Stigler Act Amendments of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-2606
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-23
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers

Oklahoma
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-31
text: Became Public Law No: 115-399.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stigler Act Amendments of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act) to revise the qualifications that must be met by a person who inherits land originally allotted to members of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma (the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole tribes) for that land to remain in restricted status. When land is in restricted status, it is not subject to taxation and may not be sold or transferred without permission of the Department of the Interior.</p> <p>Under current law, the restricted fee status of land allotted to the Five Tribes is maintained only if the individual holding title has at least 50% Indian blood from one of the Five Tribes. This bill removes this requirement. Thus, the restricted fee status is maintained for all lineal descendants of an original enrollee whose name appears on the membership rolls of the Five Tribes. </p>

action_date: 2018-12-31
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>Stigler Act Amendments of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act) to revise the qualifications that must be met for inherited land to remain in restricted status. When land is in restricted status, it is not subject to taxation and may not be sold or transferred without permission of the Department of the Interior.</p> <p>Under current law, the restricted status of land allotted to the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma is maintained only if the individual holding title has at least 50% Indian blood from one of the Five Tribes (the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole tribes). This bill removes this requirement, thus, the restricted status is maintained for lineal descendants of an original enrollee whose name appears on the membership rolls of the Five Tribes.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2606 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2017 Mr. Cole (for himself, Mr. Mullin , Mr. Lucas , and Mr. Russell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act), with respect to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stigler Act Amendments of 2017 . 2. In general The first section of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in the matter before subsection (a), by striking That all restrictions and all that follows through subsection (a) and inserting the following: 1. All restrictions against alienation, conveyance, lease, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrances upon all lands, including oil and gas or other mineral interests, in Oklahoma belonging to a lineal descendant by blood of an original enrollee whose name appears on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, whether acquired by allotment, inheritance, devise, gift, purchase, exchange, partition, partition sale, or by purchase with restricted funds, of whatever degree of Indian blood, and whether enrolled or unenrolled, shall be and are hereby, extended until an Act of Congress determines otherwise, including, without limitation, those interests in the estate of a decedent Indian who died before the date of enactment of Stigler Act Amendments of 2017 that were, immediately prior to the decedent's death, subject to restrictions that had not, as of said date, been— (1) the subject of a final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent's heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests; (2) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees by deed approved by an Oklahoma district court; or (3) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees of less than one-half degree of Indian blood with or without Oklahoma district court approval. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (f), subsection (g), subsection (h), and subsection (i), no conveyance, including an oil and gas or mineral lease, of any interest in the restricted lands described in this section shall be valid unless approved in open court by the district court of the county in Oklahoma in which the land is situated. ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking county judge and inserting district judge ; and (B) by striking Proceedings for approval of conveyances by restricted heirs or devisees and inserting Proceedings for approval of conveyances ; (3) in subsection (c), by striking best interest of the Indian and inserting best interest of the grantor ; and (4) by adding before the period at the end the following: ; (h) nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right of an Indian owner of restricted lands described in this Act to seek and obtain Secretarial removal of restrictions on all or any portion of said restricted lands in accordance with any applicable Federal law; and (i) nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the alienation, conveyance, lease, including oil and gas or other mineral leases, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrance of any lands, if such action was effective before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2017 and valid under the law then in effect. . 3. Technical amendments The Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in section 5, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, ; (2) in section 6(c), by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, ; and (3) in section 8, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, . 4. Repeals The following are repealed: (1) Section 1 of the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 666, chapter 768). (2) Section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458).

