An Act to authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of certain Indian lands on the Yakima Indian Reservation, and for other purposes
PL 84-188 (H.R.1801), enacted 07/28/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 188-JULY 28, 1955 
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SEC. 2. The lease entered into under authority of the first section 
of this Act— 
(1) shall be null and void and the Yakima Tribe shall have 
the right of immediate possesssion if the State of Washington 
ever ceases to maintain Fort Simcoe (Mool-Mool) for historical 
and for park purposes; 
(2) shall be entered into for a period of ninety-nine years; 
(3) shall not contain any provision permitting the exploita-
tion of any natural resource; 
(4) shall specifically reserve to the Yakima Tribe all mineral 
and other subsurface rights in such lands which such tribe pos-
sesses on the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(5) shall be entered into under such rules and regulations, and 
contain such other provisions, as the Secretary of the Interior 
shall prescribe. 
SEC. 3. The existing agreement between the Yakima Tribe and the 
State of Washington may be amended to comply with this Act. 
SEC. 4. (a) The land on the Yakima Indian Reservation, Wash-
ington, which may be leased pursuant to this Act, is more particularly 
described as follows: 
The east half of the northeast quarter of section 20, and the west 
half of the northwest quarter of section 21, and the west half of the 
east half of the northwest quarter of section 21, all in township 10 
north, range 16 east, Willamette meridian, containing two hundred 
acres more or less. 
(b) Such additional tribal lands of the Yakima Tribe as adjoin 
the land described in subsection (a) may, pursuant to all of the terms 
and conditions of this Act, be leased by such tribe, acting through 
its tribal council, to the State of Washington. 
Approved July 28, 1955. 
July 28, 1955 
[H. R. 1801] 
Public Law 188 
CHAPTER 423 
AN ACT 
To authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of certain Indian lands on the 
Yakima Indian Reservation, and for other purposes. 
Y a k i m a Indian 
Reservation, 
Consolidation of 
lands. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress osseTnbled^ That (a) for the 
purpose of effecting consolidations of land, situated within the Yak-
ima Indian Reservation in the State of Washington, between the 
Yakima Tribes of Indians and individual members of the tribes and 
other Indians, for the mutual benefit of the tribes and the individual 
members thereof, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his 
discretion to— 
(1) purchase for the Yakima Tribes, with tribal funds of such 
tribes on deposit in the United States Treasury, or otherwise, any 
lands held by individual members of the Yakima Tribes and 
other Indians under trust patent or other restrictions against 
alienation including lands in heirship status, within the Yakima 
Indian Reservation, including interests therein or improvements 
thereon, water rights, and surface rights; 
(2) sell to individual members of the Yakima Tribes any 
tribal trust lands within such reservation, including lands, inter-
ests, improvements, and rights acquired for the tribes under this 
Act; and 
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(3) exchange any tribal trust lands within such reservation, 
including lands, interests, improvements, and rights acquired for 
the tribes under this Act, for lands situated within such reserva-
tion which are held by individual members of the tribes and other 
Indians under trust patent or other restrictions against aliena-
tion including lands in heirship status, 
(b) The Secretary shall obtain the advice and consent of the 
Yakima Tribal Council before entering into any such transaction. 
The terms and conditions of any such transaction, including the price 
at which any land is so purchased or sold and the valuation of any 
lands so exchanged, shall be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary, 
the Yakima Tribal Council, and the individual Indian or Indians con-
cerned. Any such exchange of tribal lands for lands held by indi-
vidual members of the Yakima Tribes or other Indians, and for lands 
in heirship status, shall be effected on the basis of approximately equal 
consideration with due allowance for the value of improvements in 
determining the value of such lands. 
SEC. 2. (a) Title to lands, interests, improvements, or rights so 
acquired by the Secretary for the Yakima Tribes through purchase 
or exchange shall be held by the United States in trust for the Yakima 
Tribes. Title to tribal trust lands, interests, improvements, or rights 
sold by the Secretary to individual members of the Yakima Tribes 
or exchanged by the Secretary for lands held under trust patent or 
other restrictions against alienation by individual members of the 
tribes and other Indians or for lands in heirship status shall be held 
by the United States in trust for the individual Indian or Indians 
concerned. 
(b) Sums derived from the sale of tribal trust lands, interests, im-
provements, and rights shall be credited to the tribal funds of the 
Yakima Tribes. 
SEC. 3. (a) No transaction entered into under this Act shall 
affect, without the consent of the lessee, any lease of lands, interests, 
improvements, or rights involved in such transaction, or any right 
of the lessee with respect to extension or renewal of such lease, which 
is in existence at the time such transaction is entered into. 
(b) Nothing in this Act shall affect the existing status of any lands, 
interests, improvements, or rights with respect to taxation. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such regulations 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved July 28, 1955. 
Public Law 189 
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July 28. 1955 
To amend section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended, to provide 
[H. R. 6295] 
an increased maximum per diem allowance for subsistence and travel expenses, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assewhled^ That section 3 of 
Travel expenses, 
the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 166, as amended; 5 U. S. C. 
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836) is further amended by striking "$9" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$12"'; and by striking the period at the end thereof and adding the 
following additional proviso: ": And provided further^ That where 
due to the unusual circumstances of a travel assignment within the 
limits of the continental United States such maximum per diem