"(q) Section 4 of the Act of July 28, 1950 (64 Stat. 380; 5 U.S.C., sec. 341b) is amended by striking out the word: 'Alaska,'. "SEC. 13. [Continuation of suits.] No writ, action, indictment, cause, or proceeding pending in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska on the date when said Territory shall become a State, and no case pending in an appellate court upon appeal from the District Court for the Territory of Alaska at the time said Territory shall become a State, shall abate by the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union, but the same shall be transferred and proceeded with as hereinafter provided. "All civil causes of action and all criminal offenses which shall have arisen or been committed prior to the admission of said State, but as to which no suit, action, or prosecution shall be pending at the date of such admission, shall be subject to prosecution in the appropriate State courts or in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska in like manner, to the same extent, and with like right of appellate review, as if said State had been created and said courts had been established prior to the accrual of said causes of action or the commission of such offenses; and such of said criminal offenses as shall have been committed against the laws of the Territory shall be tried and punished by the appropriate courts of said State, and such as shall have been committed against the laws of the United States shall be tried and punished in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. "SEC. 14. [Appeals.] All appeals taken from the District Court for the Territory of Alaska to the Supreme Court of the United States or the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, previous to the admission of Alaska as a State, shall be prosecuted to final determination as though this Act had not been passed. All cases in which final judgment has been rendered in such district court, and in which appeals might be had except for the admission of such State, may still be sued out, taken, and prosecuted to the Supreme Court of the United States or the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit under the provisions of then existing law, and there held and determined in like manner; and in either case, the Supreme Court of the United States, or the United States Court of Appeals, in the event of reversal, shall remand the said cause to either the State supreme court or other final appellate court of said State, or the United States district court for said district, as the case may require: Provided, That the time allowed by existing law for appeals from the district court for said Territory shall not be enlarged thereby. "SEC. 15. [Transfer of cases.] All causes pending or determined in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska at the time of the admission of Alaska as a State which are of such nature as to be within the jurisdiction of a district court of the United States shall be transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Alaska for final disposition and enforcement in the same manner as is now provided by law with reference to the judgments and decrees in existing United States district courts. All other causes pending or determined in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska at the time of the admission of Alaska as a State shall be transferred to the appropriate State court of Alaska. All final judgments and decrees rendered upon such transferred cases in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska may be reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States or by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the same manner as is now provided by law with reference to the judgments and decrees in existing United States district courts. "SEC. 16. [Succession of courts.] Jurisdiction of all cases pending or determined in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska not transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Alaska shall devolve upon and be exercised by the courts of original jurisdiction created by said State, which shall be deemed to be the successor of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska with respect to cases not so transferred and, as such, shall take and retain custody of all records, dockets, journals, and files of such court pertaining to such cases. The files and papers in all cases so transferred to the United States district court, together with a transcript of all book entries to complete the record in such particular cases so transferred, shall be in like manner transferred to said district court. "SEC. 17. [Pending cases in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska.] All cases pending in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska at the time said Territory becomes a State not transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Alaska shall be proceeded with and determined by the courts created by said State with the right to prosecute appeals to the appellate courts created by said State, and also with the same right to prosecute appeals or writs of certiorari from the final determination in said causes made by the court of last resort created by such State to the Supreme Court of the United States, as now provided by law for appeals and writs of certiorari from the court of last resort of a State to the Supreme Court of the United States. "SEC. 18. (Jurisdiction of District Court; termination date.] The provisions of the preceding sections with respect to the termination of the jurisdiction of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the continuation of suits, the succession of