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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 1676

PUBLIC LAW 95-498—OCT. 21, 1978 Township 14 North, Range 4 East

Section 31: Southwest quarter northeast quarter, ,. ^ Northwest quarter northwest quarter, South half northwest quarter, , , South half. Publication in SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Federal Register. Register the boundaries and descriptions of the lands declared to be held in trust by this Act. SEC. 3. All of the right, title, and interest of the United States in all minerals, including gas and oil, underlying the lands hereby declared to be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Ana, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit and use of the Pueblo of Santa Ana. SEC. 4. (a) Nothing in this Act shall deprive any person of any valid existing right of use, possession, contract right, interest, or title which that person may have in any of the trust lands within the purview of this Act, or of any existing right of access to public domain lands over and across such trust lands, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. All existing mineral leases involving lands declared to be held in trust by this Act, including oil and gas leases, which may have been issued or approved pursuant to Federal law, prior to enactment of this Act, shall remain in force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all applications for mineral leases involving such lands, including oil and gas leases, pending on the date of enactment of this Act shall be rejected and the advance rental payments returned to the applicants. (b) Those persons holding grazing permits from the United States Bureau of Land Management in the grazing unit known as the Bernalillo Community Allotment (Number 551), Sandoval County, New Mexico, as of the date of enactment of this Act are hereby granted the right to continue those grazing rights, subject to all otherwise applicable terms, conditions, rules, and regulations of the Bureau of Land Management governing such grazing rights, for a period of not to exceed ten years. Such grazing rights shall be administered by the Bureau of Land Management in accordance with applicable rules and regulations governing such rights on the Federal public domain, and may be canceled by the Bureau of Land Management in accordance with its regulations for failure to meet the terms and conditions of the existing permits, or failure to abide by applicable rules and regulations. Grazing fees shall be payable by the permittees to the Bureau of Land Management at prevailing rates, which fees shall be remitted by said Bureau to the Pueblo of Santa Ana within 30 days of receipt. Such grazing rights shall be nontransferable, except that they may be relinquished at any time to the Pueblo of Santa Ana. In the event of cancellation or relinquishment of said grazing rights as provided above, such rights shall not be renewed, nor shall any new permits be issued: Provided, however, That no grazing fees shall be payable by the said existing permittees for the first five years following enactment of this Act. (c) Subject to subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any property held in trust under this Act for the Pueblo of Santa Ana shall be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to other property held in trust by the United States for the Indian tribe of such pueblo. SEC. 5. (a) Any and all gross receipts derived from, or which relate to, the property declared to be held in trust by this Act which were