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 698 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2606 [Report No. 115–902] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2017 Mr. Cole (for himself, Mr. Mullin , Mr. Lucas , and Mr. Russell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources August 21, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 23, 2017 A BILL To amend the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act), with respect to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 . 2. In general The first section of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in the matter before subsection (a), by striking That all restrictions and all that follows through subsection (a) and inserting the following: 1. (a) All restrictions against alienation, conveyance, lease, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrances upon all lands, including oil and gas or other mineral interests, in Oklahoma belonging to a lineal descendant by blood of an original enrollee whose name appears on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, whether acquired by allotment, inheritance, devise, gift, purchase, exchange, partition, partition sale, or by purchase with restricted funds, of whatever degree of Indian blood, and whether enrolled or unenrolled, shall be and are hereby, extended until an Act of Congress determines otherwise. (b) The extension of restrictions described in subsection (a) shall include without limitation, those interests in the estate of a decedent Indian who died before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 — (1) if such interests were acquired by an heir or devisee of one-half or more degree of Indian blood, as computed from the nearest enrolled lineal ancestors of Indian blood enrolled on the Final Rolls described in subsection (a), by final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent’s heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests before said date; or (2) if such interests were, immediately prior to the decedent’s death, subject to restrictions and had not, as of said date, been— (A) the subject of a final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent's heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests; (B) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees by deed approved by an Oklahoma district court; or (C) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees of less than one-half degree of Indian blood with or without Oklahoma district court approval. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (f), subsection (g), subsection (h), and subsection (i), no conveyance, including an oil and gas or mineral lease, of any interest in the restricted lands described in this section shall be valid unless approved in open court by the district court of the county in Oklahoma in which the land is situated; ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking county judge and inserting district judge ; and (B) by striking Proceedings for approval of conveyances by restricted heirs or devisees and inserting Proceedings for approval of conveyances ; (3) in subsection (c), by striking best interest of the Indian and inserting best interest of the grantor ; and (4) by adding before the period at the end the following: ; (h) nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right of an Indian owner of restricted lands described in this Act to seek and obtain Secretarial removal of restrictions on all or any portion of said restricted lands in accordance with any applicable Federal law; (i) nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the alienation, conveyance, lease, including oil and gas or other mineral leases, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrance of any lands, if such action was effective before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 and valid under the law then in effect; and (j) in determining the quantum of Indian blood of any Indian heir or devisee, the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory as to such heir or devisee, if enrolled, shall be conclusive of his or her quantum of Indian blood. If unenrolled, his or her degree of Indian blood shall be computed from the nearest enrolled lineal ancestors of Indian blood enrolled on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory . 3. Technical amendments The Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in section 5, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, ; (2) in section 6(c)— (A) by inserting purchase, partition sale, after gift, each place it appears; and (B) by striking of one-half or more Indian blood ; and (3) in section 8, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, . 4. Repeals The following are repealed: (1) The first section of the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 666, chapter 768). (2) Section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458).

August 21, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IB 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2606 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act), with respect to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 . 2. In general The first section of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in the matter before subsection (a), by striking That all restrictions and all that follows through subsection (a) and inserting the following: 1. (a) All restrictions against alienation, conveyance, lease, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrances upon all lands, including oil and gas or other mineral interests, in Oklahoma belonging to a lineal descendant by blood of an original enrollee whose name appears on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, whether acquired by allotment, inheritance, devise, gift, purchase, exchange, partition, partition sale, or by purchase with restricted funds, of whatever degree of Indian blood, and whether enrolled or unenrolled, shall be and are hereby, extended until an Act of Congress determines otherwise. (b) The extension of restrictions described in subsection (a) shall include without limitation, those interests in the estate of a decedent Indian who died before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 — (1) if such interests were acquired by an heir or devisee of one-half or more degree of Indian blood, as computed from the nearest enrolled lineal ancestors of Indian blood enrolled on the Final Rolls described in subsection (a), by final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent’s heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests before said date; or (2) if such interests were, immediately prior to the decedent’s death, subject to restrictions and had not, as of said date, been— (A) the subject of a final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent's heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests; (B) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees by deed approved by an Oklahoma district court; or (C) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees of less than one-half degree of Indian blood with or without Oklahoma district court approval. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (f), subsection (g), subsection (h), and subsection (i), no conveyance, including an oil and gas or mineral lease, of any interest in the restricted lands described in this section shall be valid unless approved in open court by the district court of the county in Oklahoma in which the land is situated; ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking county judge and inserting district judge ; and (B) by striking Proceedings for approval of conveyances by restricted heirs or devisees and inserting Proceedings for approval of conveyances ; (3) in subsection (c), by striking best interest of the Indian and inserting best interest of the grantor ; and (4) by adding before the period at the end the following: ; (h) nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right of an Indian owner of restricted lands described in this Act to seek and obtain Secretarial removal of restrictions on all or any portion of said restricted lands in accordance with any applicable Federal law; (i) nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the alienation, conveyance, lease, including oil and gas or other mineral leases, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrance of any lands, if such action was effective before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 and valid under the law then in effect; and (j) in determining the quantum of Indian blood of any Indian heir or devisee, the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory as to such heir or devisee, if enrolled, shall be conclusive of his or her quantum of Indian blood. If unenrolled, his or her degree of Indian blood shall be computed from the nearest enrolled lineal ancestors of Indian blood enrolled on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory . 3. Technical amendments The Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in section 5, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, ; (2) in section 6(c)— (A) by inserting purchase, partition sale, after gift, each place it appears; and (B) by striking of one-half or more Indian blood ; and (3) in section 8, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, . 4. Repeals The following are repealed: (1) The first section of the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 666, chapter 768). (2) Section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458).

Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2606 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 17, 2018 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs AN ACT To amend the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act), with respect to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 . 2. In general The first section of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in the matter before subsection (a), by striking That all restrictions and all that follows through subsection (a) and inserting the following: 1. (a) All restrictions against alienation, conveyance, lease, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrances upon all lands, including oil and gas or other mineral interests, in Oklahoma belonging to a lineal descendant by blood of an original enrollee whose name appears on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, whether acquired by allotment, inheritance, devise, gift, purchase, exchange, partition, partition sale, or by purchase with restricted funds, of whatever degree of Indian blood, and whether enrolled or unenrolled, shall be and are hereby, extended until an Act of Congress determines otherwise. (b) The extension of restrictions described in subsection (a) shall include without limitation, those interests in the estate of a decedent Indian who died before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 — (1) if such interests were acquired by an heir or devisee of one-half or more degree of Indian blood, as computed from the nearest enrolled lineal ancestors of Indian blood enrolled on the Final Rolls described in subsection (a), by final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent’s heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests before said date; or (2) if such interests were, immediately prior to the decedent’s death, subject to restrictions and had not, as of said date, been— (A) the subject of a final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent's heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests; (B) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees by deed approved by an Oklahoma district court; or (C) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees of less than one-half degree of Indian blood with or without Oklahoma district court approval. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (f), subsection (g), subsection (h), and subsection (i), no conveyance, including an oil and gas or mineral lease, of any interest in the restricted lands described in this section shall be valid unless approved in open court by the district court of the county in Oklahoma in which the land is situated; ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking county judge and inserting district judge ; and (B) by striking Proceedings for approval of conveyances by restricted heirs or devisees and inserting Proceedings for approval of conveyances ; (3) in subsection (c), by striking best interest of the Indian and inserting best interest of the grantor ; and (4) by adding before the period at the end the following: ; (h) nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right of an Indian owner of restricted lands described in this Act to seek and obtain Secretarial removal of restrictions on all or any portion of said restricted lands in accordance with any applicable Federal law; (i) nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the alienation, conveyance, lease, including oil and gas or other mineral leases, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrance of any lands, if such action was effective before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 and valid under the law then in effect; and (j) in determining the quantum of Indian blood of any Indian heir or devisee, the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory as to such heir or devisee, if enrolled, shall be conclusive of his or her quantum of Indian blood. If unenrolled, his or her degree of Indian blood shall be computed from the nearest enrolled lineal ancestors of Indian blood enrolled on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory . 3. Technical amendments The Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in section 5, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, ; (2) in section 6(c)— (A) by inserting purchase, partition sale, after gift, each place it appears; and (B) by striking of one-half or more Indian blood ; and (3) in section 8, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, . 4. Repeals The following are repealed: (1) The first section of the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 666, chapter 768). (2) Section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458).

Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 698 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2606 [Report No. 115–398] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 17, 2018 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs November 29, 2018 Reported by Mr. Hoeven , without amendment AN ACT To amend the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act), with respect to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 . 2. In general The first section of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in the matter before subsection (a), by striking That all restrictions and all that follows through subsection (a) and inserting the following: 1. (a) All restrictions against alienation, conveyance, lease, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrances upon all lands, including oil and gas or other mineral interests, in Oklahoma belonging to a lineal descendant by blood of an original enrollee whose name appears on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, whether acquired by allotment, inheritance, devise, gift, purchase, exchange, partition, partition sale, or by purchase with restricted funds, of whatever degree of Indian blood, and whether enrolled or unenrolled, shall be and are hereby, extended until an Act of Congress determines otherwise. (b) The extension of restrictions described in subsection (a) shall include without limitation, those interests in the estate of a decedent Indian who died before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 — (1) if such interests were acquired by an heir or devisee of one-half or more degree of Indian blood, as computed from the nearest enrolled lineal ancestors of Indian blood enrolled on the Final Rolls described in subsection (a), by final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent’s heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests before said date; or (2) if such interests were, immediately prior to the decedent’s death, subject to restrictions and had not, as of said date, been— (A) the subject of a final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent's heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests; (B) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees by deed approved by an Oklahoma district court; or (C) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees of less than one-half degree of Indian blood with or without Oklahoma district court approval. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (f), subsection (g), subsection (h), and subsection (i), no conveyance, including an oil and gas or mineral lease, of any interest in the restricted lands described in this section shall be valid unless approved in open court by the district court of the county in Oklahoma in which the land is situated; ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking county judge and inserting district judge ; and (B) by striking Proceedings for approval of conveyances by restricted heirs or devisees and inserting Proceedings for approval of conveyances ; (3) in subsection (c), by striking best interest of the Indian and inserting best interest of the grantor ; and (4) by adding before the period at the end the following: ; (h) nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right of an Indian owner of restricted lands described in this Act to seek and obtain Secretarial removal of restrictions on all or any portion of said restricted lands in accordance with any applicable Federal law; (i) nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the alienation, conveyance, lease, including oil and gas or other mineral leases, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrance of any lands, if such action was effective before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 and valid under the law then in effect; and (j) in determining the quantum of Indian blood of any Indian heir or devisee, the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory as to such heir or devisee, if enrolled, shall be conclusive of his or her quantum of Indian blood. If unenrolled, his or her degree of Indian blood shall be computed from the nearest enrolled lineal ancestors of Indian blood enrolled on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory . 3. Technical amendments The Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in section 5, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, ; (2) in section 6(c)— (A) by inserting purchase, partition sale, after gift, each place it appears; and (B) by striking of one-half or more Indian blood ; and (3) in section 8, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, . 4. Repeals The following are repealed: (1) The first section of the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 666, chapter 768). (2) Section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458).

