An Act to revise the boundaries of the Badlands National Monument in the State of South Dakota, to authorize exchanges of land mutually beneficial to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the United States, and for other purposes
PL 90-468 (H.R.9098), enacted 08/08/1968

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Public Law 90-468 
AN ACT 
August 8, 1968 
To revise the boundaries of the Badlands National Monument in the State of 
[H. R. 9098] 
South Dakota, to authorize exchanges of land mutually beneficial to the Oglala 
Sioux Tribe and the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to .tfj^^^f^'^^ ^^\ 
include lands of outstanding scenic and scientific character in the Bad- s. Dak. 
lands National Monument, the boundaries of the monument are revised 
Boundary revi-
as generally depicted on the map entitled "Badlands National Monu-
ment", numbered NM-BL-7021B, dated August 1967, which is on file 
and available for public inspection in the ofiices of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior may 
make minor adjustments in the boundaries, but the total acreage in 
the monument may not exceed the acreage within the boundaries 
depicted on the map referred to herein. Lands within the boundaries 
of the monument that are acquired by the United States shall be sub-
ject to the laws and regulations applicable to the monument. 
SBO. 2. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) hereof, the 
Secretary of the Interior may, within the boundaries of the monument, 
acquire lands and interests in lands by donation, purchase with donated 
or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that any lands or interests 
in lands owned by the State of South Dakota, a political subdivision 
thereof, or the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota may be acquired 
only with the consent of owner. Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, lands and interests in lands located within the monument under 
the administrative jurisdiction of any other Federal agency may be 
transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary without 
a transfer of funds, 
(b) As to lands located within the boundaries of the monument but 
outside the boundaries of the gunnery range referred to in section 3 
hereof, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire only rights-of-way 
and scenic easements. 
SEC. 3. Inasmuch as (A) most of the lands added to the Badlands si^ux*iSitr 
National Monument by section 1 of this Act are inside the boundaries Resetvluon, land 
of the Pine Ridge Sioux Indian Reservation, (B) such lands are also exchange, 
within a tract of land forty-three miles long and twelve and one-half 
miles wide which is in the northwestern part of such Indian reserva-
tion and has been used by the United States Air Force as a gunnery 
range since the early part of World War II, (C) the tribal lands with-
in such gunnery range were leased by the Federal Government and the 
other lands within such gunnery range were purchased by the Federal 
Government from the individual owners (mostly Indians), (D) the 
Department of the Air Force has declared most of such gunnery range 
lands excess to its needs and such excess lands have been requested by 
the National Park Service under the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949, (E) the leased tribal lands and the ex- ^3 stat-377. 
cess lands within the enlarged Badlands National Monument are 
needed for the monument, (F) the other excess lands in such gunnery 
range should be restored to the former Indian owners of such lands, 
and (G) the tribe is unwilling to sell its tribal lands for inclusion in 
the national monument, but is willing to exchange them or interests 
therein for the excess gunnery range lands, which, insofar as the lands 
within the gunnery range formerly held by the tribe are concerned, 
should be returned to Indian ownership in any event, the Congress 
hereby finds that such exchange would be in the national interest and 
authorizes the following actions: 
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Purchase, terms 
and conditions. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
••Former 
owner." 
Lands within 
the Badlands Air 
Force gunnery 
range. 
(a) All Federal lands and interests in lands within the Badlands 
Air Force gunnery range that are outside the boundaries of the monu-
ment and that heretofore or hereafter are declared excess to the needs 
of the Department of the Air Force shall be transferred to the admin-
istrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior without a 
transfer of funds. 
(b) Any former Indian or non-Indian owner of a tract of such land, 
whether title was held in trust or fee, may purchase such tract from 
the Secretary of the Interior under the following terms and conditions: 
(1) The purchase price to a former Indian owner shall be the 
total amount paid by the United States to acquire such tract and 
all interests therein, plus interest thereon from the date of acc[ui-
sition at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury takmg 
into consideration the average market yield of all outstanding 
marketable obligations of the United States at the time the tract 
was acquired by the United States, adjusted to the nearest one-
eighth of 1 per centum. The purchase price to a former non-Indian 
owner shall be the present fair market value of the tract as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) Not less than $100 or 20 per centum of the purchase price, 
whichever is less, shall be paid at the time of purchase, and the 
balance shall be payable in not to exceed 20 years with interest at 
a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury taking into 
account the current average market yield on outstanding market-
able obligations of the United States with twenty years remaining 
to dute of maturity, adjusted to the nearest one-eighth of 1 per 
centum. 
