An Act to authorize the purchase, sale, exchange, mortgage, and long-term leasing of land by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and for other purposes.
PL 90-534 (S.3182), enacted 09/28/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-534-SEPT. 28, 1968 
Public Law 90-534 
[82 STAT. 
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September 28, 1968 
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[S.3182] 
To authorize the purchase, sale, exchange, mortgage, and long-term leasiing of 
land by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and for other purposes. 
Swinomish In-
dian Tribal 
Community. 
Trust lands. 
Tax exemption. 
Mortgages, 
deeds, etc. 
62 Stat. 939; 
63 Stat. 101; 
79 Stat. 887. 
Moneys or 
credits. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Uoune of RepresentatlreH of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to purchase with funds made available 
by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community any land or interest in 
land within, adjacent to, or in close proximity to the boundaries of 
the Swinomish Indian Eeservation. 
SEC. 2. Any land or interest in land now owned or hereafter acquired 
by or in trust for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community may be 
sold or exchanged for other land or interest in land within, adjacent 
to, or in close proximity to the boundaries of the Swinomish Indian 
Reservation, and the land values involved in an exchange must be 
equal or be equalized by the payment of money. 
SEC. 3. Title to any land acquired pursuant to this Act shall be taken 
in the name of the ITnited States in trust for the Swinomish Indian 
Tribal Community and shall be nontaxable if the land is writhin the 
boundaries of the Swinomish Indian Reservation, and title shall be 
taken in the name of the Community subject to no restrictions on alien-
ation, taxation, management, or use if the land is outside such 
boundaries. 
SEC. 4. The Swinomish Indian Tribal (Community may, with the 
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, execute mortgages or deeds 
of trust to land the title to which is held by the community, or by the 
United States in trust for the community. 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 Washington. The 
United States shall be an indispensable party to, and may be joined in, 
any such proceeding involving trust land with the right to remove 
the action to the United States district court for the district in which 
the land is situated, according to the procedure in section 1446 of title 
28, United States Code, and the LTnited States shall have the right to 
appeal from any order of remand entered in such action. 
SEC. 5. Any moneys or credits received or credited to the Swinomish 
Indian Tribal Community from the sale, exchange, mortgage, or grant-
ing of any security interest in any tribal land may be used for tribal 
purposes. 
SEC. 6. The second sentence of section 1 of the Act of August 9,1955 
(69 Stat. 539), as amended (25 U.S.C. 415), is hereby further amended 
by inserting the words "the Swinomish Indian Reservation," after the 
words "Dania Reservation,". 
SEC. 7. The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community may assign any 
income due it, subject to approval of the Secretary of the Interior. 
Such approval may be given in general terms or may be limited to 
specified assignments. 
Approved September 28, 1968.