|
U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 640d-13. Relocation of households and members
(a) Authorization; time of completion; prohibition of further
settlement of nonmembers without written approval; limit on
grazing of livestock
Consistent with section 640d-7 of this title and the order of the
District Court issued pursuant to section 640d-2 or 640d-3 of this
title, the Commissioner is authorized and directed to relocate
pursuant to section 640d-7 of this title and such order all
households and members thereof and their personal property,
including livestock, from any lands partitioned to the tribe of
which they are not members. The relocation shall take place in
accordance with the relocation plan and shall be completed by the
end of five years from the date on which the relocation plan takes
effect. No further settlement of Navajo individuals on the lands
partitioned to the Hopi Tribe pursuant to this subchapter or on the
Hopi Reservation shall be permitted unless advance written approval
of the Hopi Tribe is obtained. No further settlement of Hopi
individuals on the lands partitioned to the Navajo Tribe pursuant
to this subchapter or on the Navajo Reservation shall be permitted
unless advance written approval of the Navajo Tribe is obtained. No
individual shall hereafter be allowed to increase the number of
livestock he grazes on any area partitioned pursuant to this
subchapter to the tribe of which he is not a member, nor shall he
retain any grazing rights in any such area subsequent to his
relocation therefrom.
(b) Additional payments to heads of household; time
In addition to the payments made pursuant to section 640d-14 of
this title, the Commissioner shall make payments to heads of
households identified in the report prepared pursuant to section
640d-12 of this title upon the date of relocation of such
households, as determined by the Commissioner, in accordance with
the following schedule:
(1) the sum of $5,000 to each head of a household who, prior to
the expiration of one year after the effective date of the
relocation plan, contracts with the Commissioner to relocate;
(2) the sum of $4,000 to each head of a household who is not
eligible for the payment provided for in clause (1) of this
subsection but who, prior to the expiration of two years after
the effective date of the relocation plan, contracts with the
Commissioner to relocate;
(3) the sum of $3,000 to each head of a household who is not
eligible for the payments provided for in clause (1) or (2) of
this subsection but who, prior to the expiration of three years
after the effective date of the relocation plan, contracts with
the Commissioner to relocate; and
(4) the sum of $2,000 to each head of a household who is not
eligible for the payments provided for in clause (1), (2), or (3)
of this subsection but who, prior to the expiration of four years
after the effective date of the relocation plan, contracts with
the Commissioner to relocate.
(c) Payments to or for any person moving into partitioned area
after May 29, 1974
No payment shall be made pursuant to this section to or for any
person who, after May 29, 1974, moved into an area partitioned
pursuant to section 640d-7 of this title or section 640d-2 or
640d-3 of this title to a tribe of which he is not a member.
|
|