Southern California Indian Land Transfer Act
PL 100-581 (H.R.2677), enacted 11/01/1988

102 STAT. 2938 
PUBLIC LAW 100-581—NOV. 1, 1988 
Public Law 100-581 
100th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 1, 1988 
To establish procedures for review of tribal constitutions and bylaws or amendments 
[H.R. 2677] 
thereto pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 987). 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I—INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 101. Section 16 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984; 25 
U.S.C. 476) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 16. (a) Any Indian tribe shall have the right to organize for 
its common welfare, and may adopt an appropriate constitution and 
bylaws, and any amendments thereto, which shall become effective 
when— 
(1) ratified by a majority vote of the adult members of the 
tribe or tribes at a special election authorized and called by the 
Secretary under such rules and regulations as the Secretary 
may prescribe; and 
(2) approved by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (d) of 
this section. 
O
b
) Any constitution or bylaws ratified and approved by the Sec-
retary shall be revocable by an election open to the same voters and 
conducted in the same manner as provided in subsection (a) for the 
adoption of a constitution or bylaws. 
(cXl) The Secretary shall call and hold an election as required by 
subsection (a)— 
(A) within one hundred and eighty days after the receipt of a 
tribal request for an election to ratify a proposed constitution 
and bylaws, or to revoke such constitution and bylaws; or 
(B) within ninety days after receipt of a tribal request for 
election to ratify an amendment to the constitution and bylaws. 
(2) During the time periods established by paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) provide such technical advice and assistance as may be 
requested by the tribe or as the Secretary determines may be 
needed; and 
(B) review the final draft of the constitution and bylaws, or 
amendments thereto to determine if any provision therein is 
contrary to applicable laws. 
(3) After the review provided in paragraph (2) and at least thirty 
days prior to the calling of the election, the Secretary shall notify 
the tribe, in writing, whether and in what manner the Secretary has 
found the proposed constitution and bylaws or amendments thereto 
to be contrary to applicable laws. 
(dXD If an election called under subsection (a) results in the 
adoption by the tribe of the proposed constitution and bylaws or 
amendments thereto, the Secretary shall approve the constitution 
and bylaws or amendments thereto within forty-five days after the 
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election unless the Secretary finds that the proposed constitution 
and bylaws or any amendments are contrary to applicable laws. 
(2) If the Secretary does not approve or disapprove the constitu-
tion and bylaws or amendments within the forty-five days, the 
Secretary's approval shall be considered as given. Actions to enforce 
the provisions of this section may be brought in the appropriate 
Federal district court. 
(e) In addition to all powers vested in any Indian tribe or tribal 
council by existing law, the constitution adopted by said tribe shall 
also vest in such tribe or its tribal council the following rights and 
powers: To employ legal counsel, the choice of counsel and fixing of 
fees to be subject to the approval of the Secretary; to prevent the 
sale, disposition, lease, or encumbrance of tribal lands, interests in 
lands, or other tribal assets without the consent of the tribe; and to State and local 
negotiate with the Federal, State, and local governments. The Sec- governments. 
retary shall advise such tribe or its tribal council of all appropria-
tion estimates or Federal projects for the benefit of the tribe prior to 
the submission of such estimates to the Office of Management and 
Budget and the Congress. 
SEC. 102. For the purpose of this Act, the term— 
25 USC 476 note. 
(1) "applicable laws" means any treaty. Executive order or 
Act of Congress or any final decision of the Federal courts 
which are applicable to the tribe, and any other laws which are 
applicable to the tribe pursuant to an Act of Congress or by any 
final decision of the Federal courts; 
(2) "appropriate tribal request" means receipt in the Area 
Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs having administrative 
jurisdiction over the requesting tribe, of a duly enacted tribal 
resolution requesting a Secretarial election as well as a copy of 
the proposed tribal constitution and bylaws, amendment, or 
revocation action; 
(3) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 103. Nothing in this Act is intended to amend, revoke, or 25 use 476 note. 
affect any tribal constitution, bylaw, or amendment ratified and 
approved prior to this Act. 
TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING 
LAWS 
SEC. 201. Subsection (b) of section 3 of the Old Age Assistance 
Claims Settlement Act (98 Stat. 2317; 25 U.S.C. 2302(b)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(h) No payment shall be made to a person under subsection (a) 
with respect to any unauthorized disbursement from the trust estate 
of a deceased Indian if^ 
"(1) the total amount of unauthorized disbursements from 
such trust estate was less than $50; or 
"(2) the payment (not including interest) would be less than 
$10.". 
