An Act to declare that certain federally owned lands shall be held by the United States in trust for the Burns Indian Colony, Oregon, and for other purposes
PL 92-488 (H.R.6318), enacted 10/13/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-488-OCT. 13, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
43 
383. 
60 
use 
Stat. 
372, 
1080 
72 Stat. 563. 
16 
Po 
use 
sf, p 
661 
816. 
''SEC. 7. Nothing in tliis Act shall be construed to repeal or limit 
the procedural and substantive requirements of section 8 of the Act 
of June 17,1902 (32 Stat. 388). 
"'SEC. 8. Works financed by loans made under this Act shall be 
subject to all procedural and substantive requirements of the Fish 
and Wildlife (Coordination Act (48 Stat, 401, as amended) ; the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 IT.S.C. 1151) ; and 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 852; 42 
r . S . r . 4321)." 
Approved October 13, 1972. 
October 13, 1972 
[H. R. 6318] 
Public Law 92-488 
AN ACT 
To declare that certain federally owned lands shall be held by the United States 
in trust for the Burns Indian Colony, Oregon, and for other purposes. 
Burns Indian 
Colony, Greg. 
Lands in trust. 
40 u s e 401-411 
note. 
15 u s e 724-728 
note. 
Administration. 
Ante, 
p. 788. 
Claims offset 
against U.S. 
25 u s e 70a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, subject to valid 
existing rights, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States 
in approximately seven hundred and sixty-two acres of land, and the 
improvements thereon, located in sections 1 and 12, towmship 23 south, 
range 30 east, Willamette meridian, Oregon, that were acquired under 
title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933 (48 
Stat. 200), the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of April 8, 1935 
(49 Stat. 115), and section 55 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 
750, 781), and that are now administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior for the benefit of the Burns Indian Colony, Oregon, are hereby 
declared to be held by the United States in trust for said colony, and 
to be an Indian reservation for the use and benefit of said colony. 
SEC. 2. Subject to valid existing rights, there shall also be held in 
trust for such Burns Indian Colony and added to the reservation 
established by section 1 of this Act, that certain parcel of land consist-
ing of ten acres, described as the northwest quarter northwest quar-
ter northwest quarter, section 13, township 23 south, range 30 east, 
Williamette meridian, Harney County, Oregon, which was conveyed 
on March 2, 1928, by warranty deed from the Egan Land Company, 
an Oregon corporation, to the United States of America, and which 
property has been used and occupied since purchase as a permanent 
camp or place of residence for the Burns Indian Colony of Harney 
County. 
SEC. 3. The property subject to this Act shall be administered in 
accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to Indian tribal 
property. 
SEC. 4. Section 1 of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539), as 
amended, is hereby further amended by inserting after "the Fort 
Mojave Reservation" the words "the Burns Paiute Reservation,". 
SEC 5. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine 
in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 
1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the beneficial 
interest conveyed by this Act should or should not be set off against 
any claim against the United States determined by the Commission 
Approved October 13, 1972.