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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

96 STAT. 1226

Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 97-287—OCT. 6, 1982

in lands exchanged under section 1(a) which existed prior to the enactment of this Act. The development of such interests and the exercise of such rights may only be controlled by the Navajo Tribe or the Secretary of the Interior to the same extent that such development or exercise could have been controlled by the Secretary of the Interior prior to the enactment of this Act. SEC. 4. (a) No exchange shall be made under section 1(a) if, at the time such exchange is proposed, the value of the interests in lands described in section 1(b) which are proposed to be exchanged exceeds an amount equal to 125 percent of the value of interests in lands described in section 1(c) which are proposed to be exchanged. (b)(1) If, at the time of an exchange under section 1(a), the value of the interests in lands described in section 1(b) which are exchanged under section 1(a) exceeds the value of the interests in lands described in section 1(c) which are exchanged under section 1(a), the Secretary of the Interior shall pay to the Navajo Tribe an amount equal to such excess value. (2) If, at the time of any exchange under section 1(a), the value of the interests in lands described in section 1(c) which are exchanged under section 1(a) exceeds the value of the interests in lands described in section 1(b) which are exchanged under section 1(a), the Navajo Tribe shall pay to the United States an amount equal to such excess value. SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums ^g g^j.g necessary to carry out the provisions of section 4(b)(1). Approved October 6, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3589: HOUSE REPORT: No. 97-616 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): July 19, considered and passed House. Aug. 20, considered and passed Senate, amended. Sept. 23, House concurred in Senate amendment.