SEC. 202. Section 4(b) of the Act of September 9, 1988 (Public Law 
100-425) entitled "An Act to establish a reservation for the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, and for 
other purposes" is amended by striking out "4" in the first column 25 use 7i3f 
of the description of the thirty-eighth tract of land listed in that note. 
subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "2". 
SEC. 203. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the plan 
dated July 7, 1988, that was submitted by the Assistant Secretary of 
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the Interior for Indian Affairs to the Congress pursuant to the 
Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act, 87 Stat. 466, 
as amended (25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) for the division and use of the 
judgment funds awarded the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians in 
Docket Numbered 387-85L of the United States Claims Court shall 
take effect upon enactment of this Act: Provided, That in the case of 
the Chickasaw portion of the Plan, instead of the action by the tribal 
governing body or of the Chickasaw electorate, the Plan shall be 
deemed to require the proposal of a budget in accordance with the 
tribe's governing documents, subject to the approval of the Sec-
retary of the Interior. 
SEC. 204. Section 4 of Public Law 99-283 (100 Stat. 404) is amended 
by striking out all that precedes paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"SEC. 4. The balance of the income derived by the Secretary of the 
Interior from the interests in the land described in section 1 that 
was transferred to the Treasury of the United States as miscellane-
ous receipts shall be transferred from the General Fund of the 
Treasury of the United States to, and held in trust by, the Secretary 
of the Interior for use as follows:". 
SEC. 205. Paragraph (1) of section 2(c) of Public Law 96-135 (25 
U.S.C. 472a(cXl)) is amended by striking out "an employee" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "an applicant or employee". 
SEC. 206. Section 23 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 861; 25 
U.S.C. 47) is amended by striking out "products" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "products (including, but not limited to printing, not-
withstanding any other law)". 
SEC. 207. Subsection (c) of section 518 of the Federal Water 
33 use 1377. 
Pollution Control Act is amended by striking out the period at the 
end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", as defined 
in subsection (h) and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Alaska Native 
Villages as defined in Public Law 92-203.". 
SEC. 208. (a) Subsection (h) of section 4 of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act as amended by section 
103 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
25 use 450b. 
Amendments of 1988 is further amended— 
(1) by striking out "by tribal organization" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "by a tribal organization"; and 
(2) by striking out "a tribal organization or a tribal governing 
body" and inserting in lieu thereof "a tribal organization or the 
tribal organization s Indian tribe for purposes of section 102(a) 
of this Act". 
Qa) Subsection (j) of section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act as amended by section 103 of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Amendments of 
1988 is further amended— 
(1) by striking out "Secretary the planning" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "the Secretary for the planning"; and 
(2) by striking out "no contract" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"except as provided the last proviso in section 105(a) of this Act, 
no contract'. 
SEC. 209. Subsection (e) of section 5 of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act as amended by section 104(b) of 
the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act 
25 use 450c. 
Amendments of 1988 is further amended by striking out "to tribes" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "to each tribe'. 
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SEC. 210. Subsection (cX2) of section 102 of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act as amended by section 
201 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
Amendments of 1988 is further amended by striking out "section 
25 use 450f. 
1425 of title 25, United States Code" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"section 3 of the Indian Financmg Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 77; 25 U.S.C. 
1451 et seq,)". 
SEC. 211. Section 109 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act is amended by striking out "after providing 25 use 450m. 
notice and hearing to such tribal organization" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "after providing notice and hearing on the record to such 
tribal organization" and by striking out "in such cases, he shall hold 
a hearing within ten days thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "in 
such cases, he shall provide the tribal organization with a hearing 
on the record within ten days or such later date as the tribgd 
organization may approve.". 
SEC. 212. (a) Subsection (a) of section 110 of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act as amended by section 
201 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
Amendments of 1988 is further amended by striking out "over civil 
25 use 450m-l. 
action" and inserting in lieu thereof "over any civil action". 
(b) Subsection Oa) of section 100 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act as amended by section 201 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Amend-
ments of 1988 is further amended by striking out "an Indian tribe" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "tribal organization" and by striking 
out "such tribe" and inserting in lieu thereof "such tribal 
organization". 
