U.S. Code as of: 01/02/2006
Section 640d-10 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Pub. L. 93-531, Sec. 11, Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1716; Pub. L. 96-
    305, Sec. 4, July 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 930; Pub. L. 98-603, title I,
    Sec. 106, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3157; Pub. L. 100-666, Secs.
    4(b), 8, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3930, 3933.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, and the Mineral
    Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a),
    are act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, as amended, known as
    the Mineral Leasing Act, which is classified generally to chapter
    3A (Sec. 181 et seq.) of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For
    complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
    note set out under section 181 of Title 30 and Tables.
      The Mining Law of 1872, referred to in subsec. (a), is act May
    10, 1872, ch. 152, 17 Stat. 91, as amended. That act was
    incorporated into the Revised Statutes as R.S. Secs. 2319 to 2328,
    2331, 2333 to 2337, and 2344, which are classified to sections 22
    to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 35, 37, 39 to 42, and 47 of Title
    30. For complete classification of R.S. Secs. 2319 to 2328, 2331,
    2333 to 2337, and 2344 to the Code, see Tables.
      The first year of enactment of this subsection and the second
    year of enactment of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (d),
    probably mean the first and second year after the date of enactment
    of this subsection, which was July 8, 1980.
      Subsection (a)(2) of this section, referred to in subsec. (f)(1),
    (3), means the first paragraph (2) of subsec. (a), relating to
    acceptance of title to private lands.
                               CODIFICATION                           
      In subsec. (e), "chapter 69 of title 31" substituted for "the Act
    of October 20, 1976 (90 Stat. 2662; 31 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)" on
    authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat.
    1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
    Finance.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1988 - Subsecs. (c), (d), (f)(2). Pub. L. 100-666, Sec. 4(b),
    substituted "Commissioner" for "Commission" wherever appearing.
      Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 100-666, Secs. 4(b), 8, substituted "by the
    Commissioner" for "by the Commission" and "December 22, 1974:
    Provided, That the sole authority for final planning decisions
    regarding the development of lands acquired pursuant to this
    subchapter shall rest with the Commissioner until such time as the
    Commissioner has discharged his statutory responsibility under this
    subchapter" for "July 8, 1980, who are awaiting relocation under
    this subchapter".
      Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 100-666, Sec. 4(b), substituted
    "Commissioner" for "Commission" in two places.
      1984 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-603, Sec. 106(2), inserted
    provisions relating to transfer without cost to the Navajo Tribe
    with title taken by the United States in trust for the benefit of
    the Navajo Tribe as part of the Navajo Reservation of all rights,
    title, and interests of the United States in the lands described in
    par. (1), subject to existing leaseholds.
      Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98-603, Sec. 106(1), struck out
    provisions requiring transfer of lands without cost to the Navajo
    Tribe with title taken by the United States in trust for the
    benefit of the Navajo Tribe as part of the Navajo Reservation.
      Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 98-603, Sec. 106(3), added the par. (2)
    relating to interests in lands acquired in New Mexico.
      1980 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-305 substituted provision
    authorizing the Secretary to transfer not more than 250,000 acres
    of land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management to
    the Navajo Tribe, at no cost to the Navajo Tribe, and in order to
    facilitate this transfer, exchange Bureau of Land Management land,
    at equal valuation, for State and private land, and to accept title
    to not more than 150,000 acres of private lands acquired by the
    Navajo Tribe, with title to both the transferred and privately
    acquired lands to be held by the United States in trust for the
    benefit of the Navajo Tribe for provision authorizing the Secretary
    to transfer not more than 250,000 acres of land under the
    jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management to the Navajo Tribe
    providing the Navajo Tribe pay the fair market value of the land
    transferred and providing that title to the transferred land be
    held by the United States for the benefit of the Navajo Tribe.
      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-305 substituted provision requiring a
    border of any parcel of land transferred or acquired to be within
    18 miles of the present boundary of the Navajo Reservation and
    providing that, with the exception of the lands unavailable for
    transfer, any Bureau of Land Management lands within Arizona and
    New Mexico be available for exchange for lands within 18 miles of
    the present boundary of the reservation for provision authorizing
    the United States to take in trust for the benefit of the Navajo
    Tribe any private lands acquired by the Navajo Tribe which are
    contiguous or adjacent to the Navajo Reservation and restricting
    the total acreage of lands transferred or acquired to not more than
    250,000 acres.
      Subsecs. (c) to (i). Pub. L. 96-305 added subsecs. (c) to (i).
                              CHANGE OF NAME                          
      Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of
    Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the
    House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No.
    5, One Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of
    House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on
    Resources of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L.
    104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The
    Congress.
      Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate redesignated
    Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate by section 25 of Senate
    Resolution No. 71, Feb. 25, 1993, One Hundred Third Congress.


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