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[CITE: 25USC1707]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
               CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
 
           SUBCHAPTER I--RHODE ISLAND INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1707. Purchase and transfer of private settlement lands


(a) Determination by Secretary; assignment of settlement lands to State 
        Corporation

    When the Secretary determines that the State Corporation described 
in section 1706(a) of this title has been created and will accept the 
settlement lands, the Secretary shall exercise within sixty days the 
options entered into pursuant to section 1704 of this title and assign 
the private settlement lands thereby purchased to the State Corporation.

(b) Moneys remaining in fund

    Any moneys remaining in the fund established by section 1703 of this 
title after the purchase described in subsection (a) of this section 
shall be returned to the general Treasury of the United States.

(c) Duties and liabilities of United States upon discharge of 
        Secretary's duties; restriction on conveyance of settlement 
        lands; affect on easements for public or private purposes

    Upon the discharge of the Secretary's duties under sections 1704, 
1705, 1706, and 1707 of this title, the United States shall have no 
further duties or liabilities under this subchapter with respect to the 
Indian Corporation or its successor, the State Corporation, or the 
settlement lands: Provided, however, That if the Secretary subsequently 
acknowledges the existence of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians, then 
the settlement lands may not be sold, granted, or otherwise conveyed or 
leased to anyone other than the Indian Corporation, and no such 
disposition of the settlement lands shall be of any validity in law or 
equity, unless the same is approved by the Secretary pursuant to 
regulations adopted by him for that purpose: Provided, however, That 
nothing in this subchapter shall affect or otherwise impair the ability 
of the State Corporation to grant or otherwise convey (including any 
involuntary conveyance by means of eminent domain or condemnation 
proceedings) any easement for public or private purposes pursuant to the 
laws of the State of Rhode Island.

(Pub. L. 95-395, Sec. 8, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 816.)
