PROVIDING FOR TEMPORARY DEFERMENT IN CERTAIN UNAVOIDABLE CONTINGENCIES OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WORK ON MINING CLAIMS HELD BY LOCATION IN THE UNITED STATES JUNE 8, 1949.-Ordered to be printed Mr. ENGLE of California, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H. R. 3754 The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 3754) providing for the temporary deferment in certain unavoidable contingencies of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its amendment numbered 1. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: Provided further, That the relief available under this Act is in addition to any relief available under any other Act of Congress with respect to mining claims. And agree to the same. Amendment numbered 3: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: Notwithstanding the provisions of any Act of Congress to the contrary, any person who hereafter prospects for, mines, or removes by strip or open pit mining methods, any minerals from any land included in a stock raising or other homestead entry or patent, and who had been liable under such an existing Act only for damages caused thereby to the crops or improvements of the entryman or patentee, shall also be liable for any damage that may be caused to the value of the land for grazing by such prospecting for, mining, or removal of minerals. Nothing in this section shall be considered to impair any vested right in existence on the effective date of this section. And the Senate agree to the same. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate to the title of the bill and agree to the same. CLAIR ENGLE, Managers on the Part of the House of Representatives. The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 3754) providing for the temporary deferment in certain unavoidable contingencies of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the accompanying conference report as to each of such amendments, namely: (1) The words "on any homestead entry" were deleted in order to extend the relief provisions of the act to any mining claim or group of claims in the United States. (2) The proviso at the end of section 2 was removed to make it clear That the relief available under this Act is in addition to any relief available under any other Act of Congress with respect to mining claims. (3) The enlargement of the liability for damage caused to the value of land for grazing on a stock raising, or other homestead entry or patent, as provided by section 5, was confined to the prospecting for, mining, or removal of any minerals on such lands "by strip or open pit mining methods." CLAIR ENGLE, KEN REGAN, Managers on the Part of the House. 3 O SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST FOREIGN JUNE 9, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. RIBICOFF, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 4406) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 4406) to provide for the settlement of certain claims of the Government of the United States on its own behalf and on behalf of American nationals against foreign governments, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill do pass. The amendments are as follows: On page 10, following line 15, insert the following new subsections: (i) The Commission may in its discretion enter an award with respect to one or more items deemed to have been clearly established in an individual claim while deferring consideration and action on other items of the same claim. (j) The Commission shall comply with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act of 1946 On page 10, following line 24, insert the following new section, renumbering all subsequent sections as necessary: SEC. 6. The Commission shall complete its affairs in connection with settlement of United States-Yugoslav claims arising under the Yugoslav Claims Agreement of 1948 not later than four years following the effective date of this act: Provided, That nothing in this provision shall be construed to limit the life of the Commission, or its authority to act on future agreements which may be effected under the provisions of this legislation. On page 11, lines 20 and 21, strike out the words "amount to be disbursed at any one time is not over $1,000" and insert in lieu thereof "total award is not over $500". On page 12, lines 3 to 8, strike out subparagraph (2) and renumber subsequent subparagraphs as necessary. On page 13, lines 7 and 8, strike out the words "Comptroller General of the United States" and insert in lieu thereof "Secretary of the Treasury". 1 |