An Act to authorize the sale and exchange of certain lands on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.
PL 92-472 (S.345), enacted 10/09/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-472-OCT. 9, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
October 
9,1972 
[S. 345] 
Public Law 92-472 
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AN ACT 
To authorize the sale and exchange of certain lands on the Coeur d'Alene 
Indian Reservation, and for other purposes. 
Coeur d'Alene 
Indian Reserva-
tion, Idaho. 
Tribal lands, 
sale or exchange. 
Lands held in 
multiple owner-
ship. 
Lands held in 
trust. 
Lands held by 
mortgage or deed 
of trust. 
62 Stat. 939; 
79 Stat. 887. 
85 Stat. 626; 
Ante, p. 723. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That for the pur-
pose of effecting consolidations of land situated within the Coeur 
d'Alene Indian Reservation in the State of Idaho into the ownership 
of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and its individual members and for the 
purpose of attaining and preserving an economic land base for 
Indian use, alleviating problems of Indian heirship and assisting fn 
the productive leasing, disposition, and other use of tribal and indi-
vidually allotted lands on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation, the Secre-
tary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to: 
(1) Sell or approve sales of any tribal trust lands, any interest 
therein, or improvements thereon. 
(2) Exchange any tribal trust lands, including interests therein or 
improvements thereon, for any lands or interests in lands situated 
within such reservation. 
SEC. 2, The sale and exchange of lands for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe 
pursuant to this Act shall be upon request of the business council of 
the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, evidenced by a resolution adopted in accord-
ance with the constitution and bylaws of the tribe, and shall be in 
accordance with a consolidation plan approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
SEC. 3. Any moneys or credit received by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe 
in the sale of lands shall be used for the purchase of other lands, or 
for such other purpose as may be consistent with the land consolida-
tion program, approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to sell and 
exchange individual Indian trust lands or interests therein on the 
Coeur d'Alene Reservation held in multiple ownership to the Coeur 
d'Alene Tribe, to any member thereof, or to any other Indian having 
an interest in the land involved, if the sale or exchange is authorized 
in writing by owners of at least a majority of the trust interests in 
such lands; except that no greater percentage of approval of such 
trust interests shall be required under this Act than in any other 
statute of general application approved by Congress. 
SEC. 5. Title to any lands, or any interests therein, acquired pursuant 
to this Act shall be taken in the name of the United States of America 
in trust for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe or individual Indians and shall be 
subject to the same laws relating to other Indian trust lands on the 
Coeur d'Alene Reservation. 
SEC. 6. The business council of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe may 
encumber any tribal land by a mortgage or deed of trust, with the 
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and such land shall be 
subject to foreclosure or sale pursuant to the terms of such a mort-
gage or deed of trust in accordance with the laws of the State of Idaho. 
The United States shall be an indispensable party to any such proceed-
ings with the right of removal of the cause to the United States district 
court for the district in which the land is located, following the pro-
cedure in section 1446 of title 28, United States Code: Provvied, That 
the United States shall have the right to appeal from any order of 
remand in the case. 
SEC. T. The se(;ond sentence of section 1 of the Act of August S), lS)o5 
(69 Stat. 539), as amended (25 U.S.C. 415), is further amended by 
inserting immediately after "the Fort Mojave ReseT-vation," the words 
•'the Coenr d'Alene Indian Resoi-A'^ation.'* 
Approved October 9, 1972.