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[CITE: 25USC575]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
      SUBCHAPTER XV--SHOSHONE TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
 
Sec. 575. Restoration of lands

    The Secretary of the Interior is directed to restore to tribal 
ownership all undisposed-of surplus or ceded lands within the land use 
districts which are not at present under lease or permit to non-Indians; 
and, further, to restore to tribal ownership the balance of said lands 
progressively as and when the non-Indian owned lands within a given land 
use district are acquired by the Government for Indian use pursuant to 
the provisions of sections 571 to 577 of this title. All such 
restorations shall be subject to valid existing rights and claims: 
Provided, That no restoration to tribal ownership shall be made of any 
lands within any reclamation project heretofore authorized within the 
diminished or ceded portions of the reservation.

(July 27, 1939, ch. 387, Sec. 5, 53 Stat. 1129.)


                    Lands Ceded for Riverton Project

    Act Aug. 15, 1953, ch. 509, Sec. 4, 67 Stat. 613, set out as a note 
under section 611 of this title, provided that all lands of the Wind 
River Indian Reservation ceded for the Riverton reclamation project in 
Wyoming and not used for such project were restored to the ownership of 
the Arapaho and Shoshone Tribes.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 571, 577 of this title.
