A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, such interests in oil, gas, coal, and other minerals owned or controlled by the Osage Tribe of Indians as are needed for Skiatook Lake, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.
PL 97-142 (H.R.4926), enacted 12/29/1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-142—DEC. 29, 1981 
95 STAT. 1721 
Public Law 97-142 
97th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, 
such interests in oil, gas, coal, and other minerals owned or controlled by the 
Oss^e Tribe of Indians as are needed for Skiatook Lake, Oklahoma, and for other 
purposes. 
Dec. 29,1981 
[H.R. 4926] 
Osage Indians. 
Acquisition of 
mineral 
interests for 
Skiatook 
Lake 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress 
finds that— 
(1) Under the Act of June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. 539; Public Law 
59-321), the Osage Tribal Council is vested with authority to 
administer the Osage mineral estate and that such authority 
includes authority to agree upon compensation to be paid the 
Osage Tribe of Indians for the subordination to be acquired under 
the terms of this Act. 
(2) The Osage Tribal Council and the United States Corps of Payment 
Engineers have agreed that $7,400,000 should be paid to the 
Osage Tribe of Indians as compensation for the acquisition of the 
subordination of the oil, gas, coal, and other minerals owned by 
the Osage Tribe as is necessary for the construction of works 
relating to the Skiatook Lake and the operation and mainte-
nance of such lake. 
SEC. 2. (a) Immediately upon the pajnnent of $7,400,000, as provided 
in subsection (b) of this section, there hereby vests in the United 
States a subordination of such interests in oil, gas, coal, and other 
minerals owned by the Osage Tribe of Indians or held in trust by the 
United States for the benefit of the tribe as are necessary for the 
construction of works relating to Skiatook Lake and the operation 
and maintenance of such lake as a part of the project for improve-
ment of the Verdigris River and tributaries, Oklahoma and Kansas, 
authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 
1180; Public Law 87-874). The nature of the subordination and the 
conditions and restrictions for oil and gas operations within the 
project area are set forth in the agreement between the Osage Tribe 
of Indians and the Secretary of the Army as set out in a resolution of 
the Osage Tribal Council numbered 25-651, dated December 3,1981, 
together with appendices "A (Public Use Areas)"; "A (Reservoir 
Areas)'V'B-1"; and "B-2". 
(b) The payment of $7,400,000 for such subordination shall be made 
by the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior, on 
behalf of the Osage Tribe of Indians. 
(c) The Secretary of the Army is authorized to acquire, by purchase 
or condemnation, a subordination of any interest in oil, gas, coal, and 
other minerals leased by, or on behalf of, the Osage Tribe of Indians 
as are necessary for the Skiatook Lake project referred to in subsec-
tion (a) of 
this section. 
95 STAT. 1722 
PUBLIC LAW 97-142—DEC. 29, 1981 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior, upon payment by the 
Secretary of the Army of the amount authorized by section 1 of this 
Act, is authorized to disburse such payment to the Osage Tribe of 
Indians in accordance with apphcable law. 
Attorney fees. 
SEC. 4. Funds paid to the Osage Tribe of Indians under the 
provisions of this Act shall not be subject to the payment of attorney 
fees. 
Approved December 29, 1981. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4926 (S. 1370): 
HOUSE REPORT No. 97-382 Pt. 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 97-295 accompanying S. 1370 (Ck)mm. on Indian Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 127 (1981): 
Dec. 15, considered and passed House and Senate.