Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 2 — National Forests
§ 539m. Findings and purposes
Statutory text
Findings
Congress finds that—
in 1748, the Pueblo of Sandia received a grant from a representative of the King of Spain, which grant was recognized and confirmed by Congress in 1858 (11 Stat. 374); and
in 1994, the Pueblo filed a civil action against the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Civil No. 1:94CV02624), asserting that Federal surveys of the grant boundaries erroneously excluded certain land within the Cibola National Forest, including a portion of the Sandia Mountain Wilderness.
Purposes
The purposes of sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title are—
to establish the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area in the Cibola National Forest;
to confirm the status of national forest land and wilderness land in the Area while resolving issues associated with the civil action referred to in subsection (a)(2) and the opinions of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior dated (M–36963; 96 I.D. 331) and (M–37002); and
to provide the Pueblo, the parties to the civil action, and the public with a fair and just settlement of the Pueblo’s claim.
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.
Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2003
Pub. L. 108–7 div. F title IV § 402 · 117 Stat. 11
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 539m
(Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title IV, § 402, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 279.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title IV, § 402, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 279.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of State in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this title”, meaning title IV of div. F of Pub. L. 108–7, , 117 Stat. 279, which is classified generally to sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title. For complete classification of title IV to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title IV, § 415, , 117 Stat. 294, provided that: “The provisions of this title [see Short Title note below] shall take effect immediately on enactment of this Act [].”
Short Title of 2014 Amendment
Pub. L. 113–119, § 1, , 128 Stat. 1185, provided that: “This Act [amending section 539m–11 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act’.”
Short Title
Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title IV, § 401, , 117 Stat. 279, provided that: “This title [enacting this section and sections 539m–1 to 539m–12 of this title, amending section 1746 of Title 43, Public Lands, and enacting provisions set out as a note above] may be cited as the ‘T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act’.”