Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 6.djvu/178

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106 STAT. 4736 PUBLIC LAW 102-575—OCT. 30, 1992 natural obstructions which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Army, may be detrimental to the Project. The Three Affiliated Tribes, and the owners or their heirs or assigns who reacquired such Isuids pursuant to this title may exercise all other rights and privileges on the land except for those rights and privileges which would interfere with or abridge the rights and easements hereby reserved. (g) PROHIBITIONS.—With respect to any lands described in this section that are below one thousand eight hundred and sixty feet mean sea level, no structures for human habitation shall be constructed or maintained on the land, and no other structures shall be constructed or maintained on the land except as may be approved in Mndting by the Secretary of the Army. (h) EXCAVATION.—With respect to lands described in subsection (a), (b), or (c), no excavation shall be conducted and no landfill placed on the land without approval by the Secretary of the Army as to the location and method of excavation or placement of landfill. (i) DISCLAIMER.—Nothing in this section shall deprive any person of any right-of-way, leasehold, or other right, interest, or claim which such person may have in the lands described in subsections (a), (b), and (c) prior to the date of the enactment of this title. (j) TRUST LANDS.—(1) All rights, title, and interest of the United States in the improvements £Uid recreation facilities described in paragraph (2) are hereby declared to be held in trust by the United States for the Three Affiliated Tribes. (2) The improvements and facilities referred to in paragraph (1) are the Red Butte Bay Public Use Area and the Deepwater Bay Public Use Area. The recreation facilities include those facilities located both above and below contour elevation 1,860 feet mean sea level. (3) The improvements and facilities described in this subsection are transferred as is and without warranty of any kind, and the Corps of Engineers shall have no obligation or responsibility to operate, maintain, repair, or replace any of such improvements or facilities. Operation and maintenance of the improvements and recreational facilities in this subsection shall be the responsibility of the Department of the Interior. SEC. 3609. TRANSFER OF LANDS AT OAHE DAM AND LAKE PROJECT. (a) FORMER TRIBAL LANDS.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (i), the Secretary of the Army shall transfer administrative jurisdiction over the lands described in paragraph (2) (including the improvements thereon) to the Secretary of the Interior to be administered as set out in subsection (c). (2) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are those Federal lands which were acquired from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe by the United States for the Oahe Dam Reservoir Project pursuant to the Act of September 2, 1958 (Public Law 85-915), and— (A) which extend southerly from the south shore of Cannonball River, in Sioux County, North Dakota, to a point along the boundary between the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Indian Reservations, in Dewey County, South Dakota; and (B) which are located at or above contour elevation one thousand six hundred and twenty feet mean sea level. (b) FORMER NONTRIBAL LANDS.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (i), the Secretary of the Army shall transfer administrative jurisdiction over the lands described in paragraph (2) (including