PUBLIC LAW 97-459—JAN. 12, 1983 devisees, the fair market value of such interests as determined by the Secretary as of the date of the decedent's death: Provided, That any non-Indian or nonmember spouse and/or children of such decedent who have been devised such interests may retain, at their option, a life estate in such interests, or be compensated by the tribe for the value of such interests. SEC. 207. No undivided fractional interest in any tract of trust or restricted land within a tribe's reservation or otherwise subjected to a tribe's jurisdiction shall descedent by intestacy or devise but shall escheat to that tribe if such interest represents 2 per centiun or less of the total acreage in such tract and has earned to its owner less than $100 in the preceding year before it is duie to escheat. SEC. 208. The Secretary in carrying out his responsibility to regulate the descent and distribution of trust lands under section 1 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 855; 25 U.S.C. 372) as amended, and other laws, shall give full faith and credit to any tribal actions taken pursuant to section 206 of this title, which provision shall apply only to estates of decedent's whose deaths occur on or after the effective date of tribal ordinances adopted pursuant to this title. SEC. 209. The Secretary shall have the authority to issue deeds, patents, or such other instruments of conveyance needed to effectuate a sale or exchange of tribal lands made pursuant to the terms of this title and to remove, at the request of an Indian owner, the trust status of individually held lands or interests therein, where authorized by law. SEC. 210. Title to any land acquired under this title by any Indian or Indian tribe shall be taken in trust by the United States for that Indian or Indian tribe. SEC. 211. All lands or interests in land acquired by the United States for an Indian or Indian tribe under authority of this title shall be exempt from Federal, State and local taxation. Approved January 12, 1983.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 503: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-908 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 97-507 (Comm. on Indian Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): Aug. 20, considered and passed Senate. Dec. 6, considered and passed House, amended. Dec. 19, Senate agreed to House amendments with amendments. Dec. 20, House concurred in Senate amendments.
96 STAT. 2519
25 USC 2206.
25 USC 2207.
Deeds or patents, issuance. 25 USC 2208.
Land title. 25 USC 2209. Tax exemption. 25 USC 2210.
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