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H.R. 4001 · 97th Congress · enacted

A bill to authorize the exchange of certain land held in trust by the United States for the Navajo Tribe, and for other purposes.

Became Public Law No: 97-428.

Latest official action 1983-01-08 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

(Measure passed Senate, amended) Authorizes the exchange of certain land in New Mexico, held in trust by the United States for the Navajo Tribe, for certain other land in New Mexico owned by specified persons. Makes a technical amendment to a specified Federal law relating to the partitioning of certain restricted Indian land in the State of Kansas. Amends the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 to provide that any member of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in or near the Town of Houlton, Maine, shall be eligible for any special programs and services by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians, without regard to the existence of a reservation or of the residence of such member on or near a reservation.

Congressional Research Service · 1982-12-17

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