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[CITE: 25USC1771c]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
               CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
 
        SUBCHAPTER V--MASSACHUSETTS INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
 
Sec. 1771c. Conditions precedent to Federal purchase of 
        settlement lands
        

(a) Initial determination of State and local action

    No action shall be taken by the Secretary under section 1771d of 
this title before the Secretary publishes notice in the Federal Register 
of the determination by the Secretary that--
        (1) the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has enacted legislation 
    which provides that--
            (A) the town of Gay Head, Massachusetts, is authorized to 
        convey to the Secretary to be held in trust for the Wampanoag 
        Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. the public settlement lands and 
        the Cook lands subject to the conditions and limitations set 
        forth in the Settlement Agreement; and
            (B) the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. shall 
        have the authority, after consultation with appropriate State 
        and local officials, to regulate any hunting by Indians on the 
        settlement lands that is conducted by means other than firearms 
        or crossbow to the extent provided in, and subject to the 
        conditions and limitations set forth in, the Settlement 
        Agreement;

        (2) the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc., has 
    submitted to the Secretary an executed waiver or waivers of the 
    claims covered by the Settlement Agreement all claims extinguished 
    by this subchapter, and all claims arising because of the approval 
    of transfers and extinguishment of titles and claims under this 
    subchapter; and
        (3) the town of Gay Head, Massachusetts, has authorized the 
    conveyance of the public settlement lands and the Cook Lands \1\ to 
    the Secretary in trust for the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, 
    Inc.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
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(b) Reliance upon Attorney General of Massachusetts

    In making the findings required in subsection (a) of this section, 
the Secretary may rely upon the opinion of the Attorney General of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(Pub. L. 100-95, Sec. 5, Aug. 18, 1987, 101 Stat. 705.)
