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 656 33 USC 918, 921.

33 USC 939.

33 USC 944.

33 USC 939. 33 USC 944.

33 USC 908. Supra, Ante, p. 655.

Applicability.

56 Stat. 1028.

PUBLIC LAW 8 0 4 - J U L Y 26, 1956

National forest and a(j(Jacent lands.

63 Stat. 377. 40 USC 471 nots. Report to Congress.

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of the Secretary of Labor under section 18 or under subsection (c) of section 21 of this Act, or both, seek to recover the amount of the default or so much thereof as in the judgment of the Secretary is possible, or the Secretary may settle and compromise any such claim.'' SEC. 7. (a) Section 39(c) of the said Act is amended by striking out "education" at the end of the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "rehabilitation". (b) Section 39(c) of such Act is further amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following two sentences: "Where necessary rehabilitation services are not available otherwise, the Secretary of Labor may, in his discretion, use the fund provided for in section 44 in such amounts as may be necessary to procure such services, including necessary prosthetic appliances or other apparatus. This fund shall also be available in such amounts as may be authorized in annual appropriations for the Department of Labor for the costs of administering this subsection." SEC. 8. (a) Section 44(a) of the said Act is amended by striking out "of this Act" at the end of the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "of subsection (b) of section 18, and of subsection (c) of section 39 of this Act". (b) The second sentence of paragraph (1) of section 44(c) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "The proceeds of this fund shall be available for payments under subsections (f) and (g) of section 8, under subsection (b) of section 18, and under subsection (c) of section 39: Provided, That payments authorized by suteection (f) shall have priority over other payments authorized from the fund: Provided further, That at the close of each fiscal year the Secretary of Labor shall submit to the Congress a complete audit of the fund." SEC. 9. The amendments made by the first section and sections 2, 4, and 5 of this Act shall be applicable only with respect to injuries and death occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of December 2, 1942, as amended (42 U.S.C. sec. 1701 and following). Approved July 26, 1956. Public Law 804

July 26, 1956 [S. 2572]

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CHAPTER 736

AN ACT To authorize the interchange of lauds between the Department of Agriculture and military departments of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to national forest lands and the Secretary of a military department with respect to lands under the control of the military department which lie within or adjacent to the exterior boundaries of a national forest are authorized, subject to any applicable provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to interchange such lands, or any part thereof, without reimbursement or transfer of funds whenever they shall determine that such interchange will facilitate land management and will provide maximum use thereof for authorized purposes: Provided, That no such interchange of lands shall become effective until forty-five days (counting only days occurring during any regular or special session of the Congress) after the submission to the C o n f e s s by the respective Secretaries of notice of intention to make the interchange.

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