A bill to authorize the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation to consolidate its landholdings in North Dakota and South Dakota.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion and upon the request of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation or its delegated designated agent in the States of North Dakota and South Dakota, to acquire through purchase, gift, or exchange any lands or interest in lands within the boundaries of the Lake Traverse Reservation in North Dakota and South Dakota for the purpose of consolidating landholdings, eliminating fractional heirship interests in Indian trust lands, providing land for any tribal program for the improvement of the economy of the tribe and its members through the development of industry, recreational facilities, housing projects, and the general rehabilitation and enhancement of the total resource potential of the reservation.
Authorizes the tribe with the approval of the Secretary to sell or exchange any tribal real property not needed or suitable for use by the tribe or so situated or located that it would be to the economic advantage of the tribe to sell or exchange the property.
Measure laid on table in House, S. 1411 passed in lieu.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 93-832.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 93-832.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended.
Measure passed Senate, amended.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 8230.
Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 8230.
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment.
Senate agreed to House amendment.
Measure presented to President.
Enacted as Public Law 93-491
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Measure presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Public law 93-491.
Public law 93-491.