98 STAT. 316
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PUBLIC LAW 98-344—JULY 9, 1984 That, if the permittee dies within thirty years of the date of enactment of this Act, his spouse or children may assume the permit for the balance of the thirty-year period upon notice to the Pueblo and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (c) If the Pueblo obtains the relinquishment of grazing permits in the Caja del Rio allotment in the Santa Fe National Forest for that number of animal unit months equal to the number of animal unit months provided under permit by the United States Forest Service as of the date of enactment of this Act within that portion of Caja del Rio allotment which overlaps the Santa Cruz Spring tract, then the remaining permittees in the Caja del Rio allotment shall have no further interest in the Santa Cruz Spring tract and no further right to renew their permits within said tract. The remaining permittees of the Caja del Rio allotment shall suffer no diminution of their grazing rights within that portion of the Caja del Rio allotment which does not overlap the Santa Cruz Spring tract. (d) After the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall deposit any and all fees paid by permittees under existing or renewed permits for grazing animal unit months on the Santa Cruz Spring tract into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Pueblo. (e) The Pueblo may obtain the relinquishment of any or all of the permits in the Santa Cruz Spring tract, or as provided in subsection (c) of this section, in the Caja del Rio allotment under such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreeable. In consideration of such relinquishments, the Pueblo is authorized to grant leases, permits, or licenses for agricultural or grazing purposes to existing permittees in lands presently part of the Pueblo Reservation or added thereto pursuant to section 5 of this Act, subject to the approval of the Secretary for terms not to exceed fifty years. The Secretary is authorized to disburse from tribal funds in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Pueblo so much thereof as may be necessary to pay for such relinquishments and for the purchase of any rights or improvements on said lands owned by nonmembers of the Pueblo. The authority to pay for relinquishment of a permit pursuant to this subsection shall not be regarded as a recognition of any property right of the permittee in the land or its resources. SEC. 7. Until such time as the Cochiti Lake Project is deauthorized by the Congress, the Secretary shall give full recognition to all interests in lands acquired by the Department of the Army through fee acquisition and under Memorandums of Agreement with the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, and Energy, the University of New Mexico, and the Pueblo de Cochiti, for the operation and maintenance of Cochiti Lake on a portion of the lands herein declared in trust. SEC. 8. The Secretary shall recognize and grant necessary easements for access on lands described in section 2 of this Act for the following purposes: (1) Access to recreational sites maintained by the United States. (2) Access to parcels of land owned by private parties. (3) Access to lands subject to valid permits as necessary to allow the permittees to exercise rights granted in such permits. The fees charged for any valid utility right-of-way or easement shall not be greater than the current Federal rate for such an easement.
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