courts, and the satisfaction of rights of litigants in suits before such courts, shall not be effective until three years after the effective date of this Act, unless the President, by Executive order, shall sooner proclaim that the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, established in accordance with the provisions of this Act, is prepared to assume the functions imposed upon it. During such period of three years or until such Executive order is issued, the United States District Court for the Territory of Alaska shall continue to function as heretofore. The tenure of the judges, the United States attorneys, marshals, and other officers of the United States District Court for the Territory of Alaska shall terminate at such time as that court shall cease to function as provided in this section. "SEC. 19. [Federal Reserve Act; amendment.] The first paragraph of section 2 of the Federal Reserve Act (38 Stat. 251) is amended by striking out the last sentence thereof and inserting in lieu of such sentence the following: 'When the State of Alaska is hereafter admitted to the Union the Federal Reserve districts shall be readjusted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in such manner as to include such State. Every national bank in any State shall, upon commencing business or within ninety days after admission into the Union of the State in which it is located, become a member bank of the Federal Reserve System by subscribing and paying for stock in the Federal Reserve bank of its district in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall thereupon be an insured bank under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and failure to do so shall subject such bank to the penalty provided by the sixth paragraph of this section.' "SEC. 20. [Reservation of coal lands; repeal.] Section 2 of the Act of October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 742, 48 U.S.C., sec. 433), is hereby repealed. "SEC. 21. [United States Nationality.] Nothing contained in this Act shall operate to confer United States nationality, nor to terminate nationality heretofore lawfully acquired, nor restore nationality heretofore lost under any law of the United States or under any treaty to which the United States may have been a party. "SEC. 22. [Immigration and Nationality Act; amendment.] Section 101(a)(36) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 170, 8 U.S.C., sec. 1101(a)(36)) is amended by deleting the word 'Alaska,'. "SEC. 23. [Immigration and Nationality Act; amendment.] The first sentence of section 212(d)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 188, 8 U.S.C., sec. 1182(d)(7)) is amended by deleting the word 'Alaska,'. "SEC. 24. [Persons born in Alaska on or after March 30, 1867.] Nothing contained in this Act shall be held to repeal, amend, or modify the provisions of section 304 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 237, 8 U.S.C., sec. 1404). "SEC. 25. [Immigration and Nationality Act; amendment.] The first sentence of section 310(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 239, & U.S.C., sec. 1421(a)) is amended by deleting the words 'District Courts of the United States for the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska' and substituting therefor the words 'District Court of the United States for the Territory of Hawaii'. "SEC. 26. [Immigration and Nationality Act; amendment.] Section 344(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 265, 8 U.S.C., sec. 1455(d)) is amended by deleting the words 'in Alaska and'. "SEC. 27. [Transportation by water.] (a) The third proviso in section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended (46 U.S.C., sec. 883), is further amended by striking out the word 'excluding' and inserting in lieu thereof the word 'including'. "(b) Nothing contained in this or any other Act shall be construed as depriving the Federal Maritime Board of the exclusive jurisdiction heretofore conferred on it over common carriers engaged in transportation by water between any port in the State of Alaska and other ports in the United States, its Territories or possessions, or as conferring upon the Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction over transportation by water between any such ports. "SEC. 28. [Mines and mining.] (a) The last sentence of section 9 of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the leasing of coal lands in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes', approved October 20, 1914 (48 U.S.C. 439), is hereby amended to read as follows: 'All net profits from operation of Government mines, and all bonuses, royalties, and rentals under leases as herein provided and all other payments received under this Act shall be distributed as follows as soon as practicable after December 31 and June 30 of each year: (1) 90 per centum thereof shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State of Alaska for disposition by the legislature thereof; and (2) 10 per centum shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.' "(b) Section 35 of the Act entitled 'An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain', approved February 25, 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191), is hereby amended by inserting immediately before the colon preceding the first proviso thereof the following: ', and of those from Alaska 52 per centum thereof shall be paid to the State of Alaska for disposition by the legislature thereof'. "SEC. 29. [Separability clause.] If any provision of this Act, or any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or individual word, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of any such provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or individual word to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. "SEC. 30. [Repeal of inconsistent laws.] All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act, whether passed by the legislature of said Territory or by Congress, are hereby repealed." ALASKA OMNIBUS ACT Pub. L. 86-70, June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 141, as amended, provided: "[Sec. 1. Short Title.] That this Act may be cited as the 'Alaska Omnibus Act'. "SEC. 2 [Federal jurisdiction.] (a) Section 4 of the Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339) [set out as a note above], providing for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union, is amended by striking out the words 'all such lands or other property, belonging to the United States or which may belong to said natives', and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'all such lands or other property (including fishing rights), the right or title to which may be held by said natives or is held by the United States in trust for said natives'. "(b) Section 6(e) of said Act is amended by striking out the word 'legislative' and inserting in lieu thereof the word 'calendar'. "SEC. 3. [Termination of application of certain Federal laws.] Any Territorial law, as that term is defined in section 8(d) of the Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339, 344) [set out as a note above], providing for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union "(a) which provides for the regulation of commerce within Alaska by an agency of the United States, and "(b) the application of which to the State of Alaska is continued solely by reason of such section 8(d), shall cease to apply to the State of Alaska on June 30, 1961, or on the effective date of any law enacted by the Legislature of the State of Alaska which modifies or changes such Territorial law, whichever occurs first. "SEC. 4. [Sugar Act; amendment.] Section 101 of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended (7 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 1101), is further amended by adding thereto a new subsection, to be designated subsection (o)' and to read as follows: "(o) The term "continental United States" means the 49 States and the District of Columbia.' "SEC. 5. [Soil Bank Act; amendment.] Section 113 of the Soil Bank Act (7 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 1837), is amended to read as follows: "This subtitle B shall apply to the continental United States, except Alaska, and, if the Secretary determines it to be in the national interest, to the State of Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and as used in this subtitle B, the term "State" includes Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.' "SEC. 6. [Armed Forces; amendment.] (a) Title 10, United States Code, section 101(2), is amended by striking out the words 'Alaska, Hawaii,' and inserting in lieu thereof the word 'Hawaii'. "(b) Title 10, United States Code, sections 802(11) and 802(12), are each amended by striking out the words 'that part of Alaska east of longitude 172 degrees west,'. "(c) Title 10, United States Code, section 2662(c), is amended by striking out the word 'Alaska,'. "SEC. 7. [National Bank Act; amendment.] Section 5192 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (12 U.S.C. 144), is further amended by striking out the words 'in Alaska or'. "SEC. 8. [Federal Reserve Act; amendment.] (a) Section 1 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 221), is further amended by deleting the period at the end of such section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ; the term "the continental United States" means the States of the United States and the District of Columbia.' "(b) Section 19 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 466), is further amended by striking the words 'in Alaska or'.' "SEC. 9. [Home Loan Bank Board.] (a) Paragraph (3) of section 2 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1422(3)), is further amended by striking out the words "Territories of Alaska and Hawaii' and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Territory of Hawaii'. "(b) Section 7 of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1466), is further amended by striking out the words 'continental United States, to the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii' and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'continental United States (including Alaska), to the Territory of Hawaii'. "SEC. 10. [National Housing Act; amendment.] The National Housing Act is amended by— "(a) striking out the word 'Alaska,' in sections 9, 201(d), 207(a)(7), 601(d), 713(q), and 801(g) (12 U.S.C., secs. 1706d, 1707(d), 1713(a)(7), 1736(d), 1747/(q); supp. V, sec. 1748(g)); "(b) striking out the words 'the Territory of Alaska,' in section 207(c)(2) (12 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 1713(c)(2)), and inserting the word 'Alaska' in lieu thereof; "(c) by striking out the words 'the Territory of Alaska or in Guam' in section 214 (12 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 1715d; 48 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 484d), and inserting the words 'Alaska, Guam,' in lieu thereof; and "(d) striking out the words "Territory' in the two places where it appears in section 806 (12 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 1748e), and inserting the word 'State' in lieu thereof. "SEC. 11. [Coast Guard; amendment.] Title 14, United States Code, section 634(b), is amended by striking out the words 'and for the territory of' in both places where they appear therein. "SEC. 