§ 835e. — Payment for lands acquired from Spokane and Colville Reservations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC835e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12D--COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT
Sec. 835e. Payment for lands acquired from Spokane and Colville
Reservations
As lands or interests in lands are designated from time to time
under sections 835d to 835h of this title, the Secretary of the Interior
shall determine the amount of money to be paid to the Indians as just
and equitable compensation therefor. As to the tribal lands, the amounts
so determined shall be transferred in the Treasury of the United States
from the funds now or hereafter made available for the construction of
the Columbia Basin project to the credit of the appropriate tribe
pursuant to the provisions of section 155 of title 25. The amounts due
individual landowners or their heirs or devisees shall be paid from
funds now or hereafter made available for the construction of said
project to the superintendent of the Colville Indian Agency or such
other officer as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior
for credit on the books of said agency to the accounts of the
individuals concerned.
(June 29, 1940, ch. 460, Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 703; May 27, 1937, ch. 269,
Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 208; Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 14.)
Change of Name
Act May 27, 1937, as amended by act Mar. 10, 1943, changed name of
project from ``Grand Coulee Dam'' to ``Columbia Basin''.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 835d, 835f, 835g, 835h of
this title.
