Byproduct materials.

(3) utilization of special nuclear material and radioactive material for medical, biological, agricultural, health, or military purposes; (4) utilization of special nuclear material, atomic energy, and radioactive material and processes entailed in the utilization or production of atomic energy or such material for all other purposes, including industrial uses, the generation of usable energy, and the demonstration of the practical value of utilization or production facilities for industrial or commercial purposes; and

(5) the protection of health and the promotion of safety during research and production activities.

(b) The Commission is further authorized to make grants and contributions to the cost of construction and operation of reactors and other facilities and other equipment to colleges, universities, hospitals, and eleemosynary or charitable institutions for the conduct of educational and training activities relating to the fields in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The Commission may (1) make arrangements pursuant to this section, without regard to the provisions of section 5 of Title 41, upon certification by the Commission that such action is necessary in the interest of the common defense and security, or upon a showing by the Commission that advertising is not reasonably practicable; (2) make partial and advance payments under such arrangements; and (3) make available for use in connection therewith such of its equipment and facilities as it may deem desirable.

(d) The arrangements made pursuant to this section shall contain such provisions (1) to protect health, (2) to minimize danger to life or property, and (3) to require the reporting and to permit the inspection of work performed thereunder, as the Commission may determine. No such arrangement shall contain any provisions or conditions which prevent the dissemination of scientific or technical information, except to the extent such dissemination is prohibited by law.

§ 2073. Domestic distribution of special nuclear material-(a) Licenses.

(f) Distribution for independent research and development activities.

The Commission is directed to distribute within the United States sufficient special nuclear material to permit the conduct of widespread independent research and development activities to the maximum extent practicable and within the limitations set by the President pursuant to section 2061 of this title. In the event that applications for special nuclear material exceed the amount available for distribution, preference shall be given to those activities which are most likely, in the opinion of the Commission, to contribute to basic research, to the development of peacetime uses of atomic energy, or to the economic and military strength of the Nation.

§ 2111. Domestic distribution; license; price limitations.

No person may transfer or receive in interstate commerce, manufacture, produce, transfer, acquire, own, possess, import, or export any byproduct material, except to the extent authorized by this section or by section 2112 of this title. The Commission is authorized to issue general or specific licenses to applicants seeking to use byproduct material for research or development purposes, for medical therapy, industrial uses, agricultural uses, or such other useful applications as may be developed. The Commission may distribute, sell, loan, or lease such byproduct material as it owns to licensees with or without charge:

Provided, however, That, for byproduct material to be distributed by the Commission for a charge, the Commission shall establish prices on such equitable basis as, in the opinion of the Commission, (a) will provide reasonable compensation to the Government for such material, (b) will not discourage the use of such material or the development of sources of supply of such material independent of the Commission, and (c) will encourage research and development. In distributing such material, the Commission shall give preference to applicants proposing to use such material either in the conduct of research and development or in medical therapy. Licensees of the Commission may distribute byproduct material only to applicants therefor who are licensed by the Commission to receive such byproduct material. The Commission shall not permit the distribution of any byproduct material to any licensee, and shall recall or order the recall of any distributed material from any licensee, who is not equipped to observe or who fails to observe such safety standards to protect health as may be established by the Commission or who uses such material in violation of law or regulation of the Commission or in a manner other than as disclosed in the application therefor or approved by the Commission. The Commission is authorized to establish classes of byproduct material and to exempt certain classes or quantities of material or kinds of uses or users from the requirements for a license set forth in this section when it makes a finding that the exemption of such classes or quantities of such material or such kinds of uses or users will not constitute an unreasonable risk to the common defense and security and to the health and safety of the public.

§ 2134. Medical therapy, research, and development licenses; limitations.

licenses.

(a) The Commission is authorized to issue licenses to persons apply- Medical research ing therefor for utilization facilities for use in medical therapy. În issuing such licenses the Commission is directed to permit the widest amount of effective medical therapy possible with the amount of special nuclear material available for such purposes and to impose the minimum amount of regulation consistent with its obligations under this chapter to promote the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public.

