94 STAT. 3262
PUBLIC LAW 96-557—DEC. 19, 1980
Public Law 96-557 96th Congress An Act Dec. 19, 1980 [H.R. 7147] Mdewakanton Sioux Indians, Minn., U.S. land held in trust.
Notice, publication in Federal Register.
To provide that certain land of the United States shall be held by the United States in trust for certain communities of the Mdewakanton Sioux in Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all right, title, and interest of the United States in those lands (including any structures or other improvements of the United States on such lands) which were acquired and are now held by the United States for the use or benefit of certain Mdewakanton Sioux Indians under the Act of June 29, 1888 (25 Stat. 217); the Act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 980); and the Act of August 19, 1890 (26 Stat. 336), are hereby declared to hereafter be held by the United States— (1) with respect to the some 258.25 acres of such lands located within Scott County, Minnesota, in trust for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; (2) with respect to the some 572.5 acres of such lands located within Redwood County, Minnesota, in trust for the Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota; and (3) with respect to the some 120 acres of such lands located in Goodhue County, Minnesota, in trust for the Prairie Island Indian Community of Minnesota. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall cause a notice to be published in the Federal Register describing the lands transferred by section 1 of this Act. The lands so transferred are hereby declared to be a part of the reservations of the respective Indism communities for which they are held in trust by the United States. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall (1) alter, or require the alteration, of any rights under any contract, lease, or assignment entered into or issued prior to enactment of this Act, or (2) restrict the authorities of the Secretary of the Interior under or with respect to any such contract, lease, or assignment. Approved December 19, 1980.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1409 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 96-1047 (Comm. on Indian Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): Nov. 17, considered and passed House. Dec. 8, considered and passed Senate.
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