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[CITE: 25USC621]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
           SUBCHAPTER XX--PUEBLO AND CANONCITO NAVAJO INDIANS
 
Sec. 621. Portions of tribal lands to be held in trust by the 
        United States; remainder to become part of the public domain
        
    Title to the lands and the improvements thereon, lying and situated 
within the State of New Mexico, which have been acquired by the United 
States under authority of title II of the National Industrial Recovery 
Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), the Emergency Relief Appropriation 
Act of April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), section 55 of title I of the Act of 
August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750, 781), the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act 
(50 Stat. 522, 525) and subsequent emergency relief appropriation Acts 
administrative jurisdiction over which has heretofore been transferred 
by the President from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of 
the Interior, to be administered through the Commissioner of Indian 
Affairs for the benefit of the Indians, by Executive Orders Numbered 
7792, 7975, 8255, 8471, 8696, and 8472 and that title to the public 
domain lands and improvements thereon, lying and situated within the 
State of New Mexico, which were withdrawn in aid of proposed legislation 
by the Secretary of the Interior on December 23, 1938, and May 31, 1939, 
and now in use by Pueblo or Canoncito Navajo Indians, excepting those 
portions thereof used by the United States for administrative purposes, 
is declared to be in the United States of America in trust for the 
respective tribes, bands, or groups of Indians occupying and using same 
as a part of their respective existing reservations, subject to valid 
existing rights. The remainder of the aforesaid land is declared to be a 
part of the public domain of the United States and shall be transferred 
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Bureau of Land Management for 
administration under the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 28, 
1934, generally known as Taylor Grazing Act [43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.] (48 
Stat. 1269, as amended). The boundaries and descriptions of the areas to 
become Indian lands and those which are to be transferred to the Bureau 
of Land Management are set out in sections III and IV, respectively, of 
the memorandum of information which is attached to and a part of the 
report of the Secretary of the Interior to the Senate Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs on this subchapter, and such boundaries and 
descriptions are adopted as part of this subchapter and shall be 
published in the Federal Register: Provided, That before said boundaries 
and descriptions are published in the Federal Register as herein 
provided, the Secretary of the Interior may correct any clerical errors 
in section III of said memorandum of information and shall revise the 
same so as to define the areas on that portion of the lands conveyed by 
this subchapter and known as Bell Rock Mesa used and occupied 
respectively by the Laguna Pueblo Indians and the Canoncito Navajo 
Indians.

(Aug. 13, 1949, ch. 425, Sec. 1, 63 Stat. 604.)

                       References in Text

    The National Industrial Recovery Act, referred to in text, is act 
June 16, 1933, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, as amended. Title II of the 
National Industrial Recovery Act was classified principally to 
subchapter I (Sec. 401 et seq.) of chapter 8 of Title 40, Public 
Buildings, Property, and Works, and was terminated June 30, 1943, by act 
June 27, 1942, ch. 450, Sec. 1, 56 Stat. 410. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
    The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 
115), referred to in text, is act Apr. 8, 1935, ch. 48, 49 Stat. 115, 
which was set out as a note under section 728 of Title 15, Commerce and 
Trade.
    Section 55 of title I of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750, 
781), referred to in text, is section 5 of act Aug. 24, 1935, ch. 641, 
title I, 49 Stat. 781, which was not classified to the Code but was 
listed in the Supplementary Legislation note under section 721 of Title 
15.
    The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (50 Stat. 522, 525), referred to 
in text, is act July 22, 1937, ch. 517, 50 Stat. 522, as amended, which 
is classified generally to chapter 33 (Sec. 1000 et seq.) of Title 7, 
Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
section 1000 of Title 7 and Tables.
    The Taylor Grazing Act, referred to in text, is act June 28, 1934, 
ch. 865, 48 Stat. 1269, as amended, which is classified principally to 
subchapter I (Sec. 315 et seq.) of chapter 8A of Title 43, Public Lands. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 315 of Title 43 and Tables.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate abolished 
and replaced by Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, 
Effective Feb. 11, 1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, as amended by Senate Resolution No. 4, Ninety-fifth 
Congress (popularly cited as the ``Committee System Reorganization 
Amendments of 1977''), approved Feb. 4, 1977. Section 105 of Senate 
Resolution No. 4 established a temporary Select Committee on Indian 
Affairs having jurisdiction over matters relating to Indian affairs 
(such matters previously having been within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Interior Ninety-eighth Congress, established the Select 
Committee on Indian Affairs as a permanent committee of the Senate, and 
section 25 of Senate Resolution No. 71, Feb. 25, 1993, One Hundred Third 
Congress, redesignated the Select Committee on Indian Affairs as the 
Committee on Indian Affairs.
