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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 608. Purchase, sale, and exchange of land
(a) Authority of Secretary; manner and place
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion, to
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(1) purchase for the Yakima Tribes, with any funds of such
tribes, and to otherwise acquire by gift, exchange, or
relinquishment, any lands or interest in lands or improvements
thereon within the Yakima Indian Reservation or within the area
ceded to the United States by the Treaty of June 9, 1855;
(2) sell or approve sales of any tribal trust lands, any
interest therein or improvements thereon, such sales being
limited to agencies of the Federal, State, or local governments
for recreational, educational, civic, or other public purposes,
and to individual members of the tribes;
(3) exchange any tribal trust lands, including interests
therein or improvements thereon, for any lands situated within
such reservation or the area ceded to the United States by the
treaty of June 9, 1855; and
(b) Multiple ownership of land
Where lands are held in multiple ownership, the Secretary is
authorized to sell and exchange such lands to other Indians or the
Yakima Tribes only if the sale or exchange is authorized in writing
by the owners of at least a majority interest in such lands; except
that no greater percentage of approval of individual Indians shall
be required under sections 608 to 608c of this title than in any
other statute of general application approved by Congress.
(c) Acquisitions to be held in trust
Lands and interests in lands acquired by the Secretary pursuant
to subsection (a)(1) of this section and for the benefit of the
Yakima Indian Nation pursuant to section 465 of this title shall be
held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Yakima
Indian Nation.
(d) Terms and conditions
The Secretary shall obtain the advice and consent of the Yakima
tribal council before entering into any of the above transactions
involving the acquisition or disposition of tribal land. The terms
and conditions of any such transaction, including the price at
which any land is so purchased or sold and the valuation of any
lands so exchanged, shall be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary,
the Yakima tribal council, and the individual Indian or Indians
concerned. Any such exchange of lands shall be effected on the
basis of approximately equal consideration with due allowance for
the value of improvements in determining the value of such lands.
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