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 107 STAT. 1134 PUBLIC LAW 103-116—OCT. 27, 1993 (6) All Ituids acquired for the Expanded Reservation may be held in trust together with the Existing Reservation which the State is to convey to the United States. (7) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the Secretary from providing technical and financial assistance to the Tribe to fulnll the purposes of this section. (c) EXPANSION ZONES.~ (1) Subject to the conditions, criteria, and procedures set forth in the Settlement Agreement, the Tribe shall endeavor at the outset to acauire contiguous tracts for the Expanded Reservation in the "Catawoa Reservation Primary Expansion Zone", as defined in the Settlement Agreement. (2) Subject to the conditions, criteria, and procedures set forth in the Settlement Agreement, the Tribe m^ elect to purchase contiguous tracts in an alternative area, the "Catawba Reservation Secondary Expansion Zone", as defined in the Settlement Agreement. (3) The Tribe may propose different or additional expansion zones subject to the authorizations required in the Settlement Agreement and the State Act. (d) NON-CONTIGUOUS TRACTS.— The Tribe, in consultation with the Secretary, shall take such actions as are reasonable to expand the Existing Reservation by assembling a composite tract of contiguous parcels that border and surround the Existing Reservation. Before requesting that any non-contiguous tract be placed in Reservation status, the Tribe shall comply with section 14 of the Settlement Agreement. Upon the approval of the Tribe's application under and in accordance with section 14 of the Settlement Agreement, the Secretary, in consultation with the Tribe, may proceed to place non-contiguous tracts in Reservation status. No purchases of non-contiguous tracts shall be made for the Reservation except as set forth in the Settlement Agreement and the State Act. (e) VOLUNTARY LAND PURCHASES.—(1) The power of eminent domain shall not be used by the Secretary or any governmentcd authority in acquiring parcels of land for the benefit of the Tribe, whether or not the parcels are to be part of the Reservation. All such purchases snail be made only from willing sellers by voluntary conveyances subject to the terms of the Settlement Agreement. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section and the provisions of the first section of the Act of August 1, 1888 (ch. 728, 25 Stat. 357; 40 U.S.C. 257), and the first section of the Act of February 26, 1931 (ch. 307, 46 Stat. 1421; 40 U.S.C. 258a), the Secretary or the Tribe may acquire a fractional interest in land otherwise qualifying under section 14 of the Settlement Agreement for treatment as Reservation land for the benefit of the Tribe from the ostensible owner of the land if the Secretary or the Tribe and the ostensible owner have agreed upon the identity of the land to be sold and upon the purchase price and other terms of sale. If the ostensible owner agrees to the sale, the Secretary may use condemnation proceedings to perfect or clear title and to acquire any interests of putative co-tenants whose address is unknown or the interests of unknown or unborn heirs or persons subject to mental disability. (f) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACQUISITION.—A ll properties acquired by the Tribe shall be acquired subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Settlement A^pi-eement. The Tribe and the Secretary, acting on behalf of the Tnbe and with its consent.

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