An Act to grant the consent of the Congress to the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and others to cooperate with the Planning agency thereby created, and for other purposes
PL 91-148 (S.118), enacted 12/18/1969

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Public Law 91-147 
December 16,1969 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Ts. J. Res. 143] 
Extending the duration of copyright protection in certain cases. 
protection 
Extension. 
82 Stat. 397 
17 use 24 
notes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Reyresentatives 
of the United 
Copyright 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That in any case in which 
the renewal terra of coj)yright subsisting in any work on the date of 
approval of this resolution, or the term thereof as extended by Public 
Law 87-668, by Public Law 89-142, by Public Law 90-141, or by 
Public Law 90-416 (or by all or certain of said laws), would expire 
prior to December 31, 1970, such term is hereby continued until 
December 31, 1970. 
Approved December 16, 1969. 
Public Law 91-148 
December 18, 1969 
-^N ACT 
[s. 118] 
To grant the consent of the Congress to the Tahoe regional x>lanning compact, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and others to cooi)erate with the 
planning agency thereby created, and for other purix>ses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatioes 
of the 
^Tahoe Regional United Sttttcs of Amcrica in Congress assembled, That in order to 
Consent o
f 
eiicouragc the wise use and conservation of the waters of Lake Tahoe 
Congress. 
^ud of the resources of the area around said lake, the consent of the 
Congress is hereby given to the Tahoe regional planning compact 
heretofore adopted by the States of California and Nevada, which 
compact reads as follows: 
"TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING COMPACT 
"Article I. Findings and Declarations of Policy 
"(a) It is found and declared that the waters of Lake Tahoe and 
other resources of the Lake Tahoe region are threatened with deteri-
oration or degeneration, which may endanger the natural beauty and 
economic productivity of the region. 
"(b) It is further declared that by virtue of the special conditions 
and circumstances of the natural ecology, developmental pattern, 
population distribution, and human needs in the Lake Tahoe region, 
the region is experiencing problems of resource use and deficiencies 
of environmental control. 
"(c) It is further found and declared that there is a need to main-
tain an equilibrium between the region's natural endowment and its 
manmade environment, to preserve the scenic beauty and recreational 
opportunities of the region, and it is recognized that for the purpose 
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of enhancing the efficiency and governmental effectiveness of the 
legion, it is imperative that there be established an areawide phmnins 
agency with power to adopt and enforce a regional plan of resource 
conservation and orderly development, to exercise effective environ-
mental controls and to perform other essential functions, as enumer-
ated in this title. 
"ARTICLE II. 
DEFINITIONS 
"As used in this compact: 
"(a) 'Region,' includes Lake Tahoe, the adjacent parts of the Coun-
ties of Douglas, Ormsby, and Washoe lying within the Tahoe Basin 
in the State of Nevada, and the adjacent parts of the Counties of 
Placer and El Dorado lying within the Tahoe Basin in the State of 
California, and that additional and adjacent part of the County of 
Placer outside of the Tahoe Basin in the State of California which 
lies southward and eastward of a line starting at the intersection of the 
basin crestline and the north boundary of Section 1, thence west to the 
northwest corner of Section 3, thence south to the intersection of the 
basin crestline and the west boundary of Section 10; all sections 
referring to Township 15 North, Range 16 East, M.D.B.&M. The 
region defined and described herein shall be as precisely delineated 
on official maps of the agency. 
"(b) 'Agency' means the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 
"(c) 'Governing body' means the governing board of the Tahoe 
Regional Planning Agency. 
"(d) 'Regional plan' shall mean the long-term general plan for the 
development of the region. 
"(e) 'Interim plan' shall mean the interim regional plan adopted 
pending the adoi)tion of the regional plan, 
"(f) 'Planning connuission' means the advisory planning commis-
sion appointed pursuant to paragraph (h) of Article III. 
'"AjrnCLE I I I . OlUJAXlZATION 
"(a) There is created tlie Tahoe Regional Planning Agency as a 
separate legal entity. 
"The governing body of the agency shall be c(mstituted as follows: 
''One niemlxer api)ointed by each of the (Vunty Boards of Super-
visors of the Counties of El Dorado and Placer and one member 
appointed by the City Council of the City of South Lake Tahoe. Each 
meml>er shall IM? a member of the city council or county board of super-
\'isors which he represents and, in the case of a su])ervisor, shall be a 
resident of a county supervisorial district lying wholly or partly 
within the region. 
