An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to give to the Indians of the Pueblos of Acoma, Sandia, Santa Ana, and Zia the beneficial interest in certain federally owned lands heretofore set aside for school or administrative purposes
PL 89-363 (S.1904), enacted 03/07/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-362-MAR. 7, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 212(a) of such title 38 is amended by inserting 
immediately after the word "delegate", in the first sentence thereof, 
the following: ", or authorize successive redelegation of,". 
(b) Such section 212(a) is further amended by inserting ", redele-
gations," immediately after the word "delegations" in the second 
seiitence thereof. 
Approved March 7, 1966. 
Public Law 89-362 
March 7, 1966 
AN ACT 
[H.R. 11747] 
rj^o amend section 3203, title 38, United States Code, to restrict the conditions 
under which benefits are immediately reduced upon readmission of veterans 
for hospitalization or other institutional care. 
Veterans. 
Hospitalization 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^''^^t^d States of America in Congress assembled^ That the last sen-
benTfur"""" " tence of section 3203 (a) (1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
72 Stat. 1234. 
j^y deleting the comma immediately after the words "upon a succeed-
ing readmission for treatment or care" and inserting "within six 
months from the date of such departure,". 
78 Stat. 504. 
gj,^. 2. Sectlou 3203(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by deleting the comma immediately after "admitted to hospitaliza-
tion" in the third sentence and inserting "within six months from the 
date of such departure,". 
Applicability. 
gj,^,^ 3 rpj^^ amendments made by this Act shall also apply to 
cases in which pension eligibility is subject to the provisions of section 
9(b) of the Veterans' Pension Act of 1959. 
Approved March 7, 1966. 
73 Stat. 436. 
38USC S21note 
Public Law 89-363 
March 7, 1966 
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[s. 1904] 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to give to the Indians of the Pueblos 
of Acoma, Sandia, Santa Ana, and Zia the beneficial interest in certain 
federally owned lands heretofore set aside for school or ~ administrative 
purposes. 
Indians of cei^ 
tain Pueblos 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That when the fol-
Land^."'"" 
lowing identified lands (other than the mineral interests specifically 
excluded in the identification), w'hich were set aside for school or 
administrative purposes, are no longer needed by the United States 
for the administration of Indian Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior 
is authorized to declare, by publication of a notice in the Federal 
Kegister, that the title of the United States to such lands and im-
provements shall thereafter be held in trust for the Indians of the 
Pueblos of Acoma, Sandia, Santa Ana, and Zia as follows: 
(1) Acomita day school site comprising three and five-tenths 
acres, more or less, to the Indians of the Pueblo of Acoma; 
(2) Sandia school site comprising sixty-three one-hundredths 
of an acre, more or less, to the Indians of the Pueblo of Sandia; 
(3) Santa Ana school site comprising two and eighty-one one-
hundredths acres, more or less, excluding mineral interests therein, 
located within the El Ranchito grant, to the Indians of the Pueblo 
of Santa Ana; and 
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(4) Administrative site in the Borrego grant, comprising four 
hmidred and twenty-eight acres, more or less, excluding minerals 
therein, to the Indians of the Pueblo of Zia. 
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 lands and 
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improvements placed in a trust status under the authority of this Act 
should or should not be set off against any claim against the United 
States determined by the Commission. 
Approved March 7, 1966. 
Public Law 89-364 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To cancel any unpaid reimbursable construction costs of the Wind River Indian 
[s. j . Res. 9] 
irrigation project, Wyoming, chargeable against certain non-Indian lands. 
March 8, 1966 
Wind River In-
dian irrigation 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) all reimbursable ^^^ ^ ^
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construction costs heretofore incurred at the Wind Kiver Indian irri- proj'ectVVyo"' 
gation project, Wyoming, shall be allocated against the total irrigable ^^^"s"^''^''""" 
acreage in the project according to the present land classifications. 
(b) The costs so allocated to land that passed out of Indian owner-
ship prior to March 7, 1928, shall be canceled by the Secretary of the 
Interior if the patent from the United States contained no recital to 
the effect that the land is subject to irrigation construction charges, 
and the purchaser did not sign a contract to pay construction charges. 
Such cancellation, however, shall take effect with respect to any indi-
vidual landowner when and only when the said owner obligates him-
self, his heirs, and assigns by contract satisfactory in form and 
substance to the Secretary that he will pay all reasonable construction 
charges incurred after the date of this Act in connection with the 
Wind River Indian irrigation project which are allocated to his land 
as provided in this Act and that such charges, if not paid, shall be a 
lien against the land. 
(c) Land that passed out of Indian ownership prior to March 7, 
^^"'^ subject to 
1928, shall, if the patent from the United States contains a recital to 
the effect that the land is subject to irrigation construction charges, 
either past or future, be subject to a lien in favor of the United States 
for such charges. 
(d) Reimbursable construction charges hereafter incurred at the constmc't-^on''^^ 
Wind River Indian irrigation project, Wyoming, shall be allocated charges! '°" 
against all irrigable acreage in the project according to land classifica-
tions then in effect, shall be a lien against the land, and shall not be 
subject to cancellation on the ground that the land was conveyed with 
a paid-up construction charge. Any such paid-up construction charge 
shall be deemed to mean a construction charge incurred prior to the 
date of this Act. 
Approved March 8, 1966.