An Act to provide for the use of the tribal funds of the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, to authorize a per capita payment out of such funds, and for other purposes
PL 83-251 (H.R.5328), enacted 08/12/1953

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PUBUC LAW 251-AUG. 12, 1953 
[67 ST A T . 
60 Stat. 762. 
42 u s e 1805. 
48 u s e 432-452. 
30 u s e 
22-263 
passim, 2 7 1-2 7 6, 
281-284. 
SEC. 3. The rights under any mining claim given force and effect 
by this Act shall also be subject to the reservation to the United 
States specified in section 5 (b) (7) of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1946, as amended, and, in addition, any reservation or reservations 
required by any other provision or provisions of law; and any patent 
issued for such mining claim shall contain such reservations. 
SEC. 4. Except as this Act provides for (a) validation of certain 
mining claims located on lands described in section 1 of this Act, and 
(b) the modification and amendment of certain withdrawals or reser-
vations of land, nothing in this Act shall affect any power or author-
ity duly vested in the Atomic Energy Commission or any other 
agency, department or officer of the United States to make leases, 
withdrawals, reservations or other arrangements with respect to 
source materials as defined in section 5 (b) (1) of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1946, as amended. 
SEC. 5. As used in this Act "mineral leasing laws" shall mean the 
Act of October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 741) ; the Act of February 25, 1920 
(41 Stat. 437) ; the Act of April 17, 1926 (44 Stat. 301) ; the Act of 
February 7,1927 (44 Stat. 1057) and all Acts heretofore or hereafter 
enacted which are amendatory of or supplementary to any of the 
foregoing Acts. 
Approved August 12, 1953. 
August 12, 1953 
[H. R. 5328] 
Public Law 251 
CHAPTER 406 
AN ACT 
To provide for the use of the tribal funds of the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute 
Mountain Reservation, to authorize a per capita payment out of such funds, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
TrYbl. **°""*®^" United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand-
ing any other provisions of existing laws, the tribal funds now on 
niMrt! ''^"^ P°^' deposit or hereafter deposited in the United States Treasury to the 
credit of the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 
may be expended or advanced for such purposes and in a manner, 
including per capita payments, the purchase of land or any interests 
therein or improvements thereon and water rights, as may be desig-
nated by the Ute Mountain Tribal Council and approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior: Provided^ That the purchase of taxable 
lands under this authority shall not operate to remove such lands from 
the tax rolls: Provided further^ That neither the transfer to the tribe 
of tribal funds, nor the distribution thereof to individual members of 
the tribe, as provided herein, from those funds consisting of compensa-
tion for lands acquired by the United States Government, shall be 
subject to Federal tax: And 
provided, further^ That any funds 
advanced for loans by the tribe to individual Indians or associations of 
Indians shall be subject to regulations established for the making 
of loans from the revolving loan fund authorized by the Act of June 
18,1934 (25 U. S. C, sec. 470). 
SEC. 2. No part of the funds authorized to be expended or advanced 
pursuant to section 1 shall be paid or disbursed to or received by any 
agent or attorney on account of any contract for services rendered or 
to be rendered or expenses in the preparation of any suit against the 
United States. 
Approved August 12, 1953. 
48 Stat. 986. 
Restriction.