"One meml)er ap})ointed by each of the boards of county commis-
sioners of Douglas, Ormsby and Washoe counties. Any member so 
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appointed shall l>e a resident of the connty from which he is appointed 
and may be, but is not required to be: 
(1) A member of the board which api)oints him; and 
"(2) a resident of or the owner of real property in the region, 
as each board of county commissioners may in its own discretion deter-
mine. The manner of selecting the person so to be ai)pointed may be 
further prescribed by county ordinance. A person so appointed shall 
before taking his seat on the governing body disclose all his economic 
interests in the region, and shall thereafter disclose any further eco-
nomic interest which he acquires, as soon as feasible after he acquires 
it. If any board of county commissioners fails to make an appointment 
required by this paragraph Avithin 30 days after the effective date of 
this act or the occurrence of a vacancy on the governing body, the gov-
ernor shall make such appointment. The position of a member 
appointed by a board of county commissioners shall be deemed vacant 
if such member is absent from three consecutive meetings of the 
governing body in any calendar year. 
"One member appointed by tlie Governor of California and one 
member appointed by the Governor of Nevada. The appointment of 
the California member is subject to Senate confirmation; he shall not 
be a resident of the region and shall represent the public at large. The 
member appointed by the Governor of Nevada shall not be a resident 
of the region and shall represent the public at large. 
"The Administrator of the California Resources Agency or his 
designee and the Director of the Nevada Department of Conservation 
and Natural Resources or his designee. 
"(b) The members of the agency shall serve without compensa-
tion, but the expenses of each member shall be met by the body which 
he represents in accordance with the law of that body. All other 
expenses incurred by the governing body in the course of exercising 
the powers conferred upon it by this compact unless met in some other 
manner specifically provided, shall be paid by the agency out of its 
own funds. 
" (c) The term of office of the members of the governing body shall 
be at the pleasure of the appointing authority in each case, but each 
appointment shall be reviewed no less often than every 4 years. 
"(d) The governing body of the agency shall meet at least monthly. 
All meetings shall be open to the public to the extent required by the 
law of the State of California or the State of Nevada, whichever 
imposes the greater requirement, applicable to local governments at 
the time such meeting is held. The governing body shall fix a date 
for its regular monthly meeting in such terms as 'the first Monday 
of each month,' and shall not change such date oftener than once in 
any calendar year. Notice of the date so fixed shall be given by publi-
cation at least once in a newspaper or combination of newspapers 
whose circulation is general throughout the region and in each county 
a portion of whose territory lies within the region. Notice of any 
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special meeting, except an emergency meeting, shall be given by so 
publishing the date, place and agenda at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting. 
"(e) The position of a member of the governing body shall be con-
sidered vacated upon his loss of any of the qualifications required for 
his appointment and in such event the appointing authority shall 
appoint a successor. 
"(f) The governing body shall elect from its own members a chair-
man and vice chairman, whose terms of office shall be two years, and 
who may be reelected. If a vacancy occurs in either office, the governing 
body may fill such vacancy for the unexpired term. 
"(g) A majority of the members of the governing body from each 
state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of 
the agency. A majority vote of the members present representing each 
state shall be required to take action with respect to any matter. The 
vote of each member of the governing body shall be individually 
recorded. The governing body shall adopt its own rules, regulations 
and procedures. 
"(h) An advisory planning commission shall be appointed by the 
agency, which shall consist of an equal number of members from 
each state. The commission shall include but shall not be limited to: 
the chief planning officers of Placer County, El Dorado County, and 
the City of South Lake Tahoe in California and the Counties of Doug-
las, Ormsby, and Washoe in Nevada, the Placer County Director of 
Sanitation, the El Dorado County Director of Sanitation, the county 
health officer of Douglas County or his designee, the county health 
officer of Washoe County or his designee, the Chief of the Bureau of 
Environment Health of the Health Division of Department of Health, 
Welfare and Rehabilitation of the State of Nevada or his designee, the 
executive officer of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control 
Board or his designee, the executive officer of the Tahoe Regional Plan-
ning Agency who shall act as chairman and at least four lay members 
each of whom shall be a resident of the region. 