12. [Securities and Exchange Commission.] (a) Paragraph (6) of section 2 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (15 U.S.C. 77b(6)), is further amended by striking out the word ‘Alaska,'. "(b) Paragraph (16) of section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(16)), is further amended by striking out the word 'Alaska,'. "(c) Paragraph (18) of section 202(a) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (15 U.S.C. 80b-2(a)(18)), is further amended by striking out the word 'Alaska,'. "(d) Paragraph (37) of section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(37)), is further amended by striking out the word 'Alaska,'. "(e) Paragraph (1) of section 6(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (15 U.S.C. 80a-6(a)(1)), is further amended by striking out the word 'Alaska,'. "SEC. 13. [Soil Conservation.] (a) Section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 590h(b)), is further amended by inserting, immediately following the words 'continental United States', the words ', except in Alaska'. "(b) Section 17(a) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590q(a)), is further amended by striking out the words 'the United States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii' and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'the States, the Territory of Hawaii', and by striking out the word 'Alaska' the second time it appears therein. "SEC. 14. [Bald Eagles.] Section 1 of the Act of June 8, 1940 (16 U.S.C. 668), is amended by striking out the words 'except the Territory of Alaska,'. "SEC. 15. [Wildlife restoration.] Section 8(a) of the Act of September 2, 1937, as amended (16 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 669g-1), is further amended by striking out the words 'the Alaska Game Commission,', 'said Territory of Alaska', 'not exceeding $75,000 for Alaska, and', and 'the Territory of Alaska,'. "SEC. 16. [Fish restoration.] Section 12 of the Act of August 9, 1950, as amended (16 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 777k), is further amended by striking out the words 'the Alaska Game Commission,', 'said Territory of Alaska,', 'not exceeding $75,000 for Alaska, and', and 'the Territory of Alaska,'. "SEC. 17. [Criminal Code; amendments.] (a) Title 18, United States Code, section 5024, is amended by striking out the words 'other than Alaska' and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'including Alaska'. "(b) Section 6 of the Act of August 25, 1958 (7. Stat. 845, 847), is amended by striking out the words 'other than Alaska' and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'including Alaska'. "(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be effective on July 7, 1961, or on the date of the Execu tive order referred to in section 18 of the Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339, 350), providing for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union, whichever occurs first. "(d) Title 18, United States Code, section 1385, is amended by deleting the last sentence thereof. "SEC. 18. [Education.] (a)(1) Subsection (a) of section 103 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 1580, 1582), relating to definition of State, is amended by striking out ‘Alaska,' each time it appears. “(2) Paragraph (3)(B) of section 302(a) of such Act (72 Stat. 1580, 1588), relating to definition of continental United States for purposes of allotments for science, mathematics and modern foreign language instruction equipment, is amended by striking out 'does not include Alaska' and inserting in lieu thereof 'includes Alaska'. "(3) Section 1008 of such Act (72 Stat. 1580, 1605), relating to allotments to territories, is amended by striking out ‘Alaska,'. "(b)(1) Section 4 of the Act of February 23, 1917 (20 U.S.C. 14), relating to allotments for teacher-training, is amended by striking out '$90,000' and inserting in lieu thereof '$98,500'. The proviso in the last paragraph of section 5 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 16) and so much of section 12 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 22) as follows the last semicolon shall not be applicable to Alaska prior to the third fiscal year which begins after the enactment of this Act. "(2) Paragraph (1) of section 2 of the Vocational Education Act of 1946 (20 U.S.C. 15i), relating to definition of States and Territories, is amended by striking out 'the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii' and inserting in lieu thereof 'the Territory of Hawaii'. "(3) Subsection (e) of section 210 (20 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 15jj(e)), and subsection (a) of section 307 of such Act (72 Stat. 1580, 1600), relating to definition of State, are each amended by striking out ‘Alaska,’. "(c) Paragraph (13) of section 15 of the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended (72 Stat. 548, 558), relating to definition of State, is amended by striking out 'Alaska,'. "(d)(1) The material in the parentheses in the first sentence of subsection (d) of section 3 of the Act of September 30, 1950, as amended, relating to determination of local contribution rate, is amended to read: '(other than a local educational agency in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Wake Island, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or in a State in which a substantial proportion of the land is in unorganized territory for which a State agency is the local educational agency)'. "(2) The fourth sentence of such subsection is amended by inserting (including Alaska)' after 'continental United States' the first time it appears in such sentence. The fifth sentence of such subsection is amended by inserting '(including Alaska)' after 'continental United States' the second time it appears in such sentence. "(3) The last sentence of such subsection is amended by striking out 'Alaska,' and by inserting after 'the Virgin Islands,' the following: ‘or in any State in which a substantial proportion of the land is in unorganized territory for which a State agency is the local educational agency,'. "(4) Paragraph (8) of section 9 of such Act (20 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 244(8)), relating to definition of State, is amended by striking out ‘Alaska,'. "SEC. 19. [Importation of milk and cream.] Subsection (b) of section 9 of the Act of February 15, 1927 (21 U.S.C. 149(b)), is amended by inserting the words, ', including Alaska' immediately following the words 'continental United States'. "SEC. 20. [Opium Poppy Control.] Section 12 of the Opium Poppy Control Act of 1942 (21 U.S.C. 188k) is amended by deleting therefrom the words 'the Territory of Alaska,'. "SEC. 21. [Highways.] (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall transfer to the State of Alaska by appro priate conveyance without compensation, but upon such terms and conditions as he may deem desirable, all lands or interests in lands, including buildings and fixtures, all personal property, including machinery, office equipment, and supplies, and all records pertaining to roads in Alaska, which are owned, held, administered by, or used by the Secretary in connection with the activities of the Bureau of Public Roads in Alaska, (i) except such lands or interests in lands, including buildings and fixtures, personal property, including machinery, office equipment, and supplies, and records as the Secretary may determine are needed for the operations, activities, and functions of the Bureau of Public Roads in Alaska after such transfer, including services or functions performed pursuant to section 44 of this Act; and (ii) except such lands or interests in lands as he or the head of any other Federal agency may determine are needed for continued retention in Federal ownership for purposes other than or in addition to road purposes. "(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any contract entered into by the Federal Government in connection with the activities of the Bureau of Public Roads in Alaska which has not been completed on the date of the transfer provided under subsection (a) hereof may be completed according to the terms thereof. "(c)(1) The State of Alaska shall be responsible for the maintenance of roads, including bridges, tunnels, and ferries, transferred to it under subsection (a) of this section, as long as any such road is needed for highway purposes. "(2) Federal-aid funds apportioned to Alaska under title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 1960 and prior fiscal years, and unobligated on the date of enactment of this Act, may be used for maintenance of highways on the Federal-aid systems in Alaska. "(d) Effective July 1, 1959, the following provisions of law are repealed: "(1) Title 23, United States Code, section 103(f); "(2) Title 23, United States Code, section 116(d); "(3) Title 23, United States Code, section 119; "(4) Title 23, United States Code, section 120(h), except that the portion of the first sentence thereof relating to the percentage of funds to be contributed by Alaska shall continue to apply to funds apportioned to Alaska for fiscal year 1960 and prior fiscal years; "(5) Sections 107(b) and (d) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 374, 377, 378); "(6) Section 2 of the Act of January 27, 1905 (33 Stat. 616), as amended (48 U.S.C. 322 and the following); and "(7) The Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 446), as amended (48 U.S.C. 321(a) and the following). "(e) Effective on July 1, 1959, the following provisions of law are amended: "(1) The definition of the term 'State' in title 23, United States Code, section 101(a), is amended to read as follows: "The term "State" means any one of the fortynine States, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico.'; "(2) Title 23, United States Code, section 104(b), is amended by deleting the phrase ', except that only one-third of the area of Alaska shall be included' where it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2) of said section 104(b); "(3) Title 23, United States Code, section 116(a), is amended by deleting the phrase 'Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,' and by capitalizing the word 'it' immediately following such phrase; and "(4) Title 23, United States Code, section 120(a), is amended by deleting the phrase 'subsection (d) and (h)' and by inserting in lieu thereof the phrase 'subsection (d)'. "(f) Notwithstanding the limitation contained in subsection (f) of section 120 of Title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make expenditures from the emergency fund under section 125 of such title for the repair or reconstruction of highways on the Federal-aid highway systems of Alaska which have been damaged or destroyed by the 1964 earthquake and subsequent seismic waves, in accordance with the Federal share payable under subsection (a) of section 120 of such title. The increase in expenditures resulting from the difference between the Federal share authorized by this subsection and that authorized by subsection (f) of section 120 of such title shall be reimbursed to the emergency fund by an appropriation from the general fund of the Treasury: Provided, That such increase in expendi tures shall not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate. (As amended Pub. L. 88-451, § 3, Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 505; Pub. L. 97-449, § 2(a), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2439.) "SEC. 22. [Internal Revenue.] (a) Section 2202 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to missionaries in foreign service), and sections 3121(e)(1), 3306(j), 4221(d)(4), and 4233(b) of such Code (each relating to a special definition of 'State') are amended by striking out 'Alaska,'. "(b) Section 4262(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (definition of 'continental United States') is amended to read as follows: 44 '(1) Continental United States.