(3) Title to the tract purchased shall be held in trust for the 
purchaser if it was held in trust status at the time the tract was 
acquired by the United States; otherwise, the title to the tract 
purchased shall be conveyed to the purchaser subject to a mort-
gage and such other security instruments as the Secretary deems 
appropriate. If a tract purchased under this- subsection is offered 
for resale during the following ten-year period, the tribe must be 
given the first right to purchase it. 
(4) The unpaid balance of the purchase price shall be a lien 
against the land if the title is held in trust and against all rents, 
bonuses, and royalties received therefrom. In the event of default 
in the payment of any installment of the purchase price the Sec-
retary may take such action to enforce the lien as he deems appro-
priate, including foreclosure and conveyance of the land to the 
Oglala Sioux Tribe. 
(5) An application to purchase the tract must be filed with the 
Secretary of the Interior within one year from the date a notice 
is published in the Federal Register that the tract has been trans-
ferred to the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
(6) No application may be filed by more than five of the former 
owners of an interest in the tract. If more than one such applica-
tion is filed for a tract the applicants must agree on not more 
than five of the former owners who shall make the purchase, and 
failing such agreement all such applications for the tract shall be 
rejected by the Secretary. 
(7) "Former owner" means, for the purposes of subsection (b) 
of this section, each person from whom the United States acquired 
an interest in the tract, or if such person is deceased, his spouse, or 
if such spouse is deceased, his children. 
SEC. 4. (a) All Federal lands and interests in lands within the Bad-
lands Air Force gunnery range that are outside the boundaries of 
the monument, and that have been declared excess to the needs of 
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the Department of the Air Force, and that are not purchased by former 
owners under section 3(b), and all lands that have been acquired by 
the United States under authority of title II of the National Indus-
trial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), and subsequent 
relief Acts, situated within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, admin-
istrative jurisdiction over which has heretofore been transferred by 
the President from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of 
the Interior by Executive Order Numbered 7868, dated April 15,1938, 
shall be subject to the following provisions of this section. 
(b) Any former Indian owner of land that is within the Badlands 
Air Force* gunnery range and outside the boundaries of the monu-
ment and that has not been declared excess to the needs of the Depart-
ment of the Air Force on the date of the enactment of this Act may, 
within the period specified in section 3(b) (5), elect (i) to purchase 
an available tract of land described in section 4(a) of substantially the 
same value, or (ii) to purchase the tract formerly owned by him at 
such time as such tract is declared excess and transferred to the Sec-
retary of the Interior as provided in section 3(a). 
(c) Any former Indian owner of a tract of land within the bound-
aries of the monument that was acquired by the United States for the 
Badlands Air Force gunnery range, and that is transferred to the 
Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 2 of this Act, may, with-
in the period specified in section 3(b)(5), elect (i) to acquire from 
the Secretary of the Interior a life estate in such tract at no cost, sub-
ject to restrictions on use that may be prescribed in regulations ap-
plicable to the monument, or (ii) to purchase an available tract of land 
described in section 4(a) of substantially the same value. 
(d) Purchases under subsection (b) and clause (ii) of subsection 
(c) of this section shall be made on the terms provided in section 3(b). 
