PUBLIC LAW 97-459—JAN. 12, 1983
96 STAT. 2515
Public Law 97-459 97th Congress An Act To authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of lands by Indian tribes and by the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation of North Dakota specifically, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I SEC. 101. The Congress finds that— (1) the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe, of the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, North Dakota, is vigorously pursuing its goal of self-determination through development of manufacturing and farming enterprises; and (2) the continued existence of the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, North Dakota, as a permanent homeland of the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe and as a necessary foundation for continued self-determination requires that the Secretary of the Interior have authority to— (A) consolidate and increase the trust land base in the reservation for the tribe and individual tribal members; and (B) prevent further loss of trust land. SEC. 102. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to— (1) purchase with any funds held by the Secretary in trust for the benefit of the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe or appropriated for the purpose, or acquire by gift, exchange, or relinquishment, any interest in land (or any improvements thereon) located within the boundaries of the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation for the benefit of the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe or individual members of such tribe; (2) sell or approve sales of any interest in tribal trust or tribal restricted land (or any improvements thereon) located within the boundaries of the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation but only if additional tribal trust or tribal restricted land which is approximately equal in acreage or value to the interest sold is acquired by the Secretary at the time of such sale; and (3) exchange any interest in tribal or individual trust land or tribal or individual restricted land (or any improvements thereon) for any land located within the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation but only if the values of the interests in land involved in such an exchange are equal or are equalized by the payment of money. (b) Any purchase of Federal lands under subsection (a)(1) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2744). SEC. 103. The Secretary shall accept any transfer of title from the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe, or from any individual member of such
97-200 O—84—pt. 2
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Jan. 12, 1983 [S. 503]
Devils Lake Sioux Tribe, N. Dak. Authorization to procure land.
43 USC 1701 note.
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