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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-498—OCT. 21, 1978

92 STAT. 1677

received by the United States subsequent to the acquisition by the United States of such property and prior to the date of the enactment of this Act (including State school lands referred to in section 7), from whatever source and for whatever purpose, shall, as of the date of enactment of this Act, be deposited to the credit of the Pueblo of Santa Ana and may be expended by such tribe for such beneficial programs as the tribal governing body may determine. (b) All gross receipts (including, but not limited to, bonuses, rents, and royalties) hereafter derived by the United States from any contract, permit, or lease referred to in section 4(a) of this Act, shall be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to receipts from property held in trust by the United States for Indian tribes. SEC. 6. All property declared to be held in trust for the benefit and use of the Pueblo of Santa Aua pursuant to this Act, and all the receipts therefrom referred to in section 5 of this Act, shall be exempt from Federal, State, and local taxation so long as such property is held in trust by the United States. Any distribution of such receipts to tribal members shall neither be considered as income or resources of such members for purposes of any such taxation nor as income or resources or otherwise utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which such member or his household would otherwise be entitled to under the Social Security Act or any other Federal or federally assisted 42 USC 1305. program. SEC. 7. (a) For the purpose of improving the land tenure pattern and consolidating Santa Ana Pueblo lands, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase or exchange, under such regulations as he may prescribe, all State school lands in township 13 north, range 3 east, sections 2 and 16; township 14 north, range 3 east, section 36; and township 14 north, range 4 east, section 32, State of New Mexico, containing 2004.05 acres, more or less; and interests therein, including improvements, mineral rights, and water rights. In exercising his authority to acquire such lands by exchange, the Secretary is authorized to utilize unappropriated public lands in the State of New Mexico. The properties so exchanged shall be of approximately equal value, and the Secretary may accept cash from or pay cash to the State of New Mexico in such an exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties exchanged. (b) The Secretary may execute any title documents necessary to Title documents, effect the exchanges authorized by this section. (c) Title to all lands acquired under the provisions of this section shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for Santa Ana Pueblo. SEC. 8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, during the 3 years following enactment of this Act, the Secretary may, after giving the tribe 30 days written notice and after consulting with the tribe, enter on the lands described in the first section of this Act to identify, investigate, examine, and remove any paleontological resources from such lands: Provided, That no explorations, surveys, or excavations shall be authorized within a 200-yard radius of the following shrines or religious sites: (1) Santiyaku 'Ko Kura (Santiago's Corral); (2) Santiyaku Ka'ma (Santiago's Home); (3) Santiyaku 'Kaisru (Santiago's Field); (4) 'Tsitsi Sruwii (Water Snake Head);