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PUBLIC LAW 86-71-JUNE 25, 1959

[73 STAT.

(e) The amendment made by parajjraph (1) of subsection (c) of section 32 shall apply in the case of deaths occurring on or after January 3, 1959. (f) The amendments made by paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (d) of section 18 shall be applicable for fiscal years beginning July 1, 1959. (g) The amendments in sections 40 and 42 shall take effect when enacted: Provided., however, That with respect to injuries or deaths occurring on or after January 3, 1959, and prior to the effective date of these amendments, claims filed by employees engaged in the State of Alaska in any of the employments covered by the De4 2 ^u"sc*"65 u fense Base Act (and their dependents) may be adjudicated under ^ 1654.

" the Workmen's Compensation Act of Alaska instead of the Defense Base Act. DEFINITION OF "CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES"

SEC. 48. Whenever the in any law of the United of this Act, it shall mean tinent and the District provided.

phrase "continental United States" is used States enacted after the date of enactment the 49 States on the North American Conof Columbia, unless otherwise expressly OTHER SUBJECTS

SEC. 49. The amendment by this Act of certain statutes by deleting therefrom specific references to Alaska or such phrases as "Territory of Alaska" shall not be construed to affect the applicability or inapplicability in or to Alaska of other statutes not so amended. SEPARABILITY

SEC. 50. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. Approved June 25, 1959. ^ Public Law 86-71 June 25, 1959 [H. R. 6914]

AN ACT PJIQ donate to the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon, approximately 48.89 acres of Federal land.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Trujes o* th/wwm United States of America in Congress assembled., That all of the Springs Reierva- right, title, and interest of the United States in the land described tion, Oreg. below are hereby declared to be held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon: Commencing at a point 5.38 chains west of center of section 25, township 9 south, range 12 east, north 30 chains, west 17.08 chains, south 20 chains, east 2.50 chains, south 10 chains, east 14.63 chains to point of beginning, containing 48.89 acres more or less, being parts of lots 5, 6,11,12, and 14 of section 25, township 9 south, range 12 east, Willamette meridian, Jefferson County, Oregon. Approved June 25, 1959.

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