An Act to authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of certain lands on the Spokane Indian Reservation, and for other purposes
PL 90-335 (H.R.3299), enacted 06/10/1968

174 
June 10, 1968 
[H. R. 32991 
Spokane Indian 
Reservation, 
Wash. 
Lands. 
Nontaxability. 
Value limita-
tion. 
Lands held by 
mortgage or deed 
of trust. 
79 Stat. 887. 
PUBLIC LAW 90-335-JUNE 10, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
Public Law 90-335 
AN ACT 
To authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of certain lands on the Spokane 
Indian Reservation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re^n-esentathies of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, (a) for the 
purpose of effecting consolidations of land situated within the Spokane 
Indian Reservation in the State of Washington into the ownership 
of the tribe and of individual tribal members and for the purpose of 
attaining and preserving an economic land base for Indian use, allevi-
ating problems of Indian heirship and assisting in the productive 
leasing, disposition, and other use of tribal lands, the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized in his discretion to: 
(1) Purchase for the Spokane Tribe of Indians with any funds of 
such tribe and to otherwise acquire by gift, exchange, or relinquish-
ment any lands or interest in lands or improvements thereon wdthin 
tlie Spokane Indian Reservation. 
(2) Sell or approve sales of any tribal trust lands, any interest 
therein or improvements thereon. 
(8) Exchange any tribal trust lands, includins: interests therein 
or improvements thereon, for any lands situated within such reserva-
tion. 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to sell and exchange 
individual Indian trust lands held in multiple ownership to the Spo-
kane Tribe or to individual members thereof if the sale or exchange 
is authorized in writing by owners of at least a majority interest in 
such lands; except that no greater percentage of approval of indi-
vidual Indians shall be required under this Act than in any other 
statute of general application approved by Congress. 
(c) Title to lands, or any interests therein, acquired pursuant to 
this Act by the Spokane Tribe or individual enrolled members thereof, 
shall be taken in the name of the United States of America in trust 
for the tribe or individual Indian, and shall be nontaxable as other 
tribal and allotted Indian trust lands of the Spokane Reservation: 
Provided, 
however, That the value on nontrust lands, or nontrust 
interests in land, acquired imder this Act by the Spokane Tribe during 
any twelve-month period shall not exceed the value of lands, or 
interests in land, that passed in any manner from a nontaxable trust 
status to a taxable fee status within the boundaries of the Spokane 
Reservation in Stevens County, Washington, during the twelve-
month period preceding acquisition by the tribe. 
(d) That any tribal land that may be sold pursuant to this Act may, 
with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, be encumbered by a 
mortgage or deed of trust and shall be subject to foreclosure or sale 
pursuant to the terms of such a mortgage or deed of trust in accordance 
with the laws of the State of Washington. The United States shall be 
an indispensable party to any such proceeding with the right of 
removal of the cause to the ITnited States district court for the district 
in which the land is located, following the procedure in section 1M6, 
title 28, ITnited States Code: Provided, That the United States shall 
have the right to appeal from any order of remand in the case. 
(e) The acquisition and sale of lands for the Spokane Tribe pur-
suant to this Act shall be upon request of the business council of the 
Spokane Tribe, evidenced by a resolution adopted in accordance with 
the constitution and bylaws of the tribe, and shall be in accordance 
with a land purchase and consolidation plan approved by the Secre-
tary of the Interior, and except as it may otherwise be authorized or 
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prescribed by the Secretary, shall be limited to lands situated within 
the boundary of the Spokane Reservation. Such acquisition by the 
Spokane Tribe, or individual members thereof, may be achieved by 
exchange of lands with Indians or non-Indians as well as by outright 
purchase, with adjusting payments to approximate equal value. Moneys 
or credits received by the tribe in the sale of lands shall be used for the 
purchase of other lands, or for such other purpose as may be con-
sistent with the land purchase and consolidation program, approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior. 
(f) Section 1 of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539), as 
amended, is hereby further amended by inserting the words "the 
Spokane Reservation," after the words "the Fort Mojave Reservation.". 
Approved June 10, 1968. 
77 Stat. 301. 
25 u s e 415. 
Public Law 90-336 
AN ACT 
To further aineiid the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, to extend 
the expiration date of certain authorities thereunder, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Federal 
Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2251 et seq.), 
is further amended by striking the date June 30, 1968, where such 
appears in the second proviso of subsection 201(e), the fourth proviso 
of subsection 201(h), and subsection 205(h) and substituting in lieu 
thereof the date June 30,1972. 
Approved June 10, 1968. 
June 10, 1968 
[H.R. 15004] 
Civil defense 
authoritie s, exten-
sion. 
78 Stat. 231. 
Public Law 90-337 
AN ACT 
To authorize the use of funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Spokane 
Tribe of Indians. 
June 10, 1968 
[H. R. 15271] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the unexpended 
balance of funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the 
credit of the Spokane Tribe of Indians that were appropriated by 
the Act of Maj^ 29,1967 (81 Stat. 30), to pay a judgment by the Indian 
Claims Commission in Dockets 331 and 331A, and interest thereon, 
less payment of attorneys' fees and expenses, may be advanced, ex-
pended, invested, or reinvested for any purpose that is authorized by 
the tribal governing body and approved by the Secretary of the 
Interior. Any part of such funds that may be distributed to the mem-
bers of the tribe shall not be subject to the Federal or State income 
tax. 
Approved June 10, 1968. 
Spokane Tribe 
of Indians. 
Judgment funds. 
Tax exemptions.