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[CITE: 25USC1702]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
               CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
 
           SUBCHAPTER I--RHODE ISLAND INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1702. Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter, the term--
        (a) ``Indian Corporation'' means the Rhode Island nonbusiness 
    corporation known as the ``Narragansett Tribe of Indians'';
        (b) ``land or natural resources'' means any real property or 
    natural resources, or any interest in or right involving any real 
    property or natural resource, including but not limited to, minerals 
    and mineral rights, timber and timber rights, water and water 
    rights, and rights to hunt and fish;
        (c) ``lawsuits'' means the actions entitled ``Narragansett Tribe 
    of Indians v. Southern Rhode Island Land Development Co., et al., 
    C.A. No. 75-0006 (D.R.I.)'' and ``Narragansett Tribe of Indians v. 
    Rhode Island Director of Environmental Management, C.A. No. 75-0005 
    (D.R.I.)'';
        (d) ``private settlement lands'' means approximately nine 
    hundred acres of privately held land outlined in red in the map 
    marked ``Exhibit A'' attached to the Settlement Agreement that are 
    to be acquired by the Secretary from certain private landowners 
    pursuant to sections 1704 and 1707 of this title;
        (e) ``public settlement lands'' means the lands described in 
    paragraph 2 of the Settlement Agreement that are to be conveyed by 
    the State of Rhode Island to the State Corporation pursuant to 
    legislation as described in section 1706 of this title;
        (f) ``settlement lands'' means those lands defined in 
    subsections (d) and (e) of this section;
        (g) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior;
        (h) ``settlement agreement'' means the document entitled ``Joint 
    Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Settlement of the Rhode 
    Island Indian Land Claims'', executed as of February 28, 1978, by 
    representatives of the State of Rhode Island, of the town of 
    Charlestown, and of the parties to the lawsuits, as filed with the 
    Secretary of the State of Rhode Island;
        (i) ``State Corporation'' means the corporation created or to be 
    created by legislation enacted by the State of Rhode Island as 
    described in section 1706 of this title; and
        (j) ``transfer'' includes but is not limited to any sale, grant, 
    lease, allotment, partition, or conveyance, any transaction the 
    purpose of which was to effect a sale, grant, lease, allotment, 
    partition, or conveyance, or any event or events that resulted in a 
    change of possession or control of land or natural resources.

(Pub. L. 95-395, Sec. 3, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 813.)
