A bill to authorize the conveyance of certain lands to the United States in trust for the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
PL 93-590 (S.3358), enacted 01/02/1975

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PUBLIC LAW 93-590-JAN. 2, 1975 
[88 STAT. 
Public Law 93-590 
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AN ACT 
January 2, 
1975 
[S.3358] 
To authorize the conveyance of certain lands to the United States in trust for 
the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. 
Indians 
Absentee 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the duly author-
sh^wne'e'Tribe, 
ized tribal officials of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Okla-
'^^^^- 
homa are hereby authorized to convey to the United States in trust 
for the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma the following 
described land and the improvements thereon, subject to all valid 
existing rights, and the United States will accept such conveyance 
when approved by the Secretary of the Interior: 
All that part of the northeast quarter southwest quarter section 31, 
township 10 north, range 4 east, Indian meridian, Pottawatomie 
County, Oklahoma, described as: Beginning at a point 1,320 feet 
south and 726 feet west of the northeast corner of said northeast 
quarter southwest quarter; thence north 220.44 feet; thence west 594 
feet to the point of intersection with the west line of said northeast 
quarter southwest quarter; thence north along the west line a distance 
of 439.56 feet to the midpoint of the west line of said northeast quarter 
southwest quarter; thence east a distance of 17 feet to the intersection 
of the west right-of-way line of Oklahoma State Highway Numbered 
18; thence northeasterly along said west right-of-way line a distance 
of 493 feet; thence east 1,485 feet to the west right-of-way line of the 
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad right-of-w;ay; thence south-
westerly along said west right-of-way line a distance of 1,223 feet 
to a point in the south line of said northeast quarter southwest quarter, 
said point being 129 feet west of the southeast corner of said northeast 
quarter southwest quarter; thence west along the south line of said 
northeast quarter southwest quarter a distance of 597 feet to the point 
of beginning; containing 33.23 acres, more or less. 
Approved January 2, 1975, 
January 2, 
1975 
Public Law 93-591 
AN ACT 
[s. 3359] 
To authorize the conveyance of certain lands to the United States in trust for the 
Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
f^p^^awato^ie 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That the duly 
Indians.""okir! 
elcctcd officials of the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians of Okla-
Lands in trust, homa are hereby authorized to convey to the United States in trust 
for the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians of Oklahoma the fol-
lowing described lands and the improvements thereon, subject to all 
valid existing rights, and the United States will accept such convey-
ance when approved by the Secretary of the Interior: 
TRACT NUMBERED 1 
The northeast quarter northeast quarter, southeast quarter north-
east quarter, southwest quarter northeast quarter section 31, township 
10 north, range 4 east, Indian meridian, Pottawatomie County, Okla-
homa, containing 120.00 acres, more or less. 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-591-JAN. 2, 1975 
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TRACT NUMBERED 2 
That part of the northwest quarter southeast quarter section 31, 
township 10 north, range 4 east, Indian meridian, Pottawatomie 
County, Oklahoma, described as: Beginning at the southwest corner 
of said northwest quarter southeast quarter; thence east 1,320 feet; 
thence north 1,320 feet; thence west 1,320 feet to the center of said 
section; thence south 167 feet; thence east 183 feet to the intersection 
with the west line of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad 
right-of-way; thence southwesterly along the west right-of-way line 
a distance of 856 feet to the intersection with a point in the west line 
of the northwest quarter southeast quarter, said point being 983 feet 
south of the center of section 31; thence south along the west line of 
the northwest quarter southeast quarter, a distance of 337 feet, to the 
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point of beginning, containing 38.29 acres, more or less. 
TRACT NUMBERED 3 
That part of the southeast quarter northwest quarter section 31, 
township 10 north, range 4 east, Indian meridian, Pottawatomie 
County, Oklahoma, described as: Beginning at the northeast corner 
of said southeast q^uarter northwest quarter; thence south 1,320 feet 
to the center of said section 31; thence west along the south line of 
said southeast quarter northwest quarter, a distance of 1,255.4 feet to 
the intersection with the centerline of Oklahoma State Highway 
Numbered 18; thence northwesterly along the centerline of the high-
way a distance of 660.58 feet to a point on the south line of the north-
west quarter southeast quarter northwest quarter; thence east 38 feet 
to the intersection with the east right-of-way line of Oklahoma State 
Highway Numbered 18; thence northwesterly along the east right-of-
way line to a point in the north line of said southeast quarter northwest 
quarter, said point being 58 feet east of the northwest corner of said 
southeast quarter northwest quarter; thence east a distance of 1,262 
feet to the point of beginning; containing 38.63 acres, more or less. 
