HOUSE BILL.

SEC. 12. That all statements, representations, or reports required by the Secretary of the Interior under this Act shall be upon oath unless otherwise specified, and in such form and upon such blanks as the Secretary of the Interior may require,

an any person making any false statement, representation, or report un er oath shall be subject to punishment as for perjury.

SEC. 17. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe necessary and proper rules and regulations and to do any and all things necessary to carry out and accomplish the purposes of this Act.

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PASSED BY SENATE.

SEC. 15. That the jurisdiction of the District Court of Alaska shall extend to and over any forfeiture or cancellation proceedings instituted under the provisions of section nine of this Act and to any and all controversies which may arise between the United States and any lessee or other person, association, or corporation growing out of any disputed controversies or proceedings arising under this Act or under leases issued hereunder. All causes against the United States brought under the provisions of this Act shall be tried in the same manner and under the same rules as controversies between citizens.

SEC. 16. That all statements, representations, or reports required, unless otherwise specified, by the Secretary of the Interior under this Act shall be upon oath and in such form and upon such blanks as the Secretary of the Interior may require,

and any person making false oath, representation, or report shall be subject to punishment as for perjury.

SEC. 17. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe the necessary and proper rules and regulations and to do any and all things necessary to carry out and accomplish the purposes of this Act.

CONFERENCE AGREEMENT.

SEC. 15. That on and after the approval of this Act no lands in Alaska containing deposits of coal withdrawn from entry or sale shall be disposed of or acquired in any manner except as provided in this Act: Provided, That the passage of this Act shall not affect any proceeding now pending in the Department of the Interior, and any such proceeding may be carried to a final determination in said department notwithstanding the passage hereof: Provided further, That no lease shall be made, under the provisions hereof, of any land, a claim for which is pen ing in the Department of the Interior at the date of the passage of this Act, until and unless such claim is finally disposed of by the department adversely to the claimant.

SEC. 16. That all statements, representations, or reports required, unless otherwise specified, by the Secretary of the Interior under this Act shall be upon oath and in such form and upon such blanks as the Secretary of the Interior may require.

SEC. 17. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe the necessary and proper rules and regulations and to do any and all things necessary to carry out and accomplish the purposes of this Act.

HOUSE BILL.

SEC. 14. All moneys receive under the provisions of this Act shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, in accordance with section three of the Alaska Railway Act, approved March twelfth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

SEC. 15. That on and after the approval of this Act no lands in Alaska containing deposits of coal shall be disposed of or acquired in any manner except as provided in this Act: Provided, That the passage of this Act shall not affect any proceeding now pending in the Department of the Interior, and any such proceeding may be carried to a final determination in said department notwithstanding the passage hereof.

SEC. 16. The Secretary of the Interior shall annually make report to Congress of all leases awarded under the provisions of this Act in reasonable detail and also of all leases then outstanding and the amounts collected for the prior fiscal year on account of each lease.

PASSED BY SENATE.

SEC. 18. That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith, also section sixteen of an Act passed and approved August thirteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled "An Act extending the period of payment for reclamation projects, and other purposes," which section reads as follows: "SEC. 16. That from and after July first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, expenditures shall not be made for carrying out the purposes of the reclamation law except out of appropriations made annually by Congress therefor, and the Secretary of the Interior shall, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen, and annually thereafter, in the regular Book of Estimates, submit to Congress estimates of the amount of money necessary to be expended for carrying out any or all of the purposes authorized by the reclamation law, including the extension and completion of existing projects and units thereof and the construction of new projects. The annual appropriations made hereunder by Congress for such purposes shall be paid out of the reclamation fund provided for by the reclamation law," are hereby repealed.

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