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(d) No license under this section may be given to any person for activities which are not under or within the jurisdiction of the United States, except for the export of production or utilization facilities under terms of an agreement for cooperation arranged pursuant to section 2153 of this title or except under the provisions of section 2139 of this title. No license may be issued to any corporation or other entity if the Commission knows or has reason to believe it is owned, controlled, or dominated by an alien, a foreign corporation, or a foreign government. In any event, no license may be issued to any person within the United States if, in the opinion of the Commission, the issuance of a license to such person would be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public. Subchapter XIII-General Authority of Commission

§ 2207. Claim settlements.

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The Commission, acting on behalf of the United States, is author- Claims. ized to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, settle, and pay, any claim for money damage of $5,000 or less against the United States for bodily injury, death, or damage to or loss of real or personal property resulting from any detonation, explosion, or radiation produced

Captioned films for deaf.

in the conduct of the Commission's program for testing atomic weapons, where such claim is presented to the Commission in writing within one year after the accident or incident out of which the claim arises: Provided, however, That the damage to or loss of property, or bodily injury or death, shall not have been caused in whole or in part by any negligence or wrongful act on the part of the claimant, his agents, or employees. Any such settlement under the authority of this section shall be final and conclusive for all purposes, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary.

Chapter 27.-Loan Service of Captioned Films for Deaf

§ 2491. Purposes.

The objectives of this chapter are-

(1) to bring to deaf persons understanding and appreciation of those films which play such an important part in the general and cultural advancement of hearing persons;

(2) to provide, through these films, enriched educational and cultural experiences through which deaf persons can be brought into better touch with the realities of their environment; and

(3) to provide a wholesome and rewarding experience which deaf persons may share together.

§ 2492. Definitions.

As used in this chapter

(1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

(2) The term "United States" means the several States, Territories, insular possessions, and the District of Columbia.

(3) The term "deaf person" includes a person whose hearing is severely impaired.

§ 2493. Establishment of service; authority of Secretary.

(a) In order to carry out the objectives of this chapter, the Secretary shall establish a loan service of captioned films for the purpose of making such films available for nonprofit purposes to groups of deaf persons in the United States in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.

(b) In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Secretary shall have authority to

(1) Acquire films (or rights thereto) by purchase, lease, or gift. (2) Provide for the captioning of films.

(3) Provide for distribution of captioned films through State schools for the deaf and such other agencies as the Secretary may deem appropriate to serve as local or regional centers for such distribution.

(4) Make use, consistent with the purposes of this chapter, of films made available to the Library of Congress under the copyright laws.

(5) Utilize the facilities and services of other governmental agencies.

(6) Accept gifts, contributions, and voluntary and uncompensated services of individuals and organizations.

§ 2494. Authorization of appropriations.

There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $250,000 annually to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

TITLE 43-PUBLIC LANDS

Chapter 7-Homesteads

§ 172. Insanity of settlers.

In all cases in which parties who regularly initiated claims to public lands as settlers thereon according to the provisions of the preemption or homestead laws, became insane, prior to June 8, 1880, or shall have thereafter become insane before the expiration of the time during which their residence, cultivation, or improvement of the land claimed by them is required by law to be continued in order to entitle them to make the proper proof and perfect their claims, it shall be lawful for the required proof and payment to be made for their benefit by any person who may be legally authorized to act for them during their disability, and thereupon their claims shall be confirmed and patented, provided it shall be shown by proof satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, that the parties complied in good faith with the legal requirements up to the time of their becoming insane, and the requirement in homestead entries of an affidavit of allegiance by the applicant in certain cases as a prerequisite to the issuing of the patents shall be dispensed with so far as regards such insane parties.

§ 233. Persons receiving vocational rehabilitation or treatment for wounds.

