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 186 Penalty.

Duplicate payments. Prohibition.

Exclusions from gross income.

Definitions. Exemption.

Appropriation.

64 Stat. 847.

PUBLIC LAW 88-301-APR. 30, 1964

[78 STAT.

addition to the amount of award, to the attorneys representing the claimant. Any attorney who charges, demands, receives, or collects for services rendered in connection with such claim any amount in excess of that allowed by the terms of this section, if award be made, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. SEC. 6. Payments to be made as herein provided shall be in addition to, but not in duplication of, any payments that may otherwise be authorized by law. The means employed to acquire the property, whether by condemnation or otherwise, shall not aifect eligibility for reimbursement or compensation under this Act. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as creating any legal right or cause of action against the United States or as precluding the exercise by the Government of the right of eminent domain or any other right or power that it may have under this or any other law; nor shall this Act be construed as precluding an owner or tenant from asserting any rights he may have under other laws or the Constitution of the United States. SEC. 7. No amount received as an award under subsection a. and subsections b. (1) and (3) of section 3 of this Act shall be included in gross income for purposes of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.). However, amounts received under subsection b. (1) shall be included in gross income to the extent that such amounts are not used within one year of the receipt thereof to purchase replacement housing or facilities. SEC. 8. As used in this Act, the term "land"' shall include interests in land, and the term "fair value" shall mean fair value of the interest acquired. The provisions of this Act shall be exempt from the operations of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 237), as amended (5 U.S.C. 1001-1011). SEC. 9. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for the use of the United States section of said Commission not to exceed $44,900,000 to carry out the provisions of said convention and this Act and for transfer to other Federal agencies to accomplish by them or other proper agency relocation of their facilities necessitated by the project. Of the appropriations authorized by this section, not to exceed $4,200,000 may be used to carry out the provisions of section 3 of this Act. The provisions of section 103 of the AmericanMexican Treaty Act of 1950 (22 U.S.C. 277d-3) are hereby expressly extended to apply to the carrying out of the provisions of said convention and this Act. Approved April 29, 1964. Public Law 88-301

April 30, 1964 [S. 1565]

Indians, sale of timber. Unallotted lands.

AN ACT To amend the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. So?: 2o U.S.C. 406, 407), w i t h resiject to the sale of Indian timber.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 7 and 8 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 857: 25 U.S.C. 406, 407), are amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7. The timber on unallotted lands of any Indian reservation may be sold in accordance with the principles of sustained yield, or in order to convert the land to a more desirable use, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and the proceeds

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