"(i) The agency shall establish and maintain an office within the 
region. The agency may rent or own property and equipment. Every 
plan, ordinance and other record of the agency w^hich is of such nature 
as to constitute a public record under the law" of either the State of 
California or the State of Nevada shall be open to inspection and 
copying during regular office hours. 
"(j) Each authority charged under this compact or by the law of 
either state with the duty of appointing a member of the governing 
body of the agency shall by certified copy of its resolution or other 
action notify the Secretary of State of its own state of the action taken. 
Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolutions or notifications 
appointing the members of the governing body, the Secretary of State 
of each respective state shall notify the Governor of the state who shall, 
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after consultation with the Governor of the other state, issue a con-
current call for the organization meeting of the governing body at a 
location determined jointly by the two governors. 
" (k) Each state may provide by law for the disclosure or elimination 
of conflicts of interest on the part of members of the governing body 
appointed from that state. 
"ARTICLE IV. 
PERSONNEL 
"(a) The governing body shall determine the qualification of, and 
it shall appoint and fix the salary of, the executive officer of the agency, 
and shall employ such other staff and legal counsel as may be necessary 
to execute the powers and functions provided for under this act or in 
accordance with any intergovernmental contracts or agreements the 
agency may be responsible for administering. 
"(b) Agency personnel standards and regulations shall conform 
insofar as possible to the regulations and procedures of the civil service 
of the State of California or the State of Nevada, as may be deter-
mined by the governing body of the agency, and shall be regional and 
bistate in application and effect; provided that the governing body 
may, for administrative convenience and at its discretion, assign the 
administration of designated personnel arrangements to an agency of 
either state, and provided that administratively convenient adjust-
ments be made in the standards and regulations governing personnel 
assigned under intergovernmental agreements. 
"(c) The agency may establish and maintain or participate in such 
additional programs of employee benefits as may be appropriate to 
afford employees of the agency terms and conditions of employment 
similar to those enjoyed by employees of California and Nevada 
generally. 
"ARTICLE V. 
PLANNING 
" (a) In preparing each of the plans required by this article and each 
amendment thereto, if any, subsequent to its adoption, tlie planning 
commission after due notice shall hold at least one public hearing 
which may be continued from time to time, and shall review the testi-
mony and any written recommendations presented at such hearing 
before recommending the plan or amendment. The notice required by 
this paragraph shall be given at least 20 days prior to the public 
hearing by publication at least once in a newspaper or combination of 
newspapers wliose circulation is general throughout the region and in 
each county a portion of whose territory lies within the region. 
"The planning commission shall then recommend such plan or 
amendment to the governing body for adoption by ordinance. The 
governing body may adopt, modify or reject the proposed plan or 
amendment, or may initiate and adopt a plan or amendment without 
referring it to the planning commission. If the governing body ini-
tiates or substantially modifies a plan or amendment, it shall hold at 
least one public hearing thereon after due notice as required in this 
paragraph. 
"If a request is made for the amendment of the regional plan by: 
"(1) a political subdivision a part of whose territory would be 
affected by such amendment; or 
"(2) the owner or lessee of real property which would be 
affected by such amendment, 
the governing body shall complete its action on such amendment 
within 60 days after such request is delivered to the agency. 
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"TAHOE REGIONAL PLAN 
"(b) Witliin 15 months after tJie formation of the agency, the 
planning commission sliall recommend a regional plan. Within 18 
months after the formation of the agency, the governing body shall 
adopt a regional plan. After adoption, the planning commission and 
governing body shall continuously re\'iew and maintain the regional 
plan. The regional plan shall consist of a diagram, or diagrams, and 
text, or texts setting forth the projects and proposals for implemen-
tation of the regional plan, a description of the needs and goals of the 
region and a statement of the policies, standards, and elements of the 
regional plan. 
"The regional plan shall include the following correlated elements: 
"(1) A land-use plan for the integrated arrangement and general 
location and extent of, and the criteria and standards for, the uses of 
land, Avater, air, space and other natural resources within the region, 
including but not limited to, an indication or allocati(m of maximum 
population densities. 
(2) A transportation plan for the integrated development of a 
regional system of transportation, including but not limited to, free-
ways, parkways, highways, transportation facilities, transit routes, 
waterways, navigation and aviation aids and facilities, and appurte-
nant terminals and facilities for the movement of people and goods 
within the region. 
