United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 25. INDIANS |
Chapter 14. MISCELLANEOUS |
SubChapter V. PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES |
§ 463. Restoration of lands to tribal ownership
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(a) Protection of existing rights The Secretary of the Interior, if he shall find it to be in the public interest, is authorized to restore to tribal ownership the remaining surplus lands of any Indian reservation heretofore opened, or authorized to be opened, to sale, or any other form of disposal by Presidential proclamation, or by any of the public-land laws of the United States: Provided, however, That valid rights or claims of any persons to any lands so withdrawn existing on the date of the withdrawal shall not be affected by this Act: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to lands within any reclamation project heretofore authorized in any Indian reservation.
(b) Papago Indians; permits for easements, etc. (1) , (2) Repealed. May 27, 1955, ch. 106, § 1, 69 Stat. 67. (3) Water reservoirs, charcos, water holes, springs, wells, or any other form of water development by the United States or the Papago Indians shall not be used for mining purposes under the terms of this Act, except under permit from the Secretary of the Interior approved by the Papago Indian Council: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as interfering with or affecting the validity of the water rights of the Indians of this reservation: Provided further, That the appropriation of living water heretofore or hereafter affected, by the Papago Indians is recognized and validated subject to all the laws applicable thereto. (4) Nothing herein contained shall restrict the granting or use of permits for easements or rights-of-way; or ingress or egress over the lands for all proper and lawful purposes.
References In Text
“Heretofore”, referred to in subsec. (a), means before
The public-land laws of the United States, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands.
This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(3), is act
Amendments
1955—Subsec. (b)(1). Act
Subsec. (b)(2). Act
Subsec. (b)(4). Act
1937—Subsec. (a). Act
Subsec. (b)(1). Act
Subsec. (b)(2). Act
Subsec. (b)(3). Act
Subsec. (b)(4). Act
Transfer Of Functions
Functions of all other officers of Department of the Interior and functions of all agencies and employees of Department, with two exceptions, transferred to Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff.
Miscellaneous
Pub. L. 85–420, Reservation and State Approximate acreage Klamath River, California 159.57 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 12,877.65 Crow, Montana 10,260.95 Fort Peck, Montana 41,450.13 Spokane, Washington 5,451.00
Act May 27, 1955, ch. 106, § 1, 69 Stat. 67, provided: