Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 25 : Section 640d-13


   
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.



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