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(May 19, 1947, ch. 80, §3, 61 Stat. 102; Aug. 30,

1951, ch. 367, §2, 65 Stat. 209; July 17, 1953, ch. 223,

67 Stat. 179; Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 638, 69 Stat. 557;

July 25, 1956, ch. 723, §1, 70 Stat. 642; Pub. L.

85–610, §2, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 541.)

AMENDMENTS

1958—Pub. L. 85–610 substituted ‘‘business council’’

for ‘‘tribal council’’, to authorize $7,500 for emergency

and educational loans, permitted monthly payments

instead of quarterly payments and allowed for payments at more frequent intervals if the tribes so request, required the Secretary to determine the amount

of monthly payments during any calendar year on the

basis of estimated anticipated income for that calendar

year, provided for increases and decreases in monthly

payments and omitted provisions which related to authority of the Secretary to protect and conserve funds

payable to minors and incompetents.

1956—Act July 25, 1956, increased per capita payments

from 80 to 85 percent, extended period of payments from

May 19, 1957, to May 19, 1959, subjected per capita payments to irrigation charges with respect to lands that

are determined by the Secretary of the Interior to to be

properly classified under existing law on the basis of a

survey, and inserted provisions relating to authority of

the Secretary to protect and conserve funds payable to

minors and incompetents.

1955—Act Aug. 9, 1955, permitted quarterly per capita

payments instead of semiannual payments.

1953—Act July 17, 1953, increased per capita distribution from two-thirds to 80 per centum.

1951—Act Aug. 30, 1951, substituted ‘‘ten’’ for ‘‘five’’

before ‘‘years’’ in first proviso.

PER CAPITA PAYMENTS AFTER MAY 19, 1959

Section 2 of act July 25, 1956, directed Secretary of

the Interior to report to Congress before Jan. 1, 1958, in

order to determine the conditions under which per capita payments could be authorized after May 19, 1959, (1)

recommendations regarding any new authority, if any,

needed to protect adequately the interests of minors

and incompetent Indians, (2) results of a survey and reclassification of the lands that should be removed from

the irrigation project, and (3) adequacy of tribal contribution to cost of administering the reservation.

SUBCHAPTER XX—PUEBLO AND

CANONCITO NAVAJO INDIANS

§ 621. Portions of tribal lands to be held in trust

by the United States; remainder to become

part of the public domain

Title to the lands and the improvements

thereon, lying and situated within the State of

New Mexico, which have been acquired by the

United States under authority of title II of the

National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16,

1933 (48 Stat. 200), the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), section

55 of title I of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat.

750, 781), the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act

(50 Stat. 522, 525) and subsequent emergency relief appropriation Acts administrative jurisdiction over which has heretofore been transferred

by the President from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior, to be

administered through the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the benefit of the Indians, by

Executive Orders Numbered 7792, 7975, 8255, 8471,

8696, and 8472 and that title to the public domain

lands and improvements thereon, lying and situated within the State of New Mexico, which

were withdrawn in aid of proposed legislation by

the Secretary of the Interior on December 23,

1938, and May 31, 1939, and now in use by Pueblo

or Canoncito Navajo Indians, excepting those

portions thereof used by the United States for

administrative purposes, is declared to be in the

United States of America in trust for the respective tribes, bands, or groups of Indians occupying and using same as a part of their respective

existing reservations, subject to valid existing

rights. The remainder of the aforesaid land is

declared to be a part of the public domain of the

United States and shall be transferred by the

Secretary of the Interior to the Bureau of Land

Management for administration under the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 28, 1934, generally known as Taylor Grazing Act [43 U.S.C.

315 et seq.] (48 Stat. 1269, as amended). The

boundaries and descriptions of the areas to become Indian lands and those which are to be

transferred to the Bureau of Land Management

are set out in sections III and IV, respectively,

of the memorandum of information which is attached to and a part of the report of the Secretary of the Interior to the Senate Committee

on Interior and Insular Affairs on this subchapter, and such boundaries and descriptions

are adopted as part of this subchapter and shall

be published in the Federal Register: Provided,

That before said boundaries and descriptions are

published in the Federal Register as herein provided, the Secretary of the Interior may correct

any clerical errors in section III of said memorandum of information and shall revise the same

so as to define the areas on that portion of the

lands conveyed by this subchapter and known as

Bell Rock Mesa used and occupied respectively

by the Laguna Pueblo Indians and the Canoncito

Navajo Indians.

(Aug. 13, 1949, ch. 425, §1, 63 Stat. 604.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The National Industrial Recovery Act, referred to in

text, is act June 16, 1933, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, as amended. Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act was

classified principally to subchapter I (§401 et seq.) of

chapter 8 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and

Works, and was terminated June 30, 1943, by act June

27, 1942, ch. 450, §1, 56 Stat. 410. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of April 8,

1935 (49 Stat. 115), referred to in text, is act Apr. 8, 1935,

ch. 48, 49 Stat. 115, which was set out as a note under

section 728 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

Section 55 of title I of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49

Stat. 750, 781), referred to in text, is section 5 of act

Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, title I, 49 Stat. 781, which was not

classified to the Code but was listed in the Supplementary Legislation note under section 721 of Title 15.

