An Act to amend the act entitled ""An Act to authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of certain Indian lands on the Yakima Indian Reservation, and for other purposes,"" approved July 28, 1955
PL 88-540 (H.R.5837), enacted 08/31/1964

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(a) (1), is not included in the total contract price, payments received 
with respect to such sales shall be treated as applying first against 
such carrying charges or interest. This subsection shall not apply with 
respect to sales or other dispositions of property the income from 
which is, under subsection (b), returned on the basis and in the man-
ner prescribed in subsection (a) (1)." 
(c) The amendment made bv subsection (a) shall apply in respect 
to sales made in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1960. 
The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply in respect of 
sales made during taxable years beginning after December 31,1963. 
Approved August 31, 1964. 
Public Law 88-540 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange 
of certain Indian lands on the Yakima Indian Reservation, and for other pur-
poses", approved July 28, 1955. 
August 31, 1964 
[H. R. 5837] 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first section 
of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the purchase, sale, and 
exchange of certain Indian lands on the Yakima Reservation, and for 
other purposes", approved July 28, 1955, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"That (a) the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discre-
tion, to— 
"(1) purchase for the Yakima Tribes, with any funds of such 
tribes, and to otherwise acquire by gift, exchange, or relinquish-
ment, any lands or interest in lands or improvements thereon 
within the Yakima Indian Reservation or within the area ceded 
to the United States by the treaty of June 9,1855; 
" (2) sell or approve sales of any tribal trust lands, any interest 
therein or improvements thereon, such sales being limited to 
agencies of the Federal, State, or local governments for recrea-
tional, educational, civic, or other public purposes, and to indi-
vidual members of the tribes; 
" (3) exchange any tribal trust lands, including interests therein 
or improvements thereon, for any lands situated within such res-
ervation or the area ceded to the United States by the treaty 
of June 9, 1855; and 
"(b) Where lands are held in multiple ownership, the Secretary 
is authorized to sell and exchange such lands to other Indians or the 
Yakima Tribes only if the sale or exchange is authorized in writing 
by the owners of at least a majority interest in such lands; except that 
no greater percentage of approval of individual Indians shall be 
required under this Act than m any other statute of general applica-
tion approved by Congress. 
"(c) In all cases in which the Secretary is acquiring for the Yakima 
Tribes lands or interests in lands presently held in trust or under 
restrictions for the benefit of an individual Indian, title shall be taken 
in the name of the United States in trust for the Yakima Tribes. 
In 
all cases in which land being purchased is presently held by the 
grantor in fee simple, title shall be taken for and held by the Yakima 
Tribes in fee and such land shall not, by reason of its being owned 
by the tribes, be exempt from taxation in accordance with the laws of 
the State of Washington. 
"(d) The Secretary shall obtain the advice and consent of the 
Yakima tribal council before entering into any of the above trans-
actions involving the acquisition or disposition of tribal land. 
The 
Yakima Indian 
Reservation. 
Land purchase. 
69 Stat. 392. 
25 USC608-608C, 
12 Stat. 951. 
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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 lands 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. The first sentence of subsection 2(a) of such Act is repealed. 
SEC. 3. Subsection 3(b) of such Act is repealed. 
Approved August 31, 1964. 
August 31, 1964 
[H. R. 3071] 
Public Law 88-541 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of Fort Lamed as a national historic site, 
and for other purposes. 
Fort Lamed Na-
tional Historic 
Site. 
Establishment. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in order to 
commemorate the significant role played by Fort Larned in the 
opening of the West, the Secretary of Interior may acquire on behalf 
of the United States by gift, purchase, or other means not more than 
seven hundred and fifty acres of land, or interests in land, which 
comprise the site and remaining historic structures of Fort Larned, 
located in Pawnee County, Kansas, or which he deems necessary to 
accomplish the purposes of this Act, including nearby remains of 
the Santa Fe Trail. 
The land acquired by the Secretary shall be 
known as the Fort Larned National Historic Site, and shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled 
"An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", 
approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as 
amended and supplemented: Provided^ That establishment of such 
national historic site shall not become effective until the historic re-
mains of old Fort Larned and adjoining historically significant lands 
have been acquired. 
SEC. 2. Notice of the boundaries of the site shall be published in 
the Federal Register. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
but not more than $1,273,000 for acquisition and development costs, 
as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 31, 1964. 
August 31, 1964 
[H. R. 8344] 
Public Law 88-542 
AN A C T 
To amend the Railway Labor Act to provide that the terms of office of members 
of the National Mediation Board shall expire on July 1. 
National Medi-
ation Board. 
Terms of office. 
44 Stat. 579. 
45 u s e 154. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the third sen-
tence of the initial paragraph of section 4 of the Railway Labor Act is 
amended to read as follows: "Each member of the Mediation Board in 
office on January 1,1965, shall be deemed to have been appointed for a 
term of office which shall expire on July 1 of the year his term would 
have otherwise expired." 
Such paragraph is further amended by in-
serting at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Upon the ex-
piration of his term of office a member shall continue to serve until his 
successor is appointed and shall have qualified." 
Approved August 31, 1964.