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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 941k. Non-Reservation properties
(a) Acquisition of non-Reservation properties
The Tribe may draw upon the corpus or accumulated income of the
Catawba Land Acquisition Trust Fund or the Catawba Economic
Development Trust Fund to acquire and hold parcels of real estate
outside the Reservation for the purposes and in the manner
delineated in the Settlement Agreement. Jurisdiction and status of
all non-Reservation lands shall be governed by section 15 of the
Settlement Agreement.
(b) Authority to dispose of lands
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Tribe may lease,
sell, mortgage, restrict, encumber, or otherwise dispose of such
non-Reservation lands in the same manner as other persons and
entities under State law, and the Tribe as land owner shall be
subject to the same obligations and responsibilities as other
persons and entities under State, Federal, and local law.
(c) Restrictions
Ownership and transfer of non-Reservation parcels shall not be
subject to Federal law restrictions on alienation, including (but
not limited to) the restrictions imposed by Federal common law and
the provisions of section 177 of this title.
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