A bill to declare that certain federally owned lands are held by the United States in trust for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota.
PL 93-489 (S.1412), enacted 10/26/1974

88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-489-OCT. 26, 1974 
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this Act, or which are subsequent to the date of enactment of 
this Act, owned, leased, or operated by a State agency or a local 
or regional transportation authority or with respect to which 
a State, a political subdivision thereof, or a local or regional 
transportation authority has invested at any time during the 
5 year period prior to the date of enactment of this Act, or 
invests subsequent to the date of enactment of this Act, sub-
stantial sums for improvement or maintenance of rail service; 
and 
"(C) those rail services in the region with respect to which 
the Commission issues a certificate of abandonment effective 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act.", 
(e) The last sentence of section 403(a) of the Act is amended to 
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read: "Provided, 
however, That any rail service for which a State 
agency or local or regional transportation authority receives such 
loan is no longer eligible for a rail service continuation subsidy pur-
suant to section 402 of this title.". 
Ante, p. 1464. 
Approved October 26, 1974. 
Public Law 93-489 
AN ACT 
October 26, 1974 
To declare that certain federally owned lands are held by the United States 
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in trust for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Indian 
Reservation in North and South Dakota. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate avid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That all right, title, 
Indians. 
and interest of the United States in and to land on the Lake Traverse ton sfo^ux'rribe'^^" 
Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota is hereby declared N. Dak.-s. Dak. 
to be held by the United States in trust for the Sisseton-Wahpeton 
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Sioux Tribe described as follows, to wit: 
Description. 
(1) the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 16, 
township 123 north, range 53 west of the fifth principal meridian, 
county of Day, State of South Dakota, containing 40 acres, more 
or less, and 
(2) the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 4, 
township 123 north, range 51 west of the fifth principarmeridian, 
county of Roberts, State of South Dakota, containing 40 acres, 
more or less, and 
(3) the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter of section 15, township 126 north, range 52 west 
of the fifth principal meridian, county of Roberts, State of South 
Dakota, containing 10 acres, more or less, and 
(4) lots 13, 14, 15, and 16 of block 26, original plat of the town 
of Sisseton, county of Roberts, State of South Dakota, containing 
0.24 acre, more or less. 
This conveyance is subject to all valid existing rights-of-way of record. 
Right-of-way. 
SEC. 2. This conveyance is subject to the right of the United States an"Cse''of'certain 
to use and improve such portions of tracts numbered 1 and 2 as the lands. 
Secretary of the Interior may determine for so long as may be neces-
sary, but in no event to exceed 3 years. 
SEC. 3. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in 
claims offset 
accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. ^^^'"'' "•^• 
1050), the extent to which the value of the title conveyed by this Act 
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should or should not be set off against any claim against the United 
States determined by the Commission. 
Approved October 26, 1974.