SEC. 5. (a) Title to all Federal lands and interests in lands within th^a'adia^nds^Air 
the boundaries of the Badlands Air Force gunnery range that are Force gunnery " 
outside the boundaries of the monument, and that are transferred to range. 
the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior as pro-
vided in section 3(a), including lands hereafter declared to be excess, 
and that are not selected under sections 3(b) or 4, and title to all lands 
within the boundaries of the monument that were acquired by the 
United States for the Badlands Air Force gunnery range, subject to 
any life estate conveyed pursuant to section 4(c) and subject to restric-
tions on use that may be prescribed in regulations applicable to the 
monument, which regulations may include provisions for the protec-
tion of the black-footed ferret, may be conveyed to the Oglala Sioux 
Tribe in exchange (i) for the right of the United States to use all 
tribal land within the monument for monument purposes, including 
the right to manage fish and wildlife and other resources and to con-
struct visitor use and administrative facilities thereon, and (ii) for 
title to three thousand one hundred fifteen and sixty-three one-hun-
dredths acres of land owned by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and located 
in the area of the Badlands Air Force gunnery range which is not 
excess to the needs of the Department of the Air Force and which is 
encompassed in civil action numbered 859 W.D. in the United States 
District Court for the District of South Dakota, if such exchange is 
approved by the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council. The lands acquired 
under paragraph (ii) shall become a part of the Badlands Air Force 
gunnery range retained by the Department of the Air Force. The 
Mineral rights. 
United States and the Oglala Sioux Tribe shall reserve all mineral 
rights in the lands so conveyed. The right of the United States to use 
for monument purposes lands that were tribally owned prior to the 
date of this Act shall not impair the right of the Oglala Sioux Tribe 
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Oglala Sioux 
Tribe, land con-
veyance. 
to use such lands for grazing purposes and mineral development, 
including development for oil and gas. 
(b) The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council may authorize the execution 
of the necessary instruments to effect the exchange on behalf of the 
tribe, and the Secretary may execute the necessary instruments on 
behalf of the United States. 
(c) After the exchange is effected the title of the Oglala Sioux 
Tribe to the property acquired by the exchange shall be held in trust 
subject to the same restrictions and authorities that apply to other 
lands of the tribe that are held in trust. 
SEC. 6. The Oglala Sioux Tribe may convey and the Secretary of 
the Interior may acquire not to exceed forty acres of tribally owned 
lands on the Pine Eidge Indian Reservation for the purpose of erect-
ing thereon permanent facilities to be used to interpret the natural 
phenomena of the monument and the history of the Sioux Nation: 
Provided, That no such conveyance shall be made until sixty days 
after the terms thereof have been submitted to the Interior and Insu-
lar Affairs Committees of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
Approved August 8, 1968. 
August 8, 1968 
[H.R. 15864] 
William Langer 
Jewel Bearing 
Plant, N. Dak., 
operation. 
Separate fund. 
Plant assets, 
transfer to fund. 
Appropriati on. 
Public Law 90-469 
AN ACT 
.To provide for the operation of the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant at 
Rolla, North Dakota, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Adminis-
trator of General Services is authorized to provide for the operation, 
by contract or otherwise, of the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant, 
located at Rolla, North Dakota, to produce jewel bearings and related 
items for Government use or for sale, at prices determined by the 
Administrator to be sufficient to cover the estimated or actual costs of 
production, including depreciation. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to ho, established on the books of 
the Treasury a separate fund, which shall be available for use by or 
under the direction and control of the Administrator, without fiscal 
year limitation, for expenses necessary for the operation of the plant, 
including personal services and travel; advancement of production 
technology; materials, supplies, and services; maintenance, repair, 
improvement, and purchase of machinery, tools and equipment; trans-
portation and other utility services; maintenance, repair, alteration, 
and improvement of existing buildings; provision of working capital, 
and other necessary manufacturing, general, and administrative 
expenses. 
SEC. 3. UiK>n the termination of the existing lease of the plant, the 
Administrator is authorized to transfer to the said fund, at values 
established by him, the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant, includ-
ing land, buildings, machinery, equipment, tools, raw materials, work 
in process, finished goods, accounts receivable, the balance of the direct 
order rental account established under said lease, and any other assets 
of the Government related to said plant. There are authorized to be 
appropriated to said fund any additional sums which may be required 
for the operation of the plant which, together with the value of the 
assets transferred to the fund by the Administrator pursuant to this 
section, shall constitute the capital of the fund.