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PUBLIC LAW 89-318-NOV. 2, 1965

grant-in-aid in connection with any urban renewal project being undertaken with Federal assistance under title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. SEC. 5. As used in this joint resolution, the terms "Agency", "lessee", "purchaser", "real property", "redevelopment", and "redevelopment company" shall have the respective meanings provided for such terms by section 3 of the Eedevelopment Act. Approved November 2, 1965.

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63 Stat. 4i4. 42 USC 14501465.

6o Stat. 791;

72 Stat. 1102, D.C. Code 5-702.

Public Law 89-318 AN ACT

November 2, 1965

Providing for the acquisition and preservation by the United States of certain items of evidence pertaining to the asisassination of President John F. Kennedy.

[H. R. 9545]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it is hereby president john F. declared that the national interest requires that the United States nat'ion!^^' ^*^^^^^" acquire all right, title, and interest, in and to, certain items of evi- preservation of dence, to be designated by the Attorney General pursuant to section 2 ^"'^'^^'^'^^• of this Act, which were considered by the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (hereinafter referred to as "items"), and requires that those items be preserved by the United States. SEC. 2. (a) The Attorney General is authorized to determine, from At°oVne"'Genrr'lii^^ time to time, which items should, in conformity with the declaration ""^"^^ genera. contained in the first section of this Act, be acquired and preserved by the United States. Each such determination shall be published in Publication in the Federal Register.

Federal Register.

(b) Whenever the Attorney General determines that an item should be acquired and preserved by the United States, all right, title, and interest in and to, that item shall be vested in the United States upon the publication of that determination in the Federal Register. (c) The authority conferred upon the Attorney General by sub- Authority, exsection (a) of this section to make determinations shall expire one P*'^*^"" year from the date of enactment of this Act, and the vesting provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be valid only with respect to items described in determinations published in the Federal Register within that one-year period. SEC. 3. The United States Court of Claims or the United States jjjfi^^°<;f"' district court for the judicial district wherein the claimant resides shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy, to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any claim for just compensation for any item or interest therem acquired by the United States pursuant to section 2 of this Act; and where such claim is filed in the district court the claimant may request a trial by j u r y: Provided, That the claim is filed within one year from the date of publication in the Federal Register of the determination by the Attorney General with respect to such items. SEC. 4. All items acquired by the United States pursuant to section Preservation of 2 of this Act shall be placed under the jurisdiction of the Adminis- ^'^"'^ ^^ ^^^' trator of General Services for preservation under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. SEC. 5. All items acquired by the United States pursuant to section u.s. property. 2 of this Act shall be deemed to be personal property and records of sion."^"^ '°^' the United States for the purposes of laws relating to the custody, administration, and protection of personal property and records of

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