"(3) A conservation plan for the preservation, development, utiliza-
tion, and management of the scenic and other natural resources within 
the basin, including but not limited to, soils, shoreline and submerged 
lands, scenic corridors along transportation routes, open spaces, 
recreational and historical facilities. 
"(4) A recreation plan for the development, utilization, and man-
agement of the recreational resources of the region, including but not 
limited to, wilderness and forested lands, parks and parkways, riding 
and hiking trails, beaches and playgrounds, marinas and other recrea-
tional facilities. 
"(5) A public services and facilities plan for the general location, 
scale and provision of public services and facilities, which, by the 
nature of their function, size, extent and other characteristics are nec-
essary or ai)propriate for inclusion in the regional i)lan. 
"In formulating and maintaining the regional plan, the planning 
commission and governing body shall take account of and shall seek to 
harmonize the needs of the region as a whole, the i)lans of the counties 
and cities within the region, the plans and planning activities of the 
state, federal and other ]iublic agencies and nongovernmental agencies 
and organizations which atfect or are concerned with planning and 
development within the region. Where necessary for the realization 
of the regional ])lan, the agency may engage in collaborative planning 
with local governmental jurisdictions located outside the region, but 
contiguous to its boundaries. In formulating and implementing the 
regional plan, the agency shall seek the cooperation and consider the 
i-ecommendations of counties and cities and other agencies of local 
government, of state and federal agencies, of educational institutions 
and research organizations, Avhethcr i)ublic or private, and of civic 
groups and private individuals. 
"(c) All provisions of the Tahoe regional general plan shall be 
enforced by the agency and by the states, counties and cities in the 
reffion. 
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''TAHOE REGIONAL INTERIM PLAN 
"(d) Within 60 days after the formation of the agency, the plan-
ning commission shall recommend a regional interim plan. Withni 90 
days after the formation of the agency, the governing body shall adopt 
a regional interim plan. The interim plan shall consist of statements 
of development policies, criteria and standards for planning and devel-
opment, of plans or portions of plans, and projects and planning 
decisions, which the agency finds it necessary to adopt and administer 
on an interim basis in accordance with the substantive powers granted 
to it in this agreement. 
"(e) The agency shall maintain the data, maps and other informa-
tion developed in the course of formulating and administering the 
regional plan and interim plan, in a form suitable to assure a consistent 
view of developmental trends and other relevant information for the 
availability of and use by other agencies of government and by private 
organizations and individuals concerned. 
"(f) All provisions of the interim plan shall be enforced by the 
agency and by the states, the counties, and cities. 
"ARTICLE VI. 
AGENCY'S POWERS 
" (a) The governing body shall adopt all necessary ordinances, rules, 
regulations and policies to effectuate the adopted regional and interim 
plans. Every such ordinance, rule or regulation shall establish a 
minimum standard applicable throughout the basin, and any political 
subdivision may adopt and enforce an equal or higher standard appli-
cable to the same subject of regulation in its territory. The regulations 
shall contain general, regional standards including but not limited to 
the folloAving: water purity and clarity; subdivision; zoning; tree 
removal; solid waste disposal; sewage disposal; land fills, excavations, 
cuts and grading; piers; harbors, breakwaters; or channels and other 
shoreline developments; waste disposal in shoreline areas; waste dis-
posal from boats; mobile-home parks; house relocation; outdoor adver-
tising; flood ])lain protection; soil and sedimentation control; air 
pollution; and watershed protection. Whenever possible without 
diminishing the effectiveness of the interim plan or the general plan, 
the ordinances, rules, regulations and policies shall be confined to 
matters which are general and regional in application, leaving to the 
jurisdiction of the respective states, counties and cities the enactment 
of specific and local ordinances, rules, regulations and policies which 
conform to the interim or general plan. 
"P^very ordinance adopted by the agency shall be published at least 
once by title in a newspaper or combination of newspapers whose 
circulation is general throughout the region. Except an ordinance 
adopting or amending the interim plan or the regional plan, no 
ordinance shall become effective until 60 days after its adoption. 
Immediately after its adoption, a copy of each ordinance shall be trans-
mitted to the governing body of each political subdivision having 
territory within the region. 
