An Act to provide for sale or exchange of isolated tracts of tribal lands on the Flathead Reservation, Montana
PL 90-402 (S.2701), enacted 07/18/1968

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fund by section 3 of this Act may be expended by the Secretary in any 
one fiscal year for such options." 
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^^^- ^- (^) With Tcspect to Ruy property acquired by the Secretary 
est, conveyance, 
of the luterior withiu a unit of the national park system or miscel-
laneous area, except property within national parks, or within national 
monuments of scientific significance, the Secretary may convey a free-
hold or leasehold interest therein, subject to such terms and conditions 
as will assure the use of the property in a manner which is. in the 
judgment of the Secretary, consistent with the purpose for which the 
area was authorized by the Congress. In any case in which the Secre-
tary exercises his discretion to convey such interest, he shall do so 
to the highest bidder, in accordance with such regulations as the Secre-
tary may prescribe, but such conveyance shall ba at not less than the 
fair market value of the interest, as determined by the Secretary; 
except that if any such conveyance is proposed within two years 
after the property to be conveyed is acquired by the Secretary, he 
shall allow the last owner or owners of record of such property thirty 
days following the date on which they are notified by the Secretary in 
writing that such property is to be conveyed within which to notify 
the Secretary that such owners w^ish to acquire such interest. Upon 
receiving such timely request, the Secretary shall convey such interest 
to such person or persons, in accordance with such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe, upon payment or agreement to pay an 
am'^unt equal to the highest bid price. 
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(b) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept title to any 
non-Federal property or interest therein within a unit of the National 
Park System or miscellaneous area under his administration, and in 
excliange therefor he may convey to the grantor of such property or 
interest any Federally-ovv'ned property or interest therein under his 
jurisdiction which he determines is suitable for exchange or other dis-
posal and which is located in the same State as the non-Federal prop-
erty to be acquired: Provided^ Iwtoever, That timber lands subject to 
harvest under a sustained yield program shall not be so exchanged. 
Public hear- 
IJpon requcst of a State or a political subdivision thereof, or of a 
party in interest, prior to such exchange the Secretary or his designee 
shall hold a public hearing in the area where the lands to be exchanged 
are located. The values of the properties so exchanged either shall be 
approximately equal, or if they are not approximately equal, the 
values shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor from 
funds appropriated for the acquisition of land for the area, or to the 
Secretary as the circumstances require. 
Proceeds. 
((.) Xlic procecds received from any conveyance under this section 
shall be credited to the land and water conservation fund in the Treas-
ury of the United States. 
Approved July 15, 1968. 
Public Law 90-402 
July 18, 1968 
AN ACT 
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1,) provide for sale or exchange of isolated tracts of tribal lands on the Flathead 
Reservation, Montana. 
Be It enacted l>y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Flathead Reser- J'n'tfed States of America In Congress assemhJed, That upon request 
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of tliG (^oufederatcd Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Res-
saie or exchange. t'i'\ation, Moutaua, actiug through their governing body, the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to dispose of the following described 
tribal lands within the exterior boundaries of the reservation by 
sale at not less than fair market value or by exchange: Provided^ That 
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the values of any lands so exchanged either shall be approximately 
equal in fair market value, or if they are not approximately equal 
the values shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor or 
to the Secretary as the circumstances require: 
Township 17 north, range 20 west, M.P.M., section 6, lots 2, 3, 
4, containing 118.53 acres. 
Township 18 north, range 21 west, M.P.M., section 20, north 
half north half northw^est quarter southeast quarter, containing 
10.00 acres. 
Township 19 north, range 21 west, M.P.M., section 28 south 
half northeast quarter, containing 80.00 acres. 
Township 20 north, range 21 west, M.P.M., section 1 northeast 
quarter southwest quarter, containing 40.00 acres. 
Township 22 north, range 22 west, M.P.M., section 3 north half 
Eoutheast quarter, containing 80.00 acres. 
Township 19 north, range 23 west, M.P.M., section 5 north-
east quarter southwest quarter, containing 40.00 acres; section 
35 south half northeast quarter, southeast quarter northwest 
quarter, northeast quarter southeast quarter, containing 160.00 
acres. 
