An Act to authorize the purchase, sale, and exchange of certain lands on the Kalispel Indian Reservation, and for other purposes
PL 92-182 (H.R.8381), enacted 12/15/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-182-DEC. 15, 1971 
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and 17(b) of the Farm Credit Act of 1953, as amended; sections 2,101, egg^.^iTafel^i!" 
and 201(b) of the Farm Credit Act of 1956 are hereby repealed. All 
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references in other legislation, State or Federal, rules and regulations ^"'i "°te, 10235. 
of any agency, stock, contracts, deeds, security instruments, bonds, 
debentures, notes, mortgages and other documents of the institutions 
of the System, to the Acts repealed hereby shall be deemed to refer to 
comparable provisions of this Act. 
(b) All regulations of the Farm Credit Administration or the in- ^^^^^'""^^ ^^°'''' 
stitutions of the System and all charters, bylaws, resolutions, stock 
classifications, and policy directives issued or approved by the Farm 
Credit Administration, and all elections held and appointments made 
under the Acts repealed by subsection (a) of this section shall be con-
tinuing and remain valid until superseded, modified, or replaced under 
the authority of this Act. All stock, notes, bonds, debentures, and other 
obligations issued under the repealed acts shall be valid and enforce-
able upon the terms and conditions under which they were issued, 
including the pledge of collateral against which they were issued, and 
all loans made and security or collateral therefor held by, and all con-
tracts entered into by, institutions of the System shall remain enforce-
able according to their terms unless and until modified in accordance 
with the provisions of this Act; it being the purpose of this subsection 
to avoid disruption in the effective operation of the System by reason 
of said repeals. 
SEC. 5.27. AMENDMENTS TO OTHER 
LAWS.— (a) 
The Executive 
Schedule of basic pay (80 Stat. 458, 5 U.S.C. 5311-5317), as amended, 
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is further amended by striking from positions at level IV the "Gov-
ernor of the Farm Credit Administration." (5 U.S.C. 5315 (51)) and 
inserting in positions at level I I I the additional position "(58) Gov-
ernor of the Farm Credit Administration." (5 U.S.C. 5314). 
(b) The third paragraph of section 15 of the Federal Reserve Act 
(12 U.S.C. 393) is amended to read as follows: 
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"The Federal Reserve banks are authorized to act as depositaries 
for and fiscal agents of any Federal land bank. Federal intermediate 
credit bank, bank for cooperatives, or other institutions of the Farm 
Credit System." 
SEC. 5.28. SEPARABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or the 
application thereof to any persons or in any circumstances, is held 
invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of such provision 
to other persons or in other circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 5.29. RESERVE RIGHT To AMEND OR REPEAL.—The right to 
alter, amend, or repeal any provision or all of this Act is expressly 
reserA'ed. 
Approved December 10, 1971. 
Public Law 92-182 
A N A C T 
December 15,.1'571 
To authorize the sale of certain lands on the Kalispel Indian Reservation, and 
[H. R. 8381] 
for other purposes. 
Kalispel Indian 
Reservation, 
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 Kalispel wash! 
Indian Reservation in the State of Washington into the ownership of ^ J"^"^* lands, 
the Kalispel Indian Community 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 in 
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PUBLIC LAW 92-183-DEC. 15, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
the productive leasing, disposition, and other use of tribal and indi-
vidually allotted lands on the Kalispel Reservation, the Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized in his discretion to sell or approve sales of 
any tribal trust lands, any interest therein, or improvements thereon, 
Srx:. 2. The sale of lands for the Kalispel Indian Community pursu-
ant to this Act shall be upon request of the business connnittee or the 
Kalispel Community Council of the Kalispel Indian Community evi-
denced by a resolution adopted in accordance 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 credits received by the Kalispel Indian Com-
nmnity 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 
consolidation program, appi*oved 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 
Kalispel Indian Reservation held in multiple ownership to the Kalispel 
Indian Community, 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. The Community Council of the Kalispel Indian Community 
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 mortgage 
or deed of trust in accordance with the laws of the State of Washing-
ton. The United States shall be an indispensable party to any such 
Proceedings with the right of removal of the cause of the United States 
istrict court for the district in which the land is located, following 
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^^® procedure in section 1J46 of title 28, United States Code: Provided, 
That the United States shall have the right to appeal from any order 
of remand in the case. 
SEC. 6. The second sentence of section 1 of the Act of August 9, 
77 Stat. 301. 
1955 (69 Stat. 539), as amended (25 U.S.C. 415), is hereby further 
amended by inserting after "the Fort Mohave Reservation," the words 
"the Kalispel Indian Reservation,". 
Approved December 15, 1971. 
Public Law 92-183 
December 15,1971 
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A C T 
[H. R. 11220] 
xo designate the Veterans' Administration liospital in San Antonio, Texas, 
as the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
utmolLl'wfi^'^^^ f-^tji^efZ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Veterans' 
an?°Hospit^ai. 
Administration hospital now under construction at San Antonio, 
De signation. 
Texas, shall hereafter be known and designated as the Audie L. Murphy 
Memorial Veterans' Hospital. Any reference to such hospital in any 
law, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States 
shall be deemed a reference to it as the Audie L. Murphy Memorial 
Veterans' Hospital. 
SEC. 2. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to pro-
vide such memorial at the above-named hospital as he may deem suit-
able to preserve the remembrance of the late Audie L. Murphy. 
Approved December 15, 1971.