(c) Subsection (c) of section 110 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act as amended by section 201 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Amend-
ments of 1988 is further amended to read as follows: 
25 USC 450m-l. 
"(c) The Equal Access to Justice Act (Pubic Law 96-481, Act of 
October 1, 1980; 92 Stat. 2325, as amended), section 504 of title 5, 
United States (Dode, and section 2412 of title 28, United States Code 
shall apply to administrative appeals pending on or filed after the 
date of enactment of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act Amendments of 1988 by tribal organizations regard-
ing self-determination contracts.". 
SEC. 213. Subsection (c) of the Act of August 31, 1964 (Public Law 
88-540; 78 Stat. 747, 25 U.S.C. 608(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Lands and interests in lands acquired by the Secretary pursu-
ant to section (aXD of this Act and for the benefit of the Yakima 
Indian Nation pursuant to section 5 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 
Stat. 985; 25 U.S.C. 465) shall be held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Yakima Indian Nation.". 
SEC. 214. Section 5 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 985; 25 
U.S.C. 465) is amended by striking out "this Act" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "this Act or the Act of July 28, 1955 (69 Stat. 392), as 
amended (25 U.S.C. 608 et seq.)". 
SEC, 215. Section 816 of the Native American Programs Act of 
1974 is amended by striking out "the preceding fiscal year" in 42 use 2992d. 
subsection (cX2) and inserting in lieu thereof "fiscal year 1987". 
SEC. 216. Subsection fla) of section 5 of Public Law 86-339 (73 Stat. 
604; 25 U.S.C. 955) is amended by the following new sentence at the 
end thereof: "A payment and the income derived therefrom here-
tofore or hereafter made to an allottee as compensation for the 
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43 u s e 1613 
note. 
Claims. 
Garret White. 
Many 
Whitehorse. 
John Benedict 
Renville. 
Mary Lois 
Peterson Munoz. 
acquisition of part or all of the allottee's allotment for a public 
purpose is— 
(1) deemed a cash payment in lieu of an allotment for 
purposes of this subsection; 
(2) deemed a right under subsection (a) of this section; and 
(3) subject to the Act of March 2, 1931, ch. 374, 46 Stat. 1471 
(25 U.S.C. 409a) and the undesignated provision added to the 
Act of Febraury 8,1887, ch. 119, by the Act of June 21,1906, ch. 
3504, 34 Stat. 327 (25 U.S.C. 410).". 
SEC. 217. The Secretary of the Interior shall pay to the Tiospa 
Zina Tribal School from lapsed balances of funds appropriated for 
the Bureau of Indian AfTairs for fiscal year 1987 the amount that 
the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs of the 
Bureau determines that the School should have received that year 
for start-up costs. 
SEC. 218. Subsection (aXD of section 2 of Public Law 94-204 (89 
Stat. 1148), as amended by section 1411(a) of Public Law 96-487 (94 
Stat. 2497), is amended by inserting in the first paragraph after 
"resources of lands" and before "withdrawn" the following: 
", including wildlife proceeds received between the date of with-
drawal and the date of conveyance from harvests on lands conveyed 
pursuant to the Act,". 
TITLE III—TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN LANDS 
HELD IN TRUST FOR THE BLACKFEET TRIBE, AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
SEC. 301. (a) As compensation for and in settlement of all claims 
arising as the result of alleged errors in the Secretary of the 
Interior's approval of purported conveyances of land involved in the 
will of Garret White (also known as Many Whitehorse), upon certifi-
cation by the Secretary of the Interior that the conditions precedent 
in subsection (c) have been met, the Secretary of the Treasury is 
directed to pay as a settlement under 1304(aXl) of title 31, United 
States Ckxle, not to exceed the following sums— 
(1) $50,000.00 to John Benedict Renville of the Blackfeet 
Indian Reservation; 
(2) $58,500.00 to be held in trust by the Secretary of the 
Interior for the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reserva-
tion of Montana; 
(3) $127,000.00 to Mary Lois Peterson Munoz of Cut Bank, 
Montana; and 
(4) $165,535.00, to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in 
trust for John Benedict Renville, less attorney fees paid to the 
attorney for John Benedict Renville as provided in this title. 
