An Act to amend the Act of October 17, 1940, relating to the disposition of certain public lands in Alaska.
PL 86-792 (S.3267), enacted 09/14/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-792-SEPT. 14, 1960 
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Public Law 86-791 
A N A C T 
September 14,1960 
To convey certain lands in Oklahoma to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, and 
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for other purposes. 
C h e y e n n e and 
Arapaho Indians. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That there are here- _ ^ 
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by eliminated from the Cheyenne and Arapaho subagenc;)/^ reservation ^"convey^ce 
at Concho, Oklahoma, approximately four thousand nine hundred 
acres of land considered excess to the present school and agency re-
serve needs. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey to 
the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes a fee simple title to approximately 
three thousand nine hundred acres of such lands, together with the 
improvements thereon. Approximately one thousand acres of such 
land shall be transferred by the Secretary of the Interior to the Attor-
ney General for use in connection with the El Reno Reformatory. 
The land transferred to the Attorney General shall be selected in a 
reasonably compact unit that will cause a minimum disruption in the 
agricultural program now conducted by the Bureau of Prisons. The 
title of the tribes to any land conveyed pursuant to this section shall 
be subject to no exemption from taxation or restriction on use, man-
agement, or disposition because of Indian ownership. 
SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine 
in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 
1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title con- 
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veyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim 
against the United States determined by the Commission. 
Approved September 14, 1960. 
Public Law 86-792 
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September 14. I960 
To amend the Act of October 17, 1940, relating to the disposition of certain 
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public lands in Alaska. 
Alaska. 
X,ease or sale of 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1191; 48 U.S.C. 353, note), is hereby ceTta'rn'pu'b'irc 
amended— 
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(1) by striking out the words "$1.25 per acre" appearing in 
section 2 thereof and by substituting therefor the words "their 
fair market value (but not less than $1.25 per acre) as deter-
mined by the Secretary by appraisal or otherwise"; 
(2) by adding a new section 3 thereto reading as follows: "The 
State of Alaska may, with the approval of the Secretary of the 
Interior, select any of the lands described in section 2 of this Act 
in partial satisfaction of land grants made or confirmed by the 
Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339, 340), subject to the terms and 
conditions of that Act."; and 
(3) by adding a new section 4 thereto reading as follows: "Not-
withstanding the provisions of section 2 of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior may sell to each of those persons who, on August 
1,1959. had on file in the Anchorage Land Office of the Bureau of 
Land Management, a valid application to purchase lands under 
this Act, the lands described in his application at the prices here-
tofore recommended by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corpo-
ration but at not less than $1.25 per acre." 
Approved September 14, 1960. 
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prec. 21.