Provides that for the purpose of effecting consolidations of land within the Umatilla Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon, and for the purpose of attaining and preserving an economic land base for Indian use, alleviating problems of Indian heirship and assisting in the acquisition, disposition, and other uses of tribal and individually allotted lands of the Umatilla Reservation, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe to: (1) acquire for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation and individual Indians with any funds through purchase, exchange, or relinquishment, any lands, interest in lands, improvements thereon, water rights, or surface rights to lands within, adjacent to, or in close proximity to the boundaries of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, except that such lands or interests acquired for individual Indians shall be within the boundaries of said reservation; (2) sell or approve sales of any tribal trusts lands, any interests therein, or any improvements thereon; (3) exchange any tribally owned lands, interests in lands, or improvements thereon, for any other lands or interests in lands situated within, adjacent to, or in close proximity to the boundaries of such reservation; and (4) accept any transfer of title from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation for any lands or interests in lands within the boundaries of the Umatilla Reservation, and take title to such lands or interests in lands in the name of the United States in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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