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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

PRIVATE LAW 98-33—OCT. 15, 1984

98 STAT. 3429

the Secretary to be the fair market value (as of the date of the conveyance) of the rights conveyed. SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary shall make a conveyance described in a paragraph of section Kb) (subject to payment under section 2 with respect to such conveyance) not later than the end of the three-year period beginning on the date of the receipt by the Secretary of an application for such conveyance by the individuals referred to in such paragraph. Any such application shall be made in such form and in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary prescribes. (b) Not later than the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prescribe the form and procedures for an application under subsection (a) and shall notify each individual referred to in a paragraph of section Kb) of such form and procedures. Such procedures shall require that any such application be submitted to the Secretary not later than the end of the 15-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 4. (a) Before the end of the 15-month period referred to in section 3(b), the Secretary may not take any action (including eviction) otherwise permitted under any law other than this Act with respect to a parcel of land described in section 1 in order to quiet title to such parcel. After the end of such period, the Secretary may not take any such action with respect to a parcel of land for which an application for conveyance has been submitted to the Secretary under section 3(a), but may take any such action with respect to any other parcel. (b) Section 7431(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to a conveyance under this Act. (c) The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with a conveyance under this Act as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. SEC. 5. For purposes of this Act, the term "surface rights" means all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of land, excluding (1) the title and interest of the United States in all oil, gas, coal, and other mineral deposits in such parcel, and (2) the right of the United States to prospect for, mine, and remove such oil, gas, coal, and other minerals. Approved October 11, 1984.

Private Law 98-33 98th Congress An Act To confer citizenship posthumously on C!orporal Wladyslaw Staniszewski. J

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Corporal Wladyslaw Staniszewski, a national of Great Britain, who was killed in action on July 7, 1967, in the Republic of Vietnam while serving in the United States Marine Corps shall be held and considered to have been a citizen, of the United States at the time of his death: Provided, That no benefits shall thereafter derive to survivors. Approved October 15, 1984.

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