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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 835e. Payment for lands acquired from Spokane and Colville Reservations
As lands or interests in lands are designated from time to time
under sections 835d to 835h of this title, the Secretary of the
Interior shall determine the amount of money to be paid to the
Indians as just and equitable compensation therefor. As to the
tribal lands, the amounts so determined shall be transferred in the
Treasury of the United States from the funds now or hereafter made
available for the construction of the Columbia Basin project to the
credit of the appropriate tribe pursuant to the provisions of
section 155 of title 25. The amounts due individual landowners or
their heirs or devisees shall be paid from funds now or hereafter
made available for the construction of said project to the
superintendent of the Colville Indian Agency or such other officer
as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior for credit
on the books of said agency to the accounts of the individuals
concerned.
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