TRACT NUMBERED 4 
That part of the northeast quarter southwest quarter section 31, 
township 10 north, range 4 east, Indian meridian, Pottawatomie 
County, Oklahoma, described as: Beginning at the northeast corner 
of said northeast quarter southwest quarter, said point being the center 
of section 31; thence south 167 feet; thence west 1,302 feet to the inter-
section with the west line of the right-of-way of Oklahoma State 
Highway Numbered 18; thence northeasterly along the west right-of-
way line a distance of 167 feet to the north line of said northeast 
quarter southwest quarter; thence east along said north line a distance 
1,297.4 feet to the point of beginning; containing 4.678 acres, more or 
less. 
TRACT NUMBERED 5 
That part of the northeast quarter southwest quarter section 31, 
township 10 north, range 4 east, Indian meridian, Pottawatomie 
County, Oklahoma, described as: Beginning at the southeast corner 
of said northeast quarter southwest quarter; thence north along the 
east line of said northeast quarter southwest quarter a distance of 337 
feet to the intersection with the west right-of-way line of the Atchison, 
Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way; thence southwesterly 
along said west right-of-way line a distance of 367 feet to the inter-
section with the south line of said northeast quarter southwest quarter; 
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thence east along the south line a distance of 129 feet to the point of 
beginning; containing .498 acre, more or less. 
TRACT NUMBERED 6 
The reserved mineral deposits, including the right to prospect foi-
and remove the same, in and under lands described as the south half 
of lot 2 (southwest quarter northwest quarter), and that part of the 
southwest quarter southeast quarter northwest quarter lying west of 
the centerline of Oklahoma State Highway Numbered 18 and adjacent 
to the south half of said lot 2, all in section 31; township 10 north, 
range 4 east, Indian meridian, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, con-
taining 19.87 acres, more or less, which lands were previously conveyed 
to Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, by quitclaim deed dated Decem-
ber 17, 1959, pursuant to the Act ot June 4, 1953 (67 Stat. 71; 
25 U.S.C. 293a), said deed appearing of record in Pottawatomie 
County, Oklahoma, in deed book 174 at page 367 of the land records 
of said county. 
TRACT NUMBERED 7 
That part of lot 1 (northwest quarter of northwest quarter) and 
north half of lot 2 (north half of southwest quarter of northwest 
quarter) and the part of the north half of the southeast quarter of the 
northwest quarter lying west of the east right-of-way line of Oklahoma 
State Highway Numbered 18, all in section 31, township 10 north, 
range 4 east of the Indian meridian, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma*,, 
containing 57.99 acres, more or less, subject to the right of the Absentee 
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the Sac and Fox Tribe of 
Indians of Uklalioma. the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of Oklalionia, 
and the Iowa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma to use the Pottawatomie 
community house that may be constructed and maintained thei-eon. 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
Public Law 93-592 
January 2, 1975 
A N 
A C T 
[s. 4073] 
To extend certain authorizations under tlie Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Federal Water 
United States of America in Congress 
assembled, 
Act.^amrndmen^s. 
SECTION 1. Sectlou 104(u) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
33 use 1254. 
Act, as amended (86 Stat. 825), is amended by— 
(a) striking in paragraph (1) "and the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1974," and inserting in lieu thereof "the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1974, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975,"; 
(b) striking in paragraph (2) "fiscal years 1973 and 1974" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "fiscal years 1973, 1974. and 1975"; 
(c) striking in paragraph (3) "fiscal year 1973" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "fiscal years 1973,1974, and 1975"; 
(d) striking in paragraph (4) "and June 30, 1974," and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975,"; 
(e) striking in paragraph (5) "and June 30, 1974," and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975,"; and 
(f) striking in paragraph (6) "and June 30, 1974," and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975,".