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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.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 591 of this title.

§ 593. Exchanges of allotted, restricted, and tribal

lands for Chippewa National Forest lands

Exchanges of Indian allotted, restricted, and

tribal lands for lands in the Chippewa National

Forest are hereby authorized. In order to consummate exchanges involving allotted and restricted Indian lands, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to accept relinquishments or conveyances of Indian lands, which

lands shall thereupon become a part of the Chippewa National Forest, and to issue trust patents

to the Indians for the lands received by them in

exchange: Provided, That with the consent of the

Indians involved title to the lands received in

any such exchange may be taken in the name of

the tribe, in which case the transfer of title

shall be evidenced by an order of the Secretary

of Agriculture transferring the lands to the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the Minnesota

Chippewa Tribe: Provided further, That exchanges involving tribal lands shall be made

only with the consent of the Indians and shall be

evidenced by appropriate orders of transfer executed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the

Secretary of the Interior: And provided further,

That the land exchanges authorized herein shall

be made on the basis of lands of equal value, and

no exchange shall be made unless it is first approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.

(June 8, 1940, ch. 285, §3, 54 Stat. 255.)

§ 594. Distribution of judgment funds; Mississippi

Bands; Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish

Bands

The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the

United States to the credit of the Minnesota

Chippewa Tribe of Indians on behalf of the Mississippi Bands and the Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands of Chippewa Indians that were

appropriated by the Act of October 31, 1965, to

pay a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission in docket 18–B, and the interest thereon,

after payment of attorney fees and expenses,

may be advanced or expended for any purpose

that is authorized by the tribal governing bodies

of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and the White

Earth, Leech Lake, and Mille Lacs Reservations

with whom the members of the Mississippi

Bands and Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish

Bands of Chippewa Indians are affiliated, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Only

those persons who are descendants of the Mississippi Bands and the Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands of Chippewa Indians who were

born on or prior to and living on September 27,

1967 and who meet the requirements for membership in the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe shall

be entitled to share in the use or distribution of

the funds. Any part of such funds that may be

distributed per capita to the members of the

tribe shall not be subject to the Federal or State

income tax.

(Pub. L. 90–94, §1, Sept. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 230.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of October 31, 1965, referred to in text, is Pub. L.

89–309, Oct. 31, 1965, 79 Stat. 1133. That portion of the

act which appropriated the funds referred to was not

classified to the Code.

The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text,

was terminated on Sept. 30, 1978. See Codification note

set out under former section 70 et seq. of this title.

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of act June 8, 1940,

ch. 285, 54 Stat. 254, which comprises this subchapter.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 594a, 1242 of this

title.

§ 594a. Rules and regulations

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to

prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the

provisions of this section and section 594 of this

title.

(Pub. L. 90–94, §2, Sept. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 230.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of act June 8, 1940,

ch. 285, 54 Stat. 254, which comprises this subchapter.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1242 of this title.

SUBCHAPTER XVII—YAKIMA TRIBES

§ 601. Membership roll; preparation; persons entitled to enrollment

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and

directed, with the advice and consent of the

Yakima Tribal Council, to prepare a roll showing the members of the Yakima Tribes living on

August 9, 1946, which roll shall be kept current

and shall constitute the official membership roll

of the Yakima Tribes for all purposes. No person

who is enrolled with any other tribe of Indians

or who has received an allotment of land on any

other reservation shall be enrolled under the

provisions of this subchapter. The following

shall be placed on the roll:

(a) All living persons who received allotments

on the Yakima Reservation, except by fraud.

(b) All living persons who are of the blood of

the fourteen original Yakima Tribes, parties to

the treaty of June 9, 1855 (12 Stat. 951), and who

have received allotments on the public domain

within the area ceded to the United States by

the Yakima Tribes by the treaty of 1855.

(c) All living persons who have maintained a

domicile continuously from January 1, 1941,

until August 9, 1946, on the Yakima Reservation

or within the area ceded by the treaty of June

9, 1855, (12 Stat. 951), and who are (1) descendants

of persons who received allotments on the Yakima Reservation, except by fraud, or (2) descendants of persons of the blood of the fourteen

original Yakima Tribes who received allotments

on the public domain within the area ceded by

the said treaty of 1855. All living children born

after January 1, 1941, but prior to August 9, 1946,

to a person entitled to enrollment under this

subsection shall likewise be entitled to enrollment under this subsection.