(b) The payment and acceptance of such compensation shall be in 
full satisfaction of all claims that the receiving party has against the 
United States or any employee or officer thereof, and against any 
other party, in connection with the purported sale of some five 
hundred and forty acres of trust land involved in the will of Garret 
White to the Blackfeet Tribe approved October 28, 1946, the pur-
ported exchange of some two hundred and eighty acres of the land by 
the Tribe for other land, and the purported acquisition of the two 
hundred and eighty acres by Mary Lois Peterson Munoz. 
(c) E^ch of the following is a condition precedent to any payment 
under subsection (a) of this Act: 
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102 STAT. 2943 
(1) Each of the parties shall execute such releases, convey-
ances, or other documents as the Secretary of the Interior 
determines are necessary to carry out this Act by settling the 
claims and transferring interests in and clearing titles to the 
land involved. The execution of such documents on behalf of the 
Blackfeet Tribe is hereby authorized and is deemed approved 
under Resolution 250-87 of the Blackfeet Tribal Business Coun-
cil and such documents may be executed by the Chairman. The 
Secretary of the Interior may approve and execute on behalf of 
the United States such documents as are necessary to carry out 
this Act. 
(2) The Blackfeet Tribe shall transfer its interests in the 
remaining approximately two hundred and forty acres of land 
acquired by the Tribe on October 28, 1946, to the Secretary of 
the Interior who shall take the interests in trust for John 
Benedict Renville. 
(3) Mary Lois Peterson Munoz shall transfer to the Secretary 
of the Interior all of her interests in the approximately two 
hundred and eighty acres of land which had been acquired by 
the Blackfeet Tribe on October 28, 1946, to the Secretary of the 
Interior who shall take the interests in trust for John Benedict 
Renville. 
(4) A final order has been entered in the civil action entitled 
John Benedict Renville v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians, et al.. No. 
CV-84-41-6F, in the United States District Court for the Dis-
trict 
of Montana 
dismissing with 
prejudice 
all claims, 
crossclaims, counterclaims, third-party claims, and all other 
claims arising out of such civil action. 
(d) The land and the interests therein acquired in trust by the 
Secretary of the Interior under this title shall be subject to the laws 
that would apply if the sale of October 28,1946, had not taken place. 
(e) The amounts paid under subsection (a) of this title to John 
Benedict Renville are subject to section 7 of the Act of October 19, 
1973 (87 Stat. 468; 25 U.S.C. 1407), as amended. 
(f) The amounts paid under subsection (a) of this Act to Mary Lois 
Peterson Munoz shall be considered as funds for condemnation 
proceedings as provided for in section 1033 of the Internal Revenue 
Code. 
(g) No part of any amount paid under this Act in excess of 10 
percent of such amount, including the value of the land returned, 
shall be paid or delivered to, or received by, any agent or attorney 
on account of services rendered John Benedict Renville in connec-
tion with any claim settled under this Act and the same shall be 
unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Violation of 
this subsection shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no 
more than $1,000. 
(h) The Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be made an 
appraisal of the value of the lands described in subsection (b) as of 
the date of enactment of this Act; and the sums paid to the Blackfeet 
Tribe and Mary Lois Peterson Munoz under subsection (a) of this 
Act shall not exceed such appraisal values, plus a reasonable attor-
ney's fee, not to exceed 10 percent of such award, any contract to the 
contrary notwithstanding. Violation of this subsection shall be a 
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no more than $1,000, 
Law 
enforcement and 
crime. 
Law 
enforcement and 
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Public lands. 
Conservation. 
Recreation. 
Washington. 
Oregon. 
Conservation. 
Recreation. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
TITLE IV—COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY FISHING ACCESS 
SITES 
SEC. 401. (a) All Federal lands within the area described on maps 
numbered HR2677 sheets 1 through 12, dated September 21, 1988, 
and on file in the offices of the Secretary of the Interior, the 
Secretary of the Army and the Columbia River Gorge Commission 
shall, on and after the date of enactment of this Act, be adminis-
tered to provide access to usual and accustomed fishing areas and 
ancillary fishing facilities for members of the Nez Perce Tribe, the 
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the 
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
the Army shall— 
(1) identify and acquire additional lands adjacent to the 
Bonneville Pool from willing sellers until such time that at least 
six sites have been acquired adjacent to the Bonneville Pool for 
the purpose of providing access and ancillary fishing facilities 
for the members of the Indian tribes referred to in subsection 
(a); and 
(2) improve the lands referred to in subsections (a) and para-
graph (1) of subsection (b) and maintain such lands until such 
time as the lands are transferred to the Department of the 
Interior for the purpose of maintaining the sites. Such improve-
ments shall include, but not be limited to, camping and park 
facilities to the same standards as those provided in the Na-
tional Park System; all weather access roads and boat ramps; 
docks; sanitation; fish cleaning, curing, and ancillary fishing 
facilities; electrical and sewage facilities; and landscaping; and 
(3) make improvements at existing sites, including but not 
limited to dredging at the site at Wind River, Washington, and 
constructing a boat ramp on or near the site at Cascade Locks, 
Oregon. 