-The term "continental United States" means the District of Columbia and the States other than Alaska.' "(c) Section 4502(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to definition of 'United States') is amended by striking out 'the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska' and by inserting in lieu thereof 'the Territory of Hawaii'. "(d) Section 4774 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to territorial extent of law) is amended by striking out 'the Territory of Alaska,'. "(e) Section 7621(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to boundaries of internal revenue districts) is amended to read as follows: "(b) Boundaries.-For the purpose mentioned in subsection (a), the President may subdivide any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or may unite into one district two or more States or a Territory and one or more States.' "(f) Section 7653(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by striking out 'its Territories or possessions' and inserting in lieu thereof 'its possessions or the Territory of Hawaii'. "(g) Section 7701(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to definition of 'United States') is amended by striking out 'the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii' and inserting in lieu thereof 'the Territory of Hawaii'. "(h) Section 7701(a)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to definition of State) is amended by striking out Territories' and inserting in lieu thereof 'Territory of Hawaii'. "(i) The amendments contained in subsections (a) through (h) of this section shall be effective as of January 3, 1959. "SEC. 23. [Courts.] (a) The Judicial Conference of the United States, with the assistance of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, shall conduct a study, including a field survey, of the Federal Judicial business arising in the State of Alaska with a view toward directing the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to hold such terms of court in Anchorage or such other Alaskan cities as may be necessary for the prompt and efficient administration of justice. "(b) Title 28, United States Code, section 81A, is amended by inserting the word 'Ketchikan,' immediately following the word 'Juneau,'. "(c) Such authority as has been exercised by the Attorney General heretofore, with regard to the Federal court system in Alaska, pursuant to section 30 of the Act of June 6, 1900 (48 U.S.C. 25), shall continue to be exercised by him after the court created by section 12(b) of the Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339, 348) [set out above], providing for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union, is established. "(d) All balances of public moneys received by the clerks of each division of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska pursuant to section 10 of the Act of June 6, 1900, as amended (48 U.S.C. 107), which are on hand after all payments ordered by that court and approved by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall have been made, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as required by law, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay the amounts so covered, which are hereby ppropriated, to the State of Alaska. "SEC. 24. [Vocational Rehabilitati Act; amendment.] (a) Subsection (g) of section 11 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 41(g)), relating to definition of State, is amended by striking out 'Alaska,'. "(b)(1) Subsection (1) and paragraph (1) of subsection (h) of such section, relating to definition of allotment percentages and Federal shares for purposes of allotment and matching for vocational rehabilitation services, are each amended by striking out '(excluding Alaska)' and inserting in lieu thereof '(including Alaska)'. "(2) Paragraph (1) of such subsection (h) is further amended by striking out 'Alaska,'. "(3) Such subsection (i) is further amended by striking out 'Hawaii and Alaska' in clause (B) and inserting in lieu thereof 'Hawaii', "SEC. 25. [Gold Reserve Act; amendment.] Section 15 of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, as amended (31 U.S.C. 444), is further amended by striking out the words', the District of Columbia, and the Territory of Alaska' and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'and the District of Columbia'. "SEC. 26. [Silver Purchase Act; amendment.] Section 10 of the Silver Purchase Act of 1934 (31 U.S.C. 448b), is amended by striking out the words ', the District of Columbia, and the Territory of Alaska' and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'and the District of Columbia'. "SEC. 27. [National Guard; amendment.] Title 32, United States Code, section 101(1), is amended by striking out the words 'Alaska, Hawaii,' and inserting in lieu thereof the word 'Hawaii'. "SEC. 28. [Water Pollution Control Act; amendment.] (a) Paragraph (1) of section 5(h) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 466d(h)(1)), relating to Federal share for purposes of matching for program operation, is amended by striking