Public Law 92–377

A person who is not an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon shall not be entitled to receive by devise or inheritance any interest in trust or restricted lands within the Warm Springs Reservation or within the area ceded by the treaty of June 25, 1855 (12 Stat. Treaties, 37), if, while the decedent’s estate is pending before the Examiner of Inheritance, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of such person, the fair market value of such interest as determined by the Secretary of the Interior after appraisal. The interest for which payment is made shall be held by the Secretary in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.

On request of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon the Examiner of Inheritance shall keep an estate pending for not less than two years from the date of decedent’s death.

When a person who is prohibited by subsection (a) from acquiring any interest by devise or inheritance is a surviving spouse of the decedent, a life estate in one-half of the interest acquired by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon shall, on the request of such spouse, be reserved for that spouse and the value of such life estate so reserved shall be reflected in the Secretary’s appraisal under subsection (a).