(c) The Secretary of the Army shall treat the costs of implementa-
tion of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) as project costs of the 
Army Corps of Engineers Columbia River projects, and such costs 
shall be allocated in accordance with existing principles of allocat-
ing Columbia River project costs. Funds heretofore and hereafter 
appropriated to the Secretary of the Army for maintenance and 
development of Columbia River projects may be used to defray the 
costs of accomplishing the purposes of this Act. 
(d) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sum not to 
exceed $2,000,000 to implement the purposes of subsection Ot)Xl). 
(e) The Secretary of the Interior shall be vested with the right of 
first refusal, after consultation with the Indian entities in subsection 
(a), to acccept any lands adjacent to the Columbia River within the 
Bonneville, Dalles, and John Day Pools now owned or subsequently 
acquired by any Federal agency and declared to be excess lands or 
otherwise offered for sale or lease by such Federal agency, and upon 
such acceptance, such Federal agency shall transfer such lands to 
the Secretary for the purpose of Indian treaty fishing: Provided 
however, That total acreage of sites provided under this section 
adjacent to the Bonneville Pool of the Columbia River not exceed 
three hundred and sixty acres. 
(0 Nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing, supersed-
ing, or modifying any right, privilege, or immunity granted, re-
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served, or established pursuant to treaty, statute, or Executive order 
pertaining to any Indian tribe, band, or community. 
TITLE V—POTAWATOMI JUDGMENT FUNDS 
SEC. 501. That, notwithstanding any provision of the Act of Octo-
ber 19, 1973 (87 Stat. 466; 25 U.S.C. 1401, et seq.), or any other law, 
regulation, or plan promulgated pursuant thereto, the funds 
appropropriated in satisfaction of the judgment awarded to the 
Wisconsin Band of Potawatomi in docket 28 of the United States 
Claims Court (including all interests and investment income accrued 
thereon) shall be used and distributed as provided in this title. 
SEC. 502. (a) The funds appropriated with respect to the judgment 
awarded the Wisconsin Band of Potawatomi in docket 28 of the 
United States Claims Court (less attorney fees and litigation ex-
penses), including all interest and investment income accrued 
thereon, are allocated as follows: 
(1) **y45i of such funds are allocated to the Hannahville 
Indian Community, and 
(2) 310/4 5 J of such funds shall be allocated to the Forest 
County Potawatomi. 
Ot))(l) The funds allocated to each Indian tribe under subsection (a), Securities. 
and any interest and investment income accrued on such funds, are 
hereby declared to be held in trust by the United States for the 
benefit of such Indian tribe and shall be invested by the Secretary of 
the Interior for the benefit of such Indian tribe. 
(2) The funds held in trust by the United States under paragraph 
(1) for the benefit of an Indian tribe shall be available to the 
governing body of such Indian tribe, on a budgetary basis and 
subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for tribal, 
social, and economic development programs for such Indian tribe. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds held in trust by the United States Taxes. 
under this title (including interest and investment income accrued 
on such funds while such funds are held in trust by the United 
States), and none of the funds made available under this title for 
programs or for distributions under any programs, shall be subject 
to Federal, State, or local income taxes, nor shall such funds nor 
their availability be considered as income or resources or otherwise 
utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance 
or other benefits to which any household or individual would other-
wise be entitled under the Social Security Act or, except for per 
capita payments in excess of $2,000, any other Federal or federally 
assisted program. 
