An Act to reimburse the Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation for tribal funds that were used to construct, operate, and maintain the Uintah Indian irrigation project, Utah, and for other purposes
PL 91-403 (H.R.16416), enacted 09/18/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-403-SEPT. 18, 1970 
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Code, is not required to take a new oath upon his a])i)oint]ne]it in a 
higher grade. 
"§ 798. Rear admiral; maximum service in grade 
"A Reserve rear admiral, unless retained in or removed from an 
active status under other provisions of huv, shall be removed from an 
active status on the date he completes tive years of service in the per-
manent grade of rear admiral." 
SEC. 2. (a) Reserve officers in each grade who have been recom-
mended as qualified for promotion under laws and regulations in effect 
the day before the effective date of this Act but not promoted to the 
grade for which they were recommended shall be placed on a list in 
the order of their precedence, and they shall be promoted as if they 
had been selected for promotion in the approved report of a selection 
board convened under the provisions of title 14, United States Code, as 
amended by this Act. 
(b) Reserve officers who have failed of selection for promotion to 
the next higher grade under laws and regulations in effect the day 
before the effective date of this Act shall be deemed to have failed of 
selection for promotion to the next higher grade under the provisions 
of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act. 
(c) The enactment of this Act does not terminate the appointment 
of any officer. 
Approved September 18, 1970. 
80 Stat. 424. 
63 Stat. 496. 
Public Law 91-403 
A N A C T 
September 18, 1970 
To ieiinlnirf>e the Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Keservation for tribal 
[H. R. 16416] 
funds that were used to construct, operate, and maintain the Uintalt Indian 
irrigation project, Utah, and for other purposes. 
Be it iruicted hy the Senate and House of Reprcifcntative.s of thv 
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ted. Stat en of Aw erica in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized to reimburse the Ute Indian Tribe of the 
I'intah and Ouray Reservation in Utah for tribal funds that have been 
used for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Uintah 
Iiulian irrigation project, Utah, computed and adjusted as follows: 
(a) With resi)ect to construction charges, the tribal funds originally 
involved amounted to $920,112.74. From that sum there shall be 
deducted the amount of $275,864.25, which represents a reimbursement 
of tribal construction funds under a judgment of the United States 
Court of Claims for the portion of the construction costs chargeable 
against non-Indian lands. From the balance so calculated, there shall be 
deducted an amount equal to the construction charges against irrigable 
land (determined according to the appro\ed designation of 19(54) 
which were collected from the proceeds of sales of land and deposited 
in the tribal accounts. From the balance so calculated there shall be 
deducted $1,250, which rei)resents the tribal funds used to purchase 
the following described lands, title to which was taken in the name of 
the United States and which hereafter shall be held by the United 
Stat<>,s in trust for the tribe: 
west half southwest quarter southeast (juarter southeast quarter 
section 18, township 1 south, range 1 east, containing 5 acres; 
south half southeast quarter northeast quarter northeast quar-
ter sectifm .36, township 1 south, range 4 west, containing 5 acres; 
northeast quarter northeast quarter southwest quarter section 
82, township 1 north, range 1 west, containing 10 acres; and 
Uintah Indian 
irrigation project, 
Utah. 
Construction 
costs, reimburse-
ment. 
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[84 STAT. 
70 Stat. 936; 
76 Stat. 597. 
25 u s e 677. 
Mixed-blood 
members, pay-
ment. 
Conditions. 
soutlnvest quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter south-
west quarter section 12, township 1 south, range 4 west, containing 
2.5 acres, all in Uinta special base and meridian, Utah. 
The balance so calculated shall be increased by adding interest on the 
amounts that comprise the $920^112.74 from the end of the year in 
whicli each amount was originally used for the project to January 28, 
1958, the date of the Court of Claims judgment, and interest from 
January 28,1958, to the date of this Act on $920,112.74 adjusted by the 
deductions provided for in the foregoing provisions of this subsection. 
(b) With respect to operation and maintenance charges, the tribal 
funds originally involved amounted to $529,828.20. From that smn 
there shall be deducted the amount of $158,856.17, which represents a 
reimbursement of tribal operation and maintenance funds under a 
judgment of the United States Court of Claims for the portion of the 
operation and maintenance costs chargeable against non-Indian lands. 
I'rom the balance so calculated, there shall be deducted an amount 
equal to the operation and maintenance charges against irrigable land 
(determined according to the approved designation of 1964) which 
were collected from the proceeds of sales of land and other sources and 
deposited in tlie tribal accounts. The balance so calculated shall be 
increased by adding interest on the amounts that comprise the 
$529,828.20 from the end of the year in which each amount was origi-
nally used for the project to January 28,1958, the date of the Court of 
Claims judgment, and interest on the amounts that comprise the 
balance calculated pursuant to the first three sentences of this subsec-
tion, from January 28, 1958, or the end of the year in which each 
amount was used for the project to tlie date of this Act. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is autJiorized to reimburse 
Indians and former members of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah 
and Ouray Reservation terminated by the Act of August 27, 1954 (68 
Stat. 868) who sold project lands that were nonirrigable (determined 
according to the approved designation of 1964) for the construction, 
operation, and maintenance charges which were collected from the 
proceeds of such sales. 
SEC. 8. Twenty-seven and (me hundred and sixty-two one-thou-
sandths per centum (27.162 .per centum) of the sum determined to 
be due the tribe under section 1 hereof shall be paid b} the Secretary of 
the Interior, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the 
persons whose names appear on the roll of mixed-blood members that 
was prepared pursuant to section 8 of the Act of August 27, 1954, or 
to their heirs or legatees, under such rules as the Secretary may ])re-
scribe. All claims for payment by mixed-bloods shall be filed not later 
than three years from the date of this Act. Thereafter, all {'laims and 
the right to file the same shall be foreAer barred and the unclaimed 
shares shall revert to the I"te Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray 
Reservation. 
SEC. 4. No part of any of the funds appropriated in accordance with 
the provisions of this Act shall be subject to attorneys' fees. 
SEC. 5. Reimbursement of the Ute Indian Tribe, its member-s, or its 
former members, as provided in this Act shall be regarded as a gratu-
ity, shall not be regarded as the settlement of a claim against the 
United States, shall not be recognized as the basis for any claim 
against the Ignited States, and shall not ])rejudice any litigation now 
pending. 
Approved September 18, 1970. 
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