out '(excluding Alaska)' and inserting in lieu thereof '(including Alaska)' and by striking out, in clause (B), 'and Alaska'. "(b) Subsection (d) of section 11 of such Act (33 U.S.C., Supp. V, sec. 466j(d)), is amended by striking out 'Alaska,'. "SEC. 29. [Veterans' Benefits; amendment.] (a) Title 38, United States Code, section 903(b), is amended by striking out the words, or to the place of burial within Alaska if the deceased was a resident of Alaska who had been brought to the United States as a beneficiary of the Veterans' Administration for hospital or domiciliary care'; by inserting the word 'continental' immediately before the words 'United States' the second time they appear in such section; and by inserting, immediately following the words 'continental United States' in both places where they appear in such section, the parenthetical phrase '(including Alaska)'. "(b) Title 38, United States Code, section 2007(c), is amended by striking out the word 'Alaska,'. "SEC. 30. [Federal Property and Administrative Services Act; amendment.] (a) Subsection (f) of section 3 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 472(f)), is amended by striking out the words, Hawaii, Alaska,' and inserting in lieu thereof the words '(including Alaska), Hawaii,'. "(b) Subsection (a) of section 702 of such Act (40 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 522(a)), is amended by striking out the words "Territories of Alaska and Hawaii' and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Territory of Hawaii'. "SEC. 31. [Public Health Service Act; amendment.] (a) Subsection (f) of section 2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201(f)), relating to definition of State, is amended by striking out 'Hawaii, Alaska,' and inserting in lieu thereof 'Hawaii,' and by striking out ', the District of Columbia, or Alaska' and inserting in lieu thereof 'or the District of Columbia'. "(b)(1) Effective July 1, 1959, section 371 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by the Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act (42 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 273), is repealed. "(2) Subsection (a) of section 372 of such Act (42 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 274(a)), is amended by striking out 'the Territory of'. "(3) Subsections (L), (c), and (e) of such section are each amended by striking out 'the Territory' each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 'Alaska'. "(4) Such subsection (e) is further amended by striking out the Territory's' and inserting in lieu thereof 'Alaska's'. "(c)(1) Subsection (a) of section 631 of such Act (42 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 291i(a)), relating to definition of allotment percentage for purposes of allotments for construction, is amended by striking out (excluding Alaska)' and inserting in lieu thereof '(including Alaska)' and by striking out 'for Alaska and Hawaii shall be 50 per centum each' in clause (2) and inserting in lieu thereof 'for Hawaii shall be 50 per centum'. "(2) Subsection (d) of such section, relating to definition of State, is amended by striking out 'Alaska,'. "SEC. 32. [Social Security Act; amendment.] (a) Paragraph (8) of section 1101(a) of the Social Security Act (72 Stat. 1013, 1050), relating to definition of Federal percentage for purposes of matching for public assistance grants, is amended by striking out 'Alaska and' in clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) and by striking out '(excluding Alaska)' in subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting in lieu thereof '(including Alaska)'. "(b)(1) Subsection (a) of section 524 of the Social Security Act (72 Stat. 1013, 1054), relating to definition of allotment percentage for purposes of allotments for child welfare services, is amended by striking out '50 per centum in the case of Alaska and' in clause (B). "(2) Subsection (b) of such section, relating to defiInition of Federal share for purposes of matching for child welfare services, is amended by striking out '50 per centum in the case of Alaska and' in clause (2). "(3) Such subsections (a) and (b), and subsection (c) of such section, relating to promulgation of Federal shares and allotment percentages, are each amended by striking out '(excluding Alaska)' and inserting in lieu thereof ‘(including Alaska)'. "(c)(1) The last sentence of section 202(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 402(i)), is amended by striking out 'forty-eight' and inserting in lieu thereof 'forty-nine'. "(2) Subsections (h) and (i) of section 210 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 410(h), (i)), relating to definitions of State and United States for purposes of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance, are each amended by striking out ‘Alaska,'. "(d)(1) Paragraph (1) of section 1101(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 1301(a)(1)), relating to definition of State, is amended by striking out 'Alaska, Hawaii,' and inserting in lieu thereof 'Hawaii'. "(2) Paragraph (2) of such section (42 U.S.C., 1301(a)(2)), relating to definition of United States, is amended by striking out ‘Alaska,'. "SEC. 33. [Congressional Record.] Section 73 of the Act of January 12, 1895, as amended (44 U.S.C., supp. V, sec. 183), is further amended by striking out the word 'Alaska,' [Repealed by Pub. L. 90-620, § 3, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 13101. "SEC. 34. [Federal Register.] Section 8 of the Federal Register Act (44 U.S.C. 308) is amended by striking out the parenthetical phrase '(not including Alaska)' and inserting in lieu thereof the parenthetical phrase '(in |