Township 20 north, range 23 west, M.P.M., section 15 northeast 
(juarter, southeast quarter northwest quarter, containing 200.00 
acres; section 17 west half southwest quarter, containing 80.00 
acres; section 18 southeast quarter northeast quarter, east half 
southeast quarter, containing 120.00 acres; section 29 northwest 
quarter southwest quarter, containing 40.00 acres; section 30 
northeast quarter southeast quarter, containing 40.00 acres; sec-
tion 29 west half southwest quarter southwest quarter southwest 
quarter, containing 5.00 acres; section 32 northwest quarter north-
west quarter northwest quarter northwest quarter, containing 
2.50 acres. 
Township 22 north, range 23 west, M.P.M., section 9 southwest 
quarter northeast quarter, southeast quarter northwest quarter, 
east half southwest quarter, west half southeast quarter, con-
taining 240.00 acres. 
Township 23 north, range 23 west, M.P.M., section 3 southwest 
quarter northeast quarter, containing 40.00 acres; section 5 west 
half southeast quarter northwest quarter, southwest quarter north-
west quarter, containing 60.00 acres; section 17 southeast quarter 
southeast quarter, containing 40.00 acres; section 19 lots 2 and 4, 
southeast quarter northwest quarter, containing 103.21 acres. 
Township 24 north, range 23 west, M.P.M., section 19, south-
west quarter, northeast quarter, northeast quarter southwest quar-
ter, east half southeast quarter, containing 160.00 acres; section 20, 
southwest quarter southwest quarter, containing 40.00 acres; 
section 30, northeast quarter northeast quarter, containing 40.00 
acres. 
Township 23 north, range 24 west, M.P.M., section 1, north-
east quarter southwest quarter, containing 40.00 acres; section 3, 
northwest quarter southeast quarter, containing 40.00 acres; sec-
tion 24, northeast quarter southeast quarter northeast quarter, 
south half southeast quarter northeast quarter, southeast quarter 
southeast quarter southeast quarter, containing 40.00 acres. 
Township 24 north, range 24 west, M.P.M., section 1, lot 2, 
containing 26.10 acres; section 35, northwest quarter northeast 
quarter, containing 40.0() acres. 
The net proceeds from the sale or exchange of lands pursuant to 
this section shall be used to acquire within a reasonable time additional 
lands within the reservation boundaries in accordance with section 2 
of this Act. 
July 18 , 1968 
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SEC. 2. Upon request of the Confederated Salisli and Kootenai 
Tribes, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire Indian-
or non-Indian-owned lands within the reservation boundaries for 
such tribes, and such lands may be held for tribal use or for sale to 
tribal members. Title to lands acquired pursuant to this authority 
shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribes 
or the tribal member to whom the land is sold. 
Approved July 18, 1968. 
Public Law 90-403 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act relating to the leasing of lands in Alaska for grazing fn order 
to make certain improvements in such Act. 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the 
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection, development, and 
utilization of the public lands in Alaska by establishing an adequate 
system for grazing livestock thereon", approved March 4, 19*27 (44 
Stat. 1452), is amended to read as follows: 
"NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT AND ALTERATION OF GRAZING RIGHTS 
"SEC. 5. Before establishing or altering a district the Secretary 
shall publish once a week for a period of six consecutive weeks in a 
newspaper of general circulation in each judicial division in which 
the district proposed to be established or altered is located, a notice 
describing the boundaries of the proposed district or the proposed 
alteration, announcing the date on which he proposes to establish such 
district or make such alteration and the location and date of hearings 
required under this section. No such alteration shall be made until 
after public hearings are held with respect to such alteration in each 
such judicial division after the publishing of such notice." 
SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (a) of section 7 of such Act of March 4, 
1927, is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 7. (a) A lease may be made for such term as the Secretary 
deems reasonable, but not to exceed fifty-five years, taking into con-
sideration all factors that are relevant to the exercise of the grazing 
privileges conferred." 
(b) Such section 7 is further amended by inserting at the end 
thereof a new subsection as follows: 
"(d) Each lease shall provide that the lessee may negotiate for 
renewal of such lease, subject to the pi'ovisions of this Act, at any 
time during the final five years of the term of such lease." 
SEC. 3. Section 14 of such Act of March 4, 1927, is amended by 
inserting " ( a ) " after "SEC. 14" and by inserting at the end of such 
section a new subsection as follows: 
"(b) The Secretary shall take no action which will adversely affect 
rights under any lease pursuant to this Act until notifying the holder 
of such lease that such action is proposed and giving such holder an 
opportunity for a hearing." 
Approved July 18, 1968.