TITLE VI—POTAWATOMI TRUST LANDS 
SEC. 601. (a) All rights, title and interests of the United States in Wisconsin. 
the surface and mineral estate of approximately 11,300 acres of land 
located in Forest County and Oconto County, Wisconsin, that was 
acquired by the United States by reason of section 24 of the Act of 
June 30, 1913 (38 Stat. 102), including any improvements on such 
land, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for 
the benefit and use of the Forest County Potawatomi Community of 
Wisconsin and such land is hereby declared to be the reservation of 
the Forest CJounty Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin. 
(b) All rights, title, and interests of the United States in the Michigan. 
surface and mineral estates of approximately 3,359 acres of land 
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Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
Minerals and 
mining. 
located in Menominee County, Michigan, that was acquired by the 
United States by reason of section 24 of the Act of June 30, 1913 (38 
Stat. 102), including any improvements on such lands, are hereby 
declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit and 
use of the Hannahville Indian Community of Michigan, and such 
land is hereby declared to be the reservation of the Hannahville 
Indian Community of Michigan. 
SEC. 602. The Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal 
Register a detailed description of the lands referred to in this title. 
SEC. 603. Nothing in this title shall deprive any person (other than 
the United States) of any lease, right-of-way, mining claim, grazing 
permit, water right, or other right or interest which such person 
may have in the surface or mineral estate of any land referred to in 
section 1 on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. 
Southern 
California 
Indian Land 
Transfer Act. 
TITLE VII—SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIAN LAND 
TRANSFER 
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the "Southern California Indian Land 
Transfer Act". 
SEC. 702. LANDS HELD IN TRUST FOR VARIOUS GROUPS AND BANDS OF 
MISSION INDIANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 3, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the lands described in subsection 0?) in 
connection with each band or group of Mission Indians listed in the 
table contained in such subsection (including all improvements on 
such land and appurtenances to such land) are hereby declared— 
(1) to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
such band or group listed in such table, and 
(2) to be part of the reservation listed in connection with each 
such band or group in such table. 
(b) LAND DESCRIBED.— 
(1) The lands referred to in subsection (a) are the lands which 
are described in paragraph (2) and are adjacent to the reserva-
tion of a band or group of Mission Indians, as listed in the 
following table and generally described as "Lands identified in 
the Proposed So. California Indian Land Transfer Act" and 
depicted on the map entitled "Southern California Indian Land 
Transfer Act Map", May 1988: 
Band or group of Mission Indians 
Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band 
Cahuilla Band 
Campo Band 
La Jolla Band 
La Posta 
Mesa Grande Band 
Morongo Band 
PalaBand 
Pechanga Band 
Rincon Band 
Soboba 
Dximaie 
reage 
722.86 
611.88 
470.28 
355.51 
84.20 
800.00 
107.00 
415.00 
302.64 
320.00 
880.00 
Reservation 
Barona 
Ranch 
Cahuilla 
Campo 
La Jolla 
La Posta 
Mesa Grande 
Morongo 
Pala 
Pechanga 
Rincon 
Soboba. 
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(2) The lands described in this paragraph are as follows: 
(A) Lands with respect to the Barona Group of Capitan 
Grande Band: 
T. 14S., R. IE., SBM 
Section 13, NEy4, Ny2SEy4; 
T. 14S., R. 2E., SBM 
Section 7, Lots 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 21 and 22, Ey2NEy4, 
NEy4Swy4, SEy4; 
Section 18, Lot 1, Wy2NEy4, NEy4NWy4; 
(B) Lands with respect to the Cahuilla Band: 
T. 8S., R. 2E., SBM 
Section 11, Lots 5 through 8, 11, and 12; 
Section 12, Lots 17 through 19; 
T. 8S., R. 3E., SBM 
Section 7, Lots 8 through 15; 
Section 8, Lots 7, 8, and 12; 
(C) Lands with respect to the Campo Band: 
T. 17S., R. 6E., SBM 
Section 17, Sy2NEy4, SEy4; 
Section 35, Lots 3, 5, and 7, NyaSya; 
Section 36, Lots 6 and 9; 
(D) Lands with respect to the La JoUa Band: 
T. lis., R. IE., SBM 
Section 2, Lots 1 through 4, Sy2NWy4; 
Section 3, Lots 1 through 3; 
(E) Lands with respect to the La Posta Band: 
T. 17S., R. 6E., SBM 
Section 6, Lots 6 through 8, SWy4NWy4; 
(F) Lands with respect to the Mesa Grande Band: 
T. 12S., R. 2E., SBM 
Section 23, NEy4, Ny2SEy4, Ey2NWy4; 
Section 24, NWy4NWy4, Sy2NWy4, NWy4SWy4, 
sy2swy4; 
