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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 228d. Acquisition of State of Arizona or local lands by donation or exchange; approval for transfer to United States of Indian trust lands

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 228a to 228j of this title (1) land or interest in land owned by the State of Arizona or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired by the Secretary under sections 228a to 228j of this title only by donation or exchange and (2) no land or interest in land, which is held in trust for any Indian tribe or nation, may be transferred to the United States under sections 228a to 228j of this title or for purposes of sections 228a to 228j of this title except after approval by the governing body of the respective Indian tribe or nation.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 93–620 § 5 · 88 Stat. 2089

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 228d

    (Pub. L. 93–620, § 5, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2090.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–620, § 5, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2090.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. prohibition against taking of state or indian lands Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (1) land or interest in land owned by the State of Arizona or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired by the Secretary under this Act only by donation or exchange and (2) no land or interest in land, which is held in trust for any Indian tribe or nation, may be transferred to the United States under this Act or for purposes of this Act except after approval by the governing body of the respective Indian tribe or nation.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 93–620, § 5, , 88 Stat. 2090.)

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