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(g) Homesites

Any person whose name appears on the final

roll of the tribe, and who has since December

31, 1956, continuously resided on any lands

taken by the United States by subsections (d)

and (f) of this section, shall be entitled to occupy and use as a homesite for his lifetime a

reasonable acreage of such lands, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, subject

to such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may issue to safeguard the administration of the national forest and as the Secretary of the Interior may issue to safeguard

the administration of the Klamath Forest National Wildlife Refuge.

(h) Administration of outstanding timber sales

contracts

If title to any of the lands comprising the

Klamath Indian Forest is taken by the United

States, the administration of any outstanding

timber sales contracts thereon entered into by

the Secretary of the Interior as trustee for the

Klamath Indians shall be administered by the

Secretary of Agriculture.

(i) Right of United States to use roads

All sales of tribal lands pursuant to subsection (b) of this section or pursuant to section 564d of this title on which roads are located shall be made subject to the right of the

United States and its assigns to maintain and

use such roads.

(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, §28, as added Pub. L.

85–731, §1, Aug. 23, 1958, 72 Stat. 816; amended

Pub. L. 86–247, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 477.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of March 1, 1911, referred to in subsecs. (b), (d),

and (e), is act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, as

amended, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which is

classified to sections 480, 500, 513 to 519, 521, 552, and 563

of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of

this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under

section 552 of Title 16 and Tables.

The adjournment of the Eighty-fifth Congress, referred to in subsec. (c) of this section, took place on

Aug. 24, 1958.

The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16,

1934, as amended, referred to in subsec. (f), is act Mar.

16, 1934, ch. 71, 48 Stat. 452, as amended, which is classified generally to subchapter IV (§718 et seq.) of chapter

7 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification

of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out

under section 718 of Title 16 and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

1959—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 86–247 changed date for Federal acquisition of Klamath Indian Marsh from April 1,

1961, to earliest date after September 30, 1959, that

funds are available to pay for property from sale of

stamps.

CHANGE OF NAME

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate abolished and replaced by Committee on Energy

and Natural Resources of the Senate, effective Feb. 11,

1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the Senate, as

amended by Senate Resolution No. 4, Ninety-fifth Congress (popularly cited as the ‘‘Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977’’), approved Feb. 4, 1977.

Section 105 of Senate Resolution No. 4 established a

temporary Select Committee on Indian Affairs having

jurisdiction over matters relating to Indian affairs

(such matters previously having been within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs). Senate Resolution No. 127, June 6, 1984, Ninetyeighth Congress, established the Select Committee on

Indian Affairs as a permanent committee of the Senate,

and section 25 of Senate Resolution No. 71, Feb. 25, 1993,

One Hundred Third Congress, redesignated the Select

Committee on Indian Affairs as the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the

House of Representatives changed to Committee on

Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on

Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred

Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of

House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by

section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 564d, 564w–2 of

this title.

§ 564w–2. Federal acquisition of tribal land

(a) Condemnation authority

The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and

directed to acquire by condemnation all of the

Klamath Indian forest lands which the trustee

for the Klamath Indian Tribe is required to sell

by the terms of its trust agreement, and the

lands so acquired shall become a part of the

Winema National Forest.

(b) Initiation of action; authorization of appropriations

The condemnation action may be initiated either before or after the lands are offered for sale

by the trustee, and for the purpose of carrying

out the provisions of this section, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed

$70,000,000.

(c) Applicability of homesite provisions

The homesite provisions of section 564w–1(g) of

this title shall apply to the lands acquired by

the Secretary pursuant to this subchapter.

(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, §29, as added Pub. L.

93–102, Aug. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 349.)

§ 564x. Timber sales

Nothing in this subchapter shall affect the authority to make timber sales otherwise authorized by law prior to the termination of Federal

control over such timber.

(Pub. L. 85–132, §2, Aug. 14, 1957, 71 Stat. 348.)

CODIFICATION

This section was not enacted as a part of act Aug. 13,

1954, ch. 732, 68 Stat. 718, which comprises this subchapter.

SUBCHAPTER XIV—KLAMATH TRIBE:

DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND

§ 565. Authorization to distribute funds

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and

directed to distribute in accordance with the

provisions of this subchapter the funds appropriated in satisfaction of a judgment obtained

by the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and

Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians, hereinafter

called the Klamath Tribe for the purposes of the