore8t^*''* Indian JJrdted /States of America in Congress assembled, That the seventeenth paragraph of section 9 of the Act of May 18, 1916 (39 Stat. 123,137) is hereoy amended to read as follows: "The Red Lake Indian Forest shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with principles of scientific forestry that will encourage the production of successive timber crops for the benefit of the Indians of the Red Lake Band, and he is hereby authorized (a) to harvest, sell, and manufacture such marketable timber from any tribal lands within the Red Lake Indian Reservation as he may deem to be advisable and, if the timber is the growth of Red Lake Indian Forest, in keeping with the foregoing principles, (b) to establish nurseries and otherwise provide for the reforestation of said lands, (c) to construct and operate sawmills and other facilities for the manufacture into marketable products of the timber harvested from said lands, (d) to purchase, harvest, and manufacture such additional timber standing on or severed from any other lands, including lands outside the reservation, as in his opinion may contribute to the profitable operation of such sawmills and other facilities as a tribal enterprise, subject to such limitations on expenditures as may be prescribed in annual appropriations acts, and (e) to employ, with the consent of the tribal council, such persons and use such means as he may find necessary to carry out the purposes of the foregoing provisions. Any proceeds derived from sales of timber or timber products under this paragraph may be expended in payment of the expenses of any of the activities authorized by this paragraph, including construction expenses." SEC. 2. The fourth paragraph of section 8 of the Act of June 30, 1919 (41 Stat. 3, 14) is hereby amended by striking out the proviso. Approved August 3, 1956.

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