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PUBLIC LAW 91-627-DEC. 31, 1970

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" (g) For the purpose of survivor annuity, special contributions authorized by paragraph (b) of this section may also be made by the survivor of a participant.". Approved December 31, 1970.

Public Law 91-627 December 31, 1970 [ H. R. 380]

Yakima T r i b e s. Non-members, inheritance. 25 USC 607.

AN ACT To amend section 7 of the Act of August 9, 1946 (60 Stat. 968),

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the Act of August 9, 1946 (60 Stat. 968), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7. (a) A person who is not an enrolled member of the Yakima Tribes with one-fourth degree or more blood of such tribes shall not be entitled to receive by devise or inheritance any interest in trust or restricted land within the Yakima Reservation or within the area ceded by the Treaty of June 9, 1855 (12 Stat. 1951), if, while the decedent's estate is pending before the Examiner of Inheritance, the Yakima Tribes pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of such person, the fair market value of such interest as determined by the Secretary of the Interior after appraisal. The interest for which payment is made shall be held by the Secretary in Trust for the Yakima Tribes. "(b) On request of the Yakima Tribes the Examiner of Inheritance shall keep an estate pending for not less than two years from the date of decedent's death. "(c) When a person who is prohibited by subsection (a) from acquiring any interest by devise or inheritance is a surviving spouse of the decedent, a life estate in one-half of the interest acquired by the Yakima Tribes shall, on the request of such spouse, be reserved for that spouse and the value of such life estate so reserved shall be reflected in the Secretary's appraisal under subsection (a). " SEC. 2. The provisions of section 7 of the Act of August 9, 1946, as amended by this Act, shall apply to all estates pending before the Examiner of Inheritance on the date of this Act, and to all future estates, but shall not apply to any estate heretofore closed. Approved December 31, 1970.

Public Law 91-628 December 31, 1970 [ H. R. 14683]

John H. Overton Lock and Dam, Alexandria, L a. Designation.

AN ACT To designate as the John H. Overton Lock and Dam the lock and dam authorized to be constructed on the Red River near Alexandria, Louisiana,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the lock and dam authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 731) for construction on the Red River at about mile 70.3 near Alexandria, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the John H. Overton Lock and Dam. Any law, regulation, map, document, or record of the United States in which such lock and dam are referred to as lock and dam numbered 2 of the Red River below the Fulton, Arkansas, project, or in any other manner, shall be held to refer to such lock and dam as the John H. Overton Lock and Dam. Approved December 31, 1970.

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