§ 574a. — Acquisition of lands on Wind River Reservation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC574a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XV--SHOSHONE TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 574a. Acquisition of lands on Wind River Reservation
(a) Authority to hold lands in trust for individual tribe
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to acquire
individually in the name of the United States in trust for the benefit
of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation or the
Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, as appropriate,
lands or other rights when the individual assets of only one of the
tribes is used to acquire such lands or other rights.
(b) Lands remain part of joint Reservation subject to exclusive tribal
control
Any lands acquired under subsection (a) of this section within the
exterior boundaries of the Wind River Reservation shall remain a part of
the Reservation and subject to the joint tribal laws of the Reservation,
except that the lands so acquired shall be subject to the exclusive use
and control of the tribe for which such lands were acquired.
(c) Income
The income from lands acquired under subsection (a) of this section
shall be credited to the tribe for which such lands were acquired.
(d) Savings provision
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the joint
acquisition of lands for the benefit of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation and the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation.
(Pub. L. 103-435, Sec. 15, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4573.)
