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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-232—FEB. 17, 1978 (b) Upon approval by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary shall accept such conveyances on behalf of the United States. Such land shall be held in trust jointly for such Indian pueblos and shall enjoy the tax-exempt status of other trust lands, including exemption from State taxation and regulation. However, such property shall not be "Indian country" as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code. The Secretary shall cause a description of such trust land to be published in the Federal Kegister. (c) Nothing in this Act shall terminate or diminish the rights or interests of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Inc., as an assignee or subleasee of the lease of such land to the All Indian Pueblo Council, Inc., approved on August 27, 1974, by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (d) Nothing in this Act shall alter the rights or interests, if any, in the adjacent lands previously conveyed to the County of Bernalillo for Four-H Club use by deed dated March 22, 1960. Approved February 17, 1978.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-846 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 95-445 (Coram, on Indian Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 123 (1977): Sept. 29, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 124 (1978): Feb. 6, considered and passed House.

92 STAT. 31 Secretary of the Interior, acceptance of conveyances, Publication in Federal Register.