Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/577

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118 STAT. 547 PUBLIC LAW 108–204—MAR. 2, 2004 (2) affects the operation of any law governing leasing, selling, conveying, warranting, or otherwise transferring any interest in that trust land. SEC. 127. AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any restrictive covenant in effect under, or required by operation of, a State law), title to land that the Secretary of the Interior agrees is to be acquired by the United States in accordance with the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 465), for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians shall be taken in the name of the United States. (b) COVENANTS.—A restrictive covenant referred to in sub section (a) shall be unenforceable against the United States if the land to which the restrictive covenant is attached was held in trust by the United States for, or owned by, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, or an individual member of the Band, before the date on which the restrictive covenant attached to the land. SEC. 128. SAGINAW CHIPPEWA TRIBAL COLLEGE. Section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (22) through (31) as para graphs (23) through (32), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (21) the following: ‘‘(22) Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College.’’. SEC. 129. UTE INDIAN TRIBE; OIL SHALE RESERVE. Section 3405(c) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (10 U.S.C. 7420 note; Public Law 105–261) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) With respect to the land conveyed to the Tribe under subsection (b)— ‘‘(A) the land shall not be subject to any Federal restric tion on alienation; and ‘‘(B) notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the constitution, bylaws, or charter of the Tribe, the Act of May 11, 1938 (commonly known as the ‘Indian Mineral Leasing Act of 1938’) (25 U.S.C. 396a et seq.), the Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982 (25 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.), section 2103 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 81), or section 2116 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177), or any other law, no purchase, grant, lease, or other convey ance of the land (or any interest in the land), and no exploration, development, or other agreement relating to the land that is authorized by resolution by the governing body of the Tribe, shall require approval by the Secretary of the Interior or any other Federal official.’’. TITLE II—PUEBLO OF SANTA CLARA AND PUEBLO OF SAN ILDEFONSO SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. In this title: New Mexico.