"Interim regulations shall be adopted within 90 days from the for-
mation of the agency and final regulations within 18 months after 
the formation of the agency. 
"Every plan, ordinance, rule, regulation or policy adopted by the 
agency shall recognize as a permitted and conforming use any busi-
ness or recreational establishment which is required by law of the 
state in which it is located to be individually licensed by the state, 
if such business or establishment: 
"(1) Was so licensed on February 5, 1968, or was licensed for a 
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limited season during any part of the calendar year immediately 
preceding February 5,1968. 
" (2) Is to be constructed on land which was so zoned or designated 
in a finally adopted master plan on February 5, 1968, as to permit 
the construction of such a business or establishment. 
"(b) All ordinances, rules, regulations and policies adopted by the 
agency shall be enforced by the agency and by the respective states, 
counties, and cities. The appropriate courts of the respective states, 
each within its limits of territory and subject matter provided by 
state law, are vested with jurisdiction over civil actions to which the 
Agency is a party and criminal actions for violations of its ordinances. 
Each such action shall be brought in a court of the state where the vio-
lation is committed or where the property affected by a civil action is 
situated, unless the action is brought in a federal court. For this pur-
pose, the agency shall be deemed a political subdivision of both the 
State of California and the State of Nevada. 
"(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d), all public 
works projects shall be reviewed prior to construction and approved 
by the agency as to the project's compliance with the adopted regional 
general plan. 
"(d) All plans, programs and proposals of the State of California 
or Nevada, or of its executive or administrative agencies, which may 
substantially affect, or may specifically apply, to the uses of land, 
water, air, space and other natural resources in the region, including 
but not limited to public works plans, programs and proposals con-
cerning highway routing, design and construction, shall be referred to 
the agency for its review, as to conformity with the regional plan or 
interim plan, and for report and recommendations by the agency to the 
executive head of the state agency concerned and to the Governor. 
A public works project which is initiated and is to be constructed by 
a department of either state shall be submitted to the agency for review 
and recommendation, but may be constructed as proposed. 
"(e) The agency shall police the region to ensure compliance with 
the general plan and adopted ordinances, rules, regulations and poli-
cies. If it is found that the general plan, or ordinances, rules, regula-
tions and policies are not being enforced by a local jurisdiction, the 
agency may bring action in a court of competent jurisdiction to ensure 
compliance. 
"(f) Violation of any ordinance of the agency is a misdemeanor. 
"(g) The agency is hereby empowered to initiate, negotiate and 
participate in contracts and agreements among the local governmental 
authorities of the region, or any other intergovernmental contracts or 
agreements authorized by state or federal law. 
"(h) Each intergovernmental contract or agreement shall provide 
for its own funding and staffing, but this shall not preclude financial 
contributions from the local authorities concerned or from supple-
mentary sources. 
"(i) Whenever a new city is formed within the region, the member-
ship of the governing body shall be increased by two additional mem-
bers, one appointed by, and w^ho shall be a member of, the legislative 
body of the new city, and one appointed by the Governor of the state 
in which the city is not located. A member appointed by the Governor 
of California is subject to Senate confirmation. 
"(j) Every record of the agency, whether public or not, shall be 
open for examination to the Legislative Analyst of the State of Cali-
fornia and the Fiscal Analyst of the State of Nevada. 
"(k) Whenever under the provisions of this article or any ordi-
nance, rule, regulation or policy adopted pursuant thereto, the agency 
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is required to review or approve any proposal, public or private, the 
agency shall take final action, wliether to approve, to require modifi-
cation or to reject such proposal, within 60 days after such proposal is 
delivered to the agency. If the agency does not take final action within 
60 days, the proposal shall be deemed approved. 
"ARTICLE VII. 
FINANCES 
"(a) Except as provided in paragraph (e), on or before Decem-
ber 30 of each calendar year the agency shall establish the amount 
of money necessary to support its activities for the next succeeding 
fiscal year commencing July 1 of the following year. The agency 
shall apportion not more than $150,000 of this amount among the 
counties within the region on the same ratio to the total sum required 
as the full cash valuation of taxable property w^ithin the region in 
each county bears to the total full cash valuation of taxable property 
w^ithin the region. Each county in California shall pay the sum 
allotted to it by the agency from any funds available therefor and 
may levy a tax on any taxable property within its boundaries sufficient 
to pay the amount so allocated to it. Each county in Nevada shall pay 
such sums from its general fund or from any other moneys available 
therefor. 
