PUBLIC LAW 98-603—OCT. 30, 1984
98 STAT. 3157
(c) The value of the State and public lands to be exchanged under this section shall be determined as of the date of enactment of this Act. (d) After the receipt of the list of available public lands, if the commissioner of public lands gives notice to the Secretary of the State's selection of lands, the Secretary shall notify the State in writing as to whether the Department of the Interior considers the State and Federal lands to be of approximately equal value. In case of disagreement between the Secretary and the commissioner as to relative value of the acquired and selected lands, the Secretary and the commissioner shall agree on the appointment of a disinterested independent appraiser who will review valuation data presented by both parties and determine the amount of selected land which best represents approximate equal value. Such determination will be binding on the Secretary and the commissioner. The transfer of title to lands or interests therein to the State of New Mexico shall be completed within two years of the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 105. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall exchange any lands held in trust for an Indian whose lands are located within the boundary of the De-na-zin area referred to in section 102(a)(2) at the request of the Indian for whom such land is held in trust. Such lands shall be exchanged for lands approximately equal in value selected by the Indian allottee concerned and such lands so selected and exchanged shall thereafter be held in trust by the Secretary in the same manner as the lands for which they were exchanged. (b) Except as provided herein, nothing in this Act shall affect the transfer to the Navajo Tribe of any lands selected by the Navajo Tribe pursuant to Public Law 93-531 and Public Law 96-305: Provided, however, That, notwithstanding the limitations imposed by section 4 of Public Law 96-305, within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Navajo Tribe, after consultation with the Relocation Commission, shall have the authority to and shall select lands in New Mexico administered by the Bur(;au of Land Management of equal acreage in lieu of the lands which have been previously selected by the Navajo Tribe within the boundaries of the Fossil Forest, as described in section 103(a) of this Act. A border of any parcel of land so selected shall be within eighteen miles of the boundary of the Navajo Reservation described in Executive order dated January 6, 1880. (c) Title to such in lieu selections shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the benefit of the Navajo Tribe as a part of the Navajo Reservation, and shall be subject only to valid existing rights as of December 1, 1983. SEC. 106. Section 11(a) of Public Law 93-531 (25 U.S.C. 640d-10) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by striking out the last sentence, which begins "Such lands"; (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: "Subject to the provisions of the following sentences of this subsection, all rights, title and interests of the United States in the lands described in paragraph (1), including such interests the United States as lessor has in such lands under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, will, subject to existing leasehold interests, be transferred without cost to the Navajo Tribe and title thereto shall be taken by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Navajo Tribe as a part of the Navajo Reservation. So long as selected lands coincide with pending noncompetitive
Indians.
25 USC 640d et seq., 640d note. 25 USC 640d-10.
Mines and mining.
30 USC 181 note.
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