An Act to declare that certain submarginal land of the United States shall be held in trust for certain Indian tribes and be made a part of the reservations of said Indians, and for other purposes.
PL 94-114 (S.1327), enacted 10/17/1975

PUBLIC LAW 94-114—OCT. 17, 1975 
89 STAT. 577 
Public Law 94-114 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To declare that certain submarginal land of the United States shall be held 
in trust for certain Indian tribes and be made a part of the reservations of 
said Indians, and for other purposes. 
Oct. 17, 1975 
[S. 1327] 
Indians. 
Certain tribes. 
Lands in trust. 
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401-41 la note. 
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note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) except as 
hereinafter provided, all of the right, title, and interest of the United 
States of America in all of the land, and the improvements now 
thereon, that was acquired under title II of the National Industrial 
Recovery Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), the Emergency Relief 
Appropriation Act of April 8, 1935 (49 Stat, 115), and section 55 
of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750, 781), and that are now 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior for the use or benefit 
of the Indian tribes identified in section 2(a) of this Act, together 
with all minerals underlying any such land whether acquired pursuant 
to such Acts or otherwise owned by the United States, are hereby 
declared to be held by the United States in trust for each of r,aid 
tribes, and (except in the case of the Cherokee Nation) shall be a part 
of the reservations heretofore established for each of said tribes. 
(b) The property conveyed by this Act shall be subject to the appro-
priation or disposition of any of the lands, or interests therein, within 
the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, as authorized by 
the Act of August 8,1968 (82 Stat. 663), and subject to a reservation in 16 USe 441j 
the United States of a right to prohibit or restrict improvements or 
structures on, and to continuously or intermittently inundate or other-
wise use, lands in sections 25 and 26, township 48 north, range 3 west, 
at Odanah, Wisconsin, in connection with the Bad River flood control 
project as authorized by section 203 of the Act of July 3,1958 (72 Stat. 
297, 311) : Provided, That this Act shall not convey the title to any 
part of the lands or any interest therein that prior to enactment of this 
Act have been included in the authorized water resources development 
projects in the Missouri River Basin as authorized by section 203 of 
the Act of July 3, 1958 (72 Stat. 297, 311), as amended and supple-
mented : Provided further^ That such lands included in Missouri River 
Basin projects shall be treated as former trust lands are treated. 
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SEC. 2. (a) The lands, declared by section 1 of this Act to be held in 
trust by the United States for the benefit of the Indian tribes named in 
this section, are generally described as follows: 
Tribe 
Reservation 
Submarginal land project 
donated to said tribe or group 
Approximate 
acreage 
Bad River Band of the Lake Su-
perior Tribe of Chippewa In-
dians of Wisconsin. 
Blackfeet Tribe 
-
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma-.. 
4. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 
5. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe 
6. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 
7. Devils Lake Sioux Tribe 
8. Fort Belknap Indian Commu-
nity. 
9. Assinibolne and Sioux Tribes 
10. Lac Courte OrelUes Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa In-
dians. 
11. Keweenaw Bay Indian Com-
munity. 
12. Minnesota Chippewa Tribe 
Bad River 
Bad River LI-WI-8. 
Blackfeet 
Blackfeet LI-MT-9 
Delaware LI-OK-4 
Adair LI-OK-5 
Cheyenne River.. Cheyenne Indian LI-SD-13. 
Crow Creek 
Crow Creek LI-SD-10 
Lower Brule 
Lower Brule LI-SD-IO 
FortTotten 
Fort Totten LI-ND-11 
Fort Belknap 
Fort Belknap LI-MT-8 
Fort Peck... 
Lac Courte 
Oreilles. 
Fort Peck LI-MT-6. 
Lac Courte LI-WI-9. 
13. Navajo Tribe 
14. Oglala Sioux Tribe 
15. Rosebud Sioux Tribe. 
16. Shoshone-Bannock T r i b e s . . 
17. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. 
L'Anse 
L'Anse LI-MI-
White Earth 
Twin Lakes L I - M N - 6 . . -
Flat Lake LI-MN-15 
Navajo 
Qallup-Two Wells LI-NM-18. 
Pine Ridge 
Pine Ridge LI-SD-7 
Rosebud-. 
Cutmeat LI-SD-8 
Antelope LI-SD-9 
Fort H a l l . . 
