Private Law 81–802

That jurisdiction be, and it is hereby, conferred upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Helen M. Booth against the United States for compensation on account of the alleged failure of the United States military government in Germany to provide medical treatment to her deceased husband, Alfred it. Booth, who died on March 19, 1947, in Zuerich, Switzerland: Provided, That proceedings for the determination of said claim shall be had in the same manner as in cases of which said court has jurisdiction under the provisions of section 1491, title 28, United States Code, as amended:

62 Stat. 940.

28 U. S. C., Sup. Ill, § 1491.

And provided further, That suit hereunder shall be instituted within one year after the enactment of this Act: Provided, however, That the passage of this Act shall not in any way be construed as an inference of liability on the part of the United States Government.