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PUBLIC LAW 997-AUG. 6, 1956

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whole or in part) of maintaining and operating such project sti'uctures and appurtenances (including real property), and second to State or local governmental agencies, to acquire property not transferred to other Federal agencies. Providing that the provisions of this Act, relating to the Palestine Dam (lock and dam numbered 4) on the Little Kanawha River in West Virginia, be inoperative until such time as the Federal Government has reimbursed the State of West Virginia through its Conservation Commission, the sum of $20,000 to cover the cost of damage to the State-owned fish hatchery near Palestine, which was damaged by the failure of the Government to keep the dam in proper repair. Approved August 6, 1956. Public Law 997

P a l e s t i n e Dain.

CHAPTER 985 AN ACT

To amend section 7 of the War Claims Act of 1948, with respect to claims of certain religious organizations functioning in the Philippine Islands.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the W a r Claims Act of 1948 (50 App. U.S.C. sec. 2006) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (h)(1) Any religious organization functioning in the Philippines and of the same denomination as a religious organization functioning in the United States which furnished relief (as described, and during the period designated, in subsection (a) of this section) in the Philippines to members of the Armed Forces of the United States or to civilian American citizens shall be compensated from the W a r Claims F u n d (A) for expenditures incurred, or for payment of the fair value of supplies used by such organization, for the purpose of furnishing such relief and (B) for loss and damage sustained as a consequence of the war to its schools, colleges, universities, scientific observatories, hospitals, dispensaries, orphanages, and other property or facilities connected with its educational, medical, or welfare work. No payments shall be made to any organization under this subsection if such organization has received an award under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, and no payments shall be made to any organization pursuant to clause (B) of this paragraph unless such organization has received an award for war damages from the Philippine W a r Damage Commission under the provisions of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, as amended. "(2) The Commission is authorized to receive, determine according to law, and provide for the payment of claims filed under this subsection. Each claim allowed by the Commission under this subsection shall be certified to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of the W a r Claims Fund. All payments under this subsection shall be made to an organization or individual in the United States designated by the claimant, and, in the case of claims under clause (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection such payments shall be used for the purpose of restoring the educational, medical, and welfare facilities described in such clause. "(3) Claims for benefits under this subsection must be filed within six months after the date of enactment of this subsection. The Commission shall complete its determination with respect to each claim filed under this subsection at the earliest practicable date, but in no event later than one year after the date on which such claim was filed.

August 6, 1956 [H. R. 6586]

War Claims Act of 19 4 8, amendments. 62 Stat. 1245. R e l i g i o u s organizations In the Philippines. Cortq>ensation..

60 Stat. 128. 50 USC app. 1751 note.

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