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PUBLIC LAW 86-70-JUNE 25, 1959 TIMBER

REMOVAL

SEC. 41. The Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1093), as amended (16 U.S.C. 607), is further amended by deleting the words "Territory of Ahiska" and the words "or Territory" where they there appear and by inserting the word "Alaska," after the words "In the State of". WAR HAZARDS COMPENSATION

ACT

SEC. 42. (a) Paragraphs (2), (3), and (5) of section 101(a) of the War Hazards Compensation Act, as amended (56 Stat. 1028; 42 U.S.C. 1701 and the following), are amended by striking out "or in Alaska or the Canal Zone". (b) Section 104 of that Act is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to benefits on account of any injury or death occurring within any State." (c) Section 201 of that Act is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(f) the term 'continental United States' means the States and the District of Columbia." B U Y AMERICAN ACT

SEC. 43. Section 1(b) of Title III of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10c(b)), is amended by striking out the word "Alaska,".

47 Stat. 1520.

TRANSITIONAL GRANTS

SEC. 44. (a) In order to assist the State of Alaska in accomplishing an orderly transition from Territorial status to statehood, and in order to facilitate the assumption by the State of Alaska oi responsibilities hitherto performed in Alaska by the Federal Government, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President, for the purpose of making transitional grants to the State of Alaska, the sum of $10,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960; the sum of $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1961, and June 30, 1962; and the sum of $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1963, and June 30, 1964. (b) The Governor of Alaska may submit to the President a request that a Federal agency continue to provide services or facilities in Alaska for an interim period, pending the provision of such services or facilities by the State of Alaska. Such interim period shall not extend beyond June 30, 1964. In the event of such request, and in the event of the approval thereof by the President, the President may allocate, at his discretion, to such agency the funds necessary to finance the provision of such services or facilities. Such funds shall be allocated from appropriations made pursuant to subsection (a) hereof, and the amount of such funds shall be deducted from the amount of grants available to the State of Alaska pursuant to such subsection. (c) After the transfer or conveyance to the State of Alaska of any l)roperty or function pursuant to the Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339), providing for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union, or pursuant to this Act or any other law, and until June 30, 1964, the head of the Federal agency having administrative jurisdiction of such property prior to its transfer or conveyance may contract with the State of Alaska for the performance by such agency, on a reimbursable basis, of some or all of the functions authorized to be performed by it in Alaska immediately preceding such conveyance or transfer.

Interim iiervicea by U.S. agency.

48 USC prec. 21.

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