Public Law 83–402

the first

Homestead entries.

Korean veterans.

58 Stat. 747.

sentence of the first section of the Act of September 27, 1944, as amended (43 U. S. C. 279–284), is amended to read as follows: “That any person who has served in the military or naval forces of the United States for a period of at least ninety days at any tune on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the Korean conflict as determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress, and is honorably discharged from the military or naval forces and who makes homestead entry subsequent to such discharge shall have the period of such service, not exceeding two years, construed to be equivalent to residence and cultivation upon the land for the same length of time.”.

The proviso at the end of the first section of such Act is amended to read as follows: “Provided, That such compliance shall include bona fide cultivation of at least one-eighth of the area entered under the homestead laws: Provided further, That no person who has served in the military or naval forces of the United States for a period of at least ninety days at any time on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the Korean conflict as determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress, and is honorably discharged shall be disqualified from making homestead entry or from any other benefits of this Act merely by reason of not having reached the age of twenty-one years.”.

Section 4 of such Act is amended by striking out “ten years” and inserting in lieu thereof “fifteen years”.