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[CITE: 25USC1300n-3]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
             SUBCHAPTER LXXXV--GRATON RANCHERIA RESTORATION
 
Sec. 1300n-3. Transfer of land to be held in trust


(a) Lands to be taken in trust

    Upon application by the Tribe, the Secretary shall accept into trust 
for the benefit of the Tribe any real property located in Marin or 
Sonoma County, California, for the benefit of the Tribe after the 
property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the Secretary and if, 
at the time of such conveyance or transfer, there are no adverse legal 
claims to such property, including outstanding liens, mortgages, or 
taxes.

(b) Former trust lands of the Graton Rancheria

    Subject to the conditions specified in this section, real property 
eligible for trust status under this section shall include Indian owned 
fee land held by persons listed as distributees or dependent members in 
the distribution plan approved by the Secretary on September 17, 1959, 
or such distributees' or dependent members' Indian heirs or successors 
in interest.

(c) Lands to be part of reservation

    Any real property taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe 
pursuant to this subchapter shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.

(d) Lands to be nontaxable

    Any real property taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe 
pursuant to this section shall be exempt from all local, State, and 
Federal taxation as of the date that such land is transferred to the 
Secretary.

(Pub. L. 106-568, title XIV, Sec. 1405, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2940.)