Homesteads, substiinsanity.

tution in case of

rehabilitation.

Every person who, after discharge from the military or naval Leave for vocational service of the United States during the war against Germany and its allies, is furnished any treatment by the Government for wounds received or disability incurred in line of duty, and who before entering upon such treatment, shall have made entry upon or application for public lands of the United States under the homestead laws, or who has settled or shall hereafter settle upon public lands, shall be entitled to a leave of absence from his land for the purpose of undergoing such treatment, and such absence, while actually engaged in such training shall be counted as constructive residence: Provided, That no patent shall issue to any homestead settler who has not resided upon, improved, and cultivated his homestead for a period of at least one year.

§ 234. Destruction or failure of crops, sickness, or unavoidable casualty.

Whenever it shall be made to appear to the officer designated by the Leave for disability. Secretary of the Interior of any public land office, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, that any settler upon the public domain under existing law is unable by reason of a total or partial destruction or failure of crops, sickness, or other unavoidable casualty, to secure a support for himself, herself, or those dependent upon him or her upon the lands settled upon, then such officer may grant to such settler a leave of absence from the claim upon which he or she has filed for a period not exceeding one year at any one time, and such settler so granted leave of absence shall forfeit no rights by reason of such absence: Provided, That the time of such

Waiver of residence, disabled veteran.

Credit for military or naval service.

actual absence shall not be deducted from the actual residence required by law: Provided further, That if any such settler has, prior to December 29, 1894, forfeited his or her entry for any of said reasons, person shall be permitted to make entry of not to exceed a quarter section on any public land subject to entry under the homestead law, and to perfect title to the same under the same conditions in every respect as if he had not made the former entry.

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§ 238. Residence and cultivation, etc., by disabled veterans excused.

Any bona fide settler, applicant, or entryman under the homestead laws of the United States, or any desert-land entryman whose entry is subject to the provisions of sections 372, 371, 383, 391, 382, 411, 416, 419, 421, 431, 432, 434, 439, 461, 476, 491, and 498 of this title, who, after settlement, application, or entry, and prior to November 11, 1918, enlisted or was actually engaged in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps during the war with Germany, who has been honorably discharged and because of physical incapacities due to the service is unable to return to the land, may make final proof, without further residence, improvement, cultivation, or reclamation, at such time and place as may be authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, and receive patent to the land by him so entered or settled upon, subject to the provisions of the Act or Acts under which such settlement or entry was made: Provided, That no such patent shall issue prior to the conformation of the entry to a single farm unit, as required by section 443 of this title: And provided further, That this section shall not be construed to exempt or relieve such applicant or entryman from payment of any lawful fees, commissions, purchase moneys, water charges, or other sums due to the United States, or its successors in control of the reclamation project, in connection with such lands.

§ 256b. Final proof by disabled World War veterans.

Any entryman under the homestead law of the United States who on or after April 6, 1917, and prior to November 12, 1918, enlisted or was a member of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps during the war with Germany, who was honorably discharged from such service, whose entry was made prior to January 1, 1935, and who because of physical or mental disabilities has been or may hereafter become unable to perform the prescribed residential and improvement and other requirements may make proof without further residence, improvement, or cultivation, at such time and place as may be authorized and under such regulations to be issued by the Secretary of the Interior, and receive patent to the land by him so entered upon.

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HOMESTEAD

§ 272. Deduction of military and naval service from time required to perfect title; rights of widows and children of veterans. The time which the homestead settler has served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States shall be deducted from the time otherwise required to perfect title, or if discharged on account of wounds received or disability incurred in the line of duty, or if regularly discharged from service and subsequently awarded compensation by the Government for wounds received or disability incurred in the line of duty, then the term of enlistment shall be deducted from the time so required to perfect title without reference to the length of time he may have served; but no patent shall issue to any homestead settler who has not resided upon, improved, and cultivated his home