PUBLIC LAW 98-344—JULY 9, 1984
98 STAT. 315
Public Law 98-344 98th Congress An Act To declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Pueblo de Cochiti.
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 the lands described in section 2 (including all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto) are declared to be held in trust by the United States for the Pueblo de Cochiti (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "the Pueblo"), subject to the provisions of sections 3 and 7. SEC. 2. The lands referred to in the first section are the lands— (1) situated in the counties of Sandoval and Santa Fe in the State of New Mexico, (2) known as the Santa Cruz Spring tract, (3) described on page 6 of the report of Milford T. Keene, Land Surveyor, Southern Pueblos Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Albuquerque, New Mexico, dated February 26, 1981, and (4) recorded in the files of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southern Pueblos Agency. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to deprive any individual or entity of any legal existing right-of-way, legal mining claim, legal grazing permit, legal water right, or other legal right or legal interest such individual or entity may have in the lands described in section 2. SEC. 4. Before the end of the one-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") shall— (1) conduct a cadastral survey of the lands described in section 2, (2) make any correction in the description of such lands which is necessary as a result of such survey, and (3) publish any such correction in the Federal Register. SEC. 5. The lands which are declared to be held in trust by the Secretary pursuant to the first section shall be part of the Pueblo Reservation and shall be subject to the laws and rules of law of the United States relating to Indian lands. Such lands shall not be developed for any use other than a use in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 6. (a) Nonmembers of the Pueblo who, on the date of enactment of this Act, are permittees of lands described in section 2 of this Act shall be given the opportunity to renew their permits under rules and regulations of the Secretary to the same extent and in the same manner that such permits could have been renewed if this Act had not been enacted, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. (b) Permits renewed under subsection (a) of this section shall expire upon the death of the permittee or within thirty years of the date of enactment of this Act, whichever occurs later: Provided,
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