Section 25, Ey2NWy4, Wy2NEy4, Wy2SEy4; 
(G) Lands with respect to the Morongo Band: 
T. 3S., R. IE., SBM 
Section 34, Sy2NWy4NWy4; 
T. 3S., R. 2E., SBM 
Section 20, Lot 10; 
Section 
32, 
Wy2NWy4NEy4, 
Ny2SEy4NWy4, 
swy4SEy4Nwy4; 
(H) Lands with respect to the Pala Band: 
T. 9S., R. 2W., SBM 
Section 13, SWyiSW^i (excepting the patented por-
tions of MS 6452 and MS 6848 and excepting those 
portions of public land not contiguous to the Indian 
Reservation); 
Section 14, Wy2Wy2 (excepting the patented portion 
of MS 6458), SEy4SEy4 (excepting the patented portion 
of MS 6452 and excepting those portions of public land 
not contiguous to the Indian Reservation); 
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Section 15, NEy4NEy4, Sy2NEy4, Ey2WV2, SEy4 
(excepting the patented portions of MS 4886, MS 4926, 
and MS 6458); 
(I) Lands with respect to the Pechanga Band: 
T. 8S., R. 2W., SBM 
Section 23, Lots 4 and 5, S y2SW y4, SE y4; 
(J) Lands with respect to the Rincon Band: 
T. IDS., R. IW., SBM 
Section 28, SEy4, Ey2SWy4; 
Section 33, Ny2NEy4; 
(K) Lands with respect to the Soboba Band: 
T. 4S., R. IE., SBM 
Section 20, SEy4SWy4; 
Section 33, Sy2; 
Section 34, Wy2NEy4, Wy2, Wy2SEy4, SEy4SEy4. 
SEC. 703. EXISTING RIGHTS PRESERVED; RIGHT OF CERTAIN CURRENT 
LESSEES TO PURCHASE; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
(a) EXISTING RIGHTS PRESERVED.—The declarations contained in 
section 702 shall not affect— 
(1) any right or interest of any person in any land described in 
such section under any legal right-of-way, mining claim, or 
grazing permit in effect on the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, or 
(2) any other right, title, or interest which such person may 
have in such land on such day. 
(b) RIGHT OF HOLDER OF GRAZING PERMIT TO PURCHASE LANDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who holds a valid grazing permit 
and lease (as such term is defined in section 103(p) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976) with respect 
to any land described in section 702 shall have the right to 
purchase such land before the end of the 1-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this title for the fair 
market value of such land (determined as of the date of pur-
chase) on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the 
Interior may prescribe. The declarations in section 602 relating 
to the trust and reservation status of such land shall take 
effect subject to the right of purchase established under this 
paragraph. 
(2) NOTICE BY SECRETARY REQUIRED.—Before the end of the 30-
day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall notify each person referred to 
in paragraph (1) of the right of purchase established under such 
paragraph. 
(3) PROCEEDS OF SALE TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR INDIANS.—In 
the case of any sale of land under paragraph (1), the proceeds of 
such sale shall be held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior 
for the benefit of the band or group of Mission Indians for whose 
benefit such land is held after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and before such sale. The net income on the amount held in 
trust by such Secretary shall be available for use or obligation 
by such band or group in such manner and for such purposes as 
the Secretary may approve. 
(c) PROCEEDS FROM RENTS AND ROYALTIES TRANSFERRED TO IN-
DIANS.—Amounts which accrue to the United States after the date 
of the enactment of this Act from sales, bonuses, royalties, and 
rentals relating to any land described in section 602 shall be avail-
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able for use or obligation, in such manner and for such purposes as 
the Secretary may approve, by the band or group of Mission Indians 
for whose benefit such land is held after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(d) ADDITIONS TO RESERVATIONS SUBJECT TO LAWS GOVERNING 
EXISTING RESERVATIONS.—Any lands which are held in trust for the 
benefit of any band or group of Indians pursuant to this title shall be 
subject to the laws of the United States relating to Indian land in 
the same manner and to the same extent as the lands comprising 
the reservation of such group or band on the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Approved November 1, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2677: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-453 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) 
Vol. 133 (1987): Dec. 7, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 134 (1988): Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 6, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
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