" (b) The agency may fix and collect reasonable fees for any services 
rendered by it. 
"(c) The agency shall be strictly accountable to any county in the 
region for all funds paid by it to the agency and shall be strictly 
accountable to all participating bodies for all receipts and disburse-
ments. 
"(d) The agency is authorized to receive gifts, donations, subven-
tions, grants, and other financial aids and funds. 
"(e) As soon as possible after the ratification of this compact, the 
agency shall estimate the amount of money necessary to support its 
activities: 
" (1) For the remainder of the then-current fiscal year; and 
"(2) If the first estimate is made between January 1 and June 30, 
for the fiscal year beginning on July 1 of that calendar year. 
The agency shall then allot such amount among the several counties, 
subject to the restriction and in the manner provided in i^aragraph 
(a), and each county shall pay such amount. 
"(f) The agency shall not obligate itself beyond the moneys due 
under this article for its support from the several counties for the 
current fiscal year, plus any moneys on hand or irrevocably pledged 
to its support from other sources. No obligation contracted by the 
agency shall bind either of the party states or any political subdivision 
thereof. 
"ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS 
"(a) It is intended that the provisions of this compact shall be 
reasonably and liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. 
Except as provided in paragraph (c), the provisions of this compact 
shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of 
this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any par-
ticipating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to 
any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the 
validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof 
to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected 
thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of 
any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force 
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and effect as to the remaining state and in full force and effect as to 
the state affected as to all severable mattei"S. 
"'(b) The agency shall have such additional powers and duties as 
may liereafter be delegated or imposed upon it from time to time by 
the action of the Legislature of either state concurred in by the T^egis-
lature of the other. 
'•(c) A state party to this compact may withdraw therefrom by 
enacting a statute repealing the compact. Xotice of withdrawal shall 
be connnunicated officially and in writing to the Governor of the other 
state and to the agency administrators. This provision is not severable, 
and if it is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, no other provision 
of this compact shall be binding upon the State of XeAada or the State 
of California. 
"(d) No provision of this compact shall have any effect upon the 
allocation or distribution of interstate waters or upon any appropria-
tive water right." 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agricul-
ture are authorized, upon request of the Tahoe Eegional Planning 
Agency, to cooperate with said agency in all respects compatible with 
carrying out the normal duties of their Departments. 
SEC. 3. The consent to the compact by the LTnited States is subject 
to the condition that the President may appoint a nonvoting represent-
ative of the United States to the Tahoe regional planning governing 
board. 
SEC. 4. Any additional powers conferred on the agency pursuant to 
article VIII (b) of the compact shall not be exercised unless consented 
to by the Congress. 
SEC. 5. Nothing contained in this Act or in the compact consented to 
shall in any way affect the powers, rights, or obligations of the United 
States, or the applicability of any law or regulation of the United 
States in, over, or to the region or waters which are the subject of the 
compact, or in any way affect rights owned or held by or for Indians 
or Indian tribes subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. 
SEC. 6. The right is hereby reserved by the Congress or any of its 
standing conmiittees to require the disclosure and furnisliing of such 
information and data by or concerning the Tahoe Eegional Planning 
Agency as is deemed appropriate by the Congress or such committee. 
SEC. 7. The right to alter, amend or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
Approved December 18, 1969. 
Governmental 
cooperation. 
Condition. 
Public Law 91-149 
AN A C T 
December 22, 1969 
To dec-lare that the United States holds in trust for the Southern Ute Tribe 
[H.R. 12785] 
ai)l)r<«iniately 214..37 acres of land. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in the lands described below, which 
are excess to the needs of tlie Bureau of Indian Affairs, shall be held in 
trust by the United States for the Southern Ute Tribe subject to the 
laws and regulations that apply to other lands held in trust for the 
tribe: 
(a) The portion of the east half west half northeast quarter, 
section 5, lying west of the Pine River; that portion of the east 
half northeast quarter, section 5, lying Avest of the Pine River; and 
that portion of the northwest quarter northwest quarter, section 4, 
Indians. 
Southern Ute 
Tribe. 
Lands in trust.