PUBLIC LAW 103-435—NOV. 2, 1994
108 STAT. 4571
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(b) DEED AND LEASE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The deed issued under this section shall
provide that—
(A) title to all. coal and other minerals, including oil,
gas, and other natural deposits, within the Subject Lands
shall remain in the Secretary in trust for the Tribe, as
provided in Public Law 90-424 (82 Stat 424);
(B) the Subject Lands may be used for the purpose
of constructing and operating a public high school and
related facilities thereon, and for no other purpose;
(C) title to thie Subject Lands, free and clear of all
hens and encumbrances, shall automatically revert to the
Secretary in trust for the Tribe, and the deed shall be
of no further force or effect, if, within 8 years after the
date of the deed, classes have not commenced in a permanent public high school facility established on the Subject
Lsinds, or if such classes conmience at the facihty wimin
such 8-year period, but the facility subsequently permanently ceases operating as a public high school; and
(D) at any time after the conclusion of the current
htigation (commenced before the date of enactment of this
Act and including all trial and, if any, appellate proceedings) challenging the November 9, 1993, decision of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Montana panting the petition to create the School District,
and with the prior approval of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (referred to in this section as the "Superintendent's Approval"), the Tribe shall have the right to replace
the deed with a lease covering the Subject Lands issued
under section 1(a) of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat.
539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 415(a)) having a term of 25
years, with a right to renew for an additional 25 years.
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(2) CONDITIONS OF LEASE. —Under the lease referred to
in paragraph (1)(D), the Subiect Lands shall be leased rent
free to the School District for the exclusive purpose of constructing and operating a public high school and related faciHties
thereon. The lease snail terminate if, within 8 years after
the date of the deed, classes have not commenced in a permanent public high school facility established on title Subject
Lands, or if such classes commence at the facility within such
8-year period, but the facihty subsequently permanently ceases
operating as a public high school. In the event the Tribe seeks
and obtains the Superintendent's Approval, the Tribe may
tender a lease, signed by the Tribe and approved by the Secretary, which compHes with the provisions of this subsection.
Upon such tender, the deed shall be of no farther force or
effect, and, subject to the leasehold interest offered to the
School District, title to the Subject Lands, free and clear of
all liens and encumbrances, shall automatically revert to the
Secretary in trust for the Tribe. The Tribe may at any time
irrevocably reUnquish the right provided to it under this subsection by resolution of the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council
explicitly so providing.
(c) EFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE OF DEED. —Upon the School District's acceptance of a deed delivered under this section, the School
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