The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (50 Stat. 522,

525), referred to in text, is act July 22, 1937, ch. 517, 50

Stat. 522, as amended, which is classified generally to

chapter 33 (§1000 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For

complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1000 of Title 7 and Tables.

The Taylor Grazing Act, referred to in text, is act

June 28, 1934, ch. 865, 48 Stat. 1269, as amended, which

is classified principally to subchapter I (§315 et seq.) of

chapter 8A of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note

set out under section 315 of Title 43 and Tables.

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,
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1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the 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 Ninety-eighth 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.

§ 622. Exchange of tribal lands; title to lands

For the purpose of consolidation of Indian

lands the Secretary of the Interior is authorized,

under such regulations as he may prescribe, to

exchange any lands or interests therein, including improvements and water rights with the

consent of the Pueblo or Navajo tribal authorities for other lands, water rights, and improvements of similar value in the area set apart for

the Pueblos and Canoncito Navajos or in the

areas declared to be public domain or within any

public domain within New Mexico. Title to all

lands acquired under the provisions of this subchapter shall be taken in the name of the United

States in trust for the respective Pueblo Indians

and the Navajo Canoncito group.

(Aug. 13, 1949, ch. 425, §2, 63 Stat. 605.)

§ 623. Disbursement of deposits in the United

Pueblos Agency

The funds now on deposit in the United Pueblos Agency in ‘‘special deposits’’ which have accrued from issuance of livestock-crossing permits and fees collected for grazing permits on

the lands which have been under the jurisdiction

of the Department of the Interior shall be expended or disbursed for the benefit of the Indians under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

(Aug. 13, 1949, ch. 425, §3, 63 Stat. 605.)

§ 624. Exchange of lands

(a) Authorization of Secretary; manner and place

For the purpose of improving the land tenure

pattern and consolidating Pueblo Indian lands,

the Secretary of the Interior is authorized,

under such regulations as he may prescribe, to

acquire by exchange any lands or interests

therein, including improvements and water

rights, within the Pueblo land consolidation

areas, and to convey in exchange therefor not to

exceed an equal value of unappropriated public

lands within the State of New Mexico, or, with

the consent of the Pueblo authorities any Pueblo tribal lands or interest therein, including improvements and water rights.

(b) Reservation of minerals, easements, or rights

of use

Either party to an exchange under this section

may reserve minerals, easements, or rights of

use.

(c) Execution of title documents

The Secretary may execute any title documents necessary to effect the exchanges authorized by this section.

(d) Title to lands

Title to all lands acquired under the provisions of this section shall be taken in the name

of the United States in trust for the respective

Pueblo Indian tribes.

(Pub. L. 87–231, §10, Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 505.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 13, 1949,

ch. 425, 63 Stat. 604, which comprises this subchapter.

SUBCHAPTER XXI—NAVAJO AND HOPI

TRIBES: REHABILITATION

SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This subchapter is referred to in section 1461 of this

title.

§ 631. Basic program for conservation and development of resources; projects; appropriations

In order to further the purposes of existing

treaties with the Navajo Indians, to provide facilities, employment, and services essential in

combating hunger, disease, poverty, and demoralization among the members of the Navajo and

Hopi Tribes, to make available the resources of

their reservations for use in promoting a selfsupporting economy and self-reliant communities, and to lay a stable foundation on which

these Indians can engage in diversified economic

activities and ultimately attain standards of living comparable with those enjoyed by other citizens, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized

and directed to undertake, within the limits of

the funds from time to time appropriated pursuant to this subchapter, a program of basic improvements for the conservation and development of the resources of the Navajo and Hopi Indians, the more productive employment of their

manpower, and the supplying of means to be

used in their rehabilitation, whether on or off

the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations. Such

program shall include the following projects for

which capital expenditures in the amount shown

after each project listed in the following subsections and totaling $108,570,000 are authorized

to be appropriated:

(1) Soil and water conservation and range

improvement work, $10,000,000.

(2) Completion and extension of existing irrigation projects, and completion of the investigation to determine the feasibility of the

proposed San Juan-Shiprock irrigation

project, $9,000,000.

(3) Surveys and studies of timber, coal, mineral, and other physical and human resources,

$500,000.

(4) Development of industrial and business

enterprises, $1,000,000.

(5) Development of opportunities for off-reservation employment and resettlement and assistance in adjustments related thereto,

$3,500,000.

(6) Relocation and resettlement of Navajo

and Hopi Indians (Colorado River Indian Reservation), $5,750,000.

(7) Roads and trails, $40,000,000; of which not

less than $20,000,000 shall be (A) available for

contract authority for such construction and

improvement of the roads designated as route

1 and route 3 on the Navajo and Hopi Indian