Fort Hall LI-ID-2 
Standing Rock.... Standing Rock LI-ND-10 
Standing Rock LI-SD-10 
13,148.81 
9,036.73 
18,749.19 
3,738.47 
19,169.89 
13,2C9.22 
1,424.45 
25,530.10 
85,835.52 
13,184.65 
4,016.49 
28,544.80 
69,947.24 
18,064.48 
28,734.59 
8,711 
10,255.5 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
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Repeal. 
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(b) The Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be published in the 
Federal Register the boundaries and descriptions of the lands con-
veyed by this Act. The acreages set out in the preceding subsection are 
estimates and shall not be construed as expanding or limiting the 
grant of the United States as defined in section 1 of this Act. 
SEC. 3. (a) All of the right, title, and interest of the United States 
in all the minerals including gas and oil underlying the submarginal 
lands declared to be held in trust for the Stockbridge Munsee Indian 
Community by the Act of October 9, 1972 (86 Stat. 795), are hereby 
declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Stockbridge 
Munsee Indian Community. 
(b) Section 2 of said Act of October 9, 1972, is hereby repealed. 
(c) Section 5 of the Act of October 13,1972 (86 Stat. 806), relating 
to the Burns Indian Colony is amended by striking the words "con-
veyed by this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "conveyed 
by section 2 of this Act". 
SEC. 4. (a) Nothing in this Act shall deprive any person of any 
existing valid right of possession, contract right, interest, or title he 
may have in the land involved, or of any existing right of access to 
public domain lands over and across the land involved, as determined 
by the Secretary of the Interior. All existing mineral leases, including 
oil and gas leases, which may have been issued or approved pursuant 
to section 5 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 
August 7,1947 (61 Stat. 913,915), or the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 
(41 Stat. 437), as amended prior to enactment of this Act, shall remain 
in force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof. All 
applications for mineral leases, including oil and gas leases, pursuant 
to such Acts, pending on the date of enactment of this Act and cover-
ing any of the minerals conveyed by sections 1 and 3 of this Act 
shall be rejected and the advance rental payments returned to the 
applicants. 
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(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the 
property conveyed by this Act shall hereafter be administered in 
accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to property held 
in trust by the United States for Indian tribes, including but not 
limited to the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347), as amended. 
SEC. 5. (a) Any and all gross receipts derived from, or which relate 
to, the property conveyed by this Act, the Act of July 20, 1956 (70 
Stat. 581), the Act of August 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 941), the Act of 
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October 9,1972 (86 Stat. 795), and section 1 of the Act of October 13, 
1972 (86 Stat. 806) which were received by the United States subse-
quent to its acquisition by the United States under the statutes cited 
in section 1 of this Act and prior to such conveyance, from whatever 
source and for whatever purpose, including but not limited to the 
receipts in the special fund of the Treasury as required by section 6 
of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of August 7, 1947 
(61 Stat. 913, 915), shall as of the date of enactment of this Act be 
deposited to the credit of the Indian tribe receiving such land and 
may be expended by the tribe for such beneficial programs as the 
tribal governing body may determine: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to any such receipts received prior to enactment of 
this Act from the leasing of public domain minerals which were subject 
to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 437), as amended and 
supplemented. 
(b) All gross receipts (including but not limited to bonuses, rents, 
and royalties) hereafter derived by the United States from any con-
tract, permit or lease referred to in section 4(a) of this Act, or other-
wise, shall be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations 
applicable to receipts from property held in trust by the United States 
for Indian tribes. 
SEC. 6. All property conveyed to tribes pursuant to this Act and all 
the receipts therefrom referred to in section 5 of this Act, shall be 
exempt from Federal, State, and local taxation so long as such prop-
erty is held in trust by the United States. Any distribution of such 
receipts to tribal members shall neither be considered as income or 
resources of such members for purposes of any such taxation nor as 
income, resources, or otherwise utilized as the basis for denying or 
reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which such mem-
ber or his household would otherwise be entitled to under the Social 
Security Act or any other Federal or federally assisted program. 
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Tax exemption. 
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Approved October 17, 1975. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-480 accompanying H.R. 5778 (Comm. on Interior and Insular 
Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-377 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): 
Sept. 19, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 6, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 5778. 
Oct. 7, Senate concurred in House amendment.