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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 293a. Conveyance of school properties to local school districts or public agencies
The Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized representative,
is authorized to convey to State or local governmental agencies or
to local school authorities all the right, title, and interest of
the United States in any land and improvements thereon and personal
property used in connection therewith heretofore or hereafter used
for Federal Indian school purposes and no longer needed for such
purposes: Provided, That the consent of the beneficial owner shall
be obtained before the conveyance of title to land held by the
United States in trust for an individual Indian or Indian tribe:
Provided further, That no more than fifty acres of land shall be
transferred under the terms of this section in connection with any
single school property conveyed to State or local governmental
agencies or to local school authorities. Any conveyance under this
section shall reserve all mineral deposits in the land and the
right to prospect for and remove such deposits under rules and
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, shall
require the property to be used for school or other public
purposes, and shall require the property to be available to Indians
and non-Indians on the same terms unless otherwise approved by the
Secretary of the Interior. If at any time the Secretary of the
Interior determines that the grantee of any such lands,
improvements, and personal property has failed to observe the
provisions of the transfer agreement and that the failure has
continued for at least one year, he may declare a forfeiture of the
conveyance and the title conveyed shall thereupon revert to the
United States. Such determination by the Secretary of the Interior
shall be final. If the grantee of such land fails for a period of
one year to observe the provisions of the transfer agreement and
the Secretary of the Interior fails to declare a forfeiture of the
conveyance, the former beneficial owner, if an individual Indian or
an Indian tribe, may petition the United States District Court for
the district where the land is located to declare a forfeiture of
the conveyance and to vest the title in the United States, in the
same trust status as previously existed.
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