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Amendment of prior insurance. 64 Stat. 773. 46 USC 1 2 8 11294. 46 USC 1289.

PUBLIC D.AW 959-lAUG. 3, 1956

Indians. Vocational training.

Appropriation.

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shall be paid, as a tentative advance only, 75 per centum of the amount so determined and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such amount as would equal just compensation therefor, in the manner provided for by section 24, paragraph 20, and section 145 of the Judicial Code (U.S.C. 1946 edition, title 28, secs. 41 (20) and 250): Provided, hmoever^ That in the event of an election to reject the amount determined by the Commission and to sue in the courts, the excess of any amounts advanced on account of just compensation over the amount of the court judgment will be required to be refunded." SEC. 4. All war-risk insurance issued under title X II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, which is in force on the date of the enactment of this Act shall, as of the beginning of such date, be deemed to have been amended to conform to the requirements of section 1209 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended by this Act unless the insured, within ten days after such date, objects to such amendment. SEC. 5. The first sentence of section 1206 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1286), is amended by striking out the words "during any time the United States is at war or during any period of emergency declared to exist by the President of the United States." Approved August 3, 1956.

Public Law 959 August 3, 1956 [S. 3416]

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CHAPTER 930

AN ACT Relative to employment for certain adult Indians on or near Indian reservations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to help adult Indians who reside on or near Indian reservations to obtain reasonable and satisfactory employment, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to undertake a program of vocational training that provides for vocational counseling or guidance, institutional training in any recognized vocation or trade, apprenticeship, and on the job training, for periods that do not exceed twenty-four months, transportation to the place of training, and subsistence during the course of training. The program shall be available primarily to Indians who are not less than eighteen and not more than thirty-five years of age and who reside on or near an Indian reservation, and the program shall be conducted under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. For the purposes of this program the Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with any Federal, State, or local governmental agency, or with any private school which has a recognized reputation in the field of vocational education and has successfully obtained employment for its graduates in their respective fields of training, or with any corporation or association which has an existing apprenticeship or on-the-job training program which is recognized by industry and labor as leading to skilled employment. SEC. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act the sum of $3,500,000 for each fiscal year, and not to exceed $500,000 of such sum shall be available for administrative purposes. Approved August 3, 1956.

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