Volume 97 · 185
Public Law 98–25
To hold a parcel of land in trust for the Burns Paiute Tribe.
Approved May 2, 1983
Statutory text
An Act
To hold a parcel of land in trust for the Burns Paiute Tribe.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, pursuant to
Burns Paiute Tribe of Indians.
Land held in trust.
section 2 of the Act of November 24, 1942 (56 Stat. 1021, 1022; 25 U.S.C. 373b), the estate of Jesse Joseph James, Burns 144–N1116, consisting of a public domain allotment numbered 144–111, northwest quarter, section 32, township 23 south, range 32 y2 east, Willamette meridian, Harney County, Oregon, is hereby declared to be held in trust by the United States for the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon and part of the Bums Paiute Indian Reservation.
Sec. 2.
Section 2 of the Act of November 24, 1942 (56 Stat. 1022; 25 U.S.C. 373b), is amended by inserting the following immediately before the period at the end thereof: “Provided further, That interests in all Burns public domain allotments located in Harney County, Oregon, belonging to Indians who die intestate without heirs shall be held in trust by the United States for the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon and shall be part of the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation”. However, no non-Indian lands in
Harney County, Oregon, shall be considered Indian country as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code.
Sec. 3.
Section 2 of the Act of November 24, 1942 (56 Stat. 1022; 25 U.S.C. 373b), is amended by deleting “$2,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$50,000”.
Approved May 2, 1983.