November 29, 2018 Reported without amendment

tv_txt: 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H.R. 2606 In the Senate of the United States, December 13, 2018. Amendments:

That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2606) entitled An Act to amend the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act), with respect to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, and for other purposes. , do pass with the following (1) On page 3, line 12, strike , as of said date, and insert: , as of the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018, (2) At the end of the bill, add the following: 5. Rule of construction providing for no retroactivity Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed to revise or extend the restricted status of any lands under the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458) that lost restricted status under such Act before the date of enactment of this Act.

Secretary

tv_txt: IB One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen H. R. 2606 AN ACT To amend the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act), with respect to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 . 2. In general The first section of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in the matter before subsection (a), by striking That all restrictions and all that follows through subsection (a) and inserting the following: 1. (a) All restrictions against alienation, conveyance, lease, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrances upon all lands, including oil and gas or other mineral interests, in Oklahoma belonging to a lineal descendant by blood of an original enrollee whose name appears on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, whether acquired by allotment, inheritance, devise, gift, purchase, exchange, partition, partition sale, or by purchase with restricted funds, of whatever degree of Indian blood, and whether enrolled or unenrolled, shall be and are hereby, extended until an Act of Congress determines otherwise. (b) The extension of restrictions described in subsection (a) shall include without limitation, those interests in the estate of a decedent Indian who died before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 — (1) if such interests were acquired by an heir or devisee of one-half or more degree of Indian blood, as computed from the nearest enrolled lineal ancestors of Indian blood enrolled on the Final Rolls described in subsection (a), by final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent’s heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests before said date; or (2) if such interests were, immediately prior to the decedent’s death, subject to restrictions and had not, as of the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018, been— (A) the subject of a final order issued by an Oklahoma district court or a United States district court determining the decedent's heirs or devisees or otherwise determining the ownership of said interests; (B) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees by deed approved by an Oklahoma district court; or (C) conveyed by the decedent's undetermined heirs or devisees of less than one-half degree of Indian blood with or without Oklahoma district court approval. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (f), subsection (g), subsection (h), and subsection (i), no conveyance, including an oil and gas or mineral lease, of any interest in the restricted lands described in this section shall be valid unless approved in open court by the district court of the county in Oklahoma in which the land is situated; ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking county judge and inserting district judge ; and (B) by striking Proceedings for approval of conveyances by restricted heirs or devisees and inserting Proceedings for approval of conveyances ; (3) in subsection (c), by striking best interest of the Indian and inserting best interest of the grantor ; and (4) by adding before the period at the end the following: ; (h) nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right of an Indian owner of restricted lands described in this Act to seek and obtain Secretarial removal of restrictions on all or any portion of said restricted lands in accordance with any applicable Federal law; (i) nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the alienation, conveyance, lease, including oil and gas or other mineral leases, mortgage, creation of liens, or other encumbrance of any lands, if such action was effective before the date of enactment of the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 and valid under the law then in effect; and (j) in determining the quantum of Indian blood of any Indian heir or devisee, the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory as to such heir or devisee, if enrolled, shall be conclusive of his or her quantum of Indian blood. If unenrolled, his or her degree of Indian blood shall be computed from the nearest enrolled lineal ancestors of Indian blood enrolled on the Final Indian Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory . 3. Technical amendments The Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458), is amended— (1) in section 5, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, ; (2) in section 6(c)— (A) by inserting purchase, partition sale, after gift, each place it appears; and (B) by striking of one-half or more Indian blood ; and (3) in section 8, by striking of one-half or more Indian blood, . 4. Repeals The following are repealed: (1) The first section of the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 666, chapter 768). (2) Section 2 of the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458). 5. Rule of construction providing for no retroactivity Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed to revise or extend the restricted status of any lands under the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 731, chapter 458) that lost restricted status under such Act before the date of enactment of this Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.