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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 574a. Acquisition of lands on Wind River Reservation
(a) Authority to hold lands in trust for individual tribe
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to acquire
individually in the name of the United States in trust for the
benefit of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation
or the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, as
appropriate, lands or other rights when the individual assets of
only one of the tribes is used to acquire such lands or other
rights.
(b) Lands remain part of joint Reservation subject to exclusive
tribal control
Any lands acquired under subsection (a) of this section within
the exterior boundaries of the Wind River Reservation shall remain
a part of the Reservation and subject to the joint tribal laws of
the Reservation, except that the lands so acquired shall be subject
to the exclusive use and control of the tribe for which such lands
were acquired.
(c) Income
The income from lands acquired under subsection (a) of this
section shall be credited to the tribe for which such lands were
acquired.
(d) Savings provision
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the joint
acquisition of lands for the benefit of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe
of the Wind River Reservation and the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation.
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