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PUBLIC LAW 90-425-JULY 26, 1968

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"(b) The unallotted lands of said tribe of Indians shall be held in common, subject to the control and management thereof as Congress may deem expedient for the benefit of said Indians." SEC. 2. The Northern Cheyenne Tribe is authorized to commence in the United States District Court for the District of Montana an action against the allottees who received allotments pursuant to the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended, their heirs or devisees, either individually or as a class, to determine whether under the provisions of the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended, the allottees, their heirs or devisees, have received a vested property right in the minerals which is protected by the fifth amendment. The United States District Court for the District of Montana shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the action and an appeal from its judgment may be taken as provided by law. If the court determines that the allottees, their heirs or devisees, have a vested interest in the minerals which is protected by the fifth amendment, or if the tribe does not commence an action as here authorized within two years from the date of this Act, the first section of this Act shall ce.ase to have any force or effect, and the provisions of section 3 of the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended by the Acts of July 24, 1947, and September 21, 1961, shall thereupon be carried out as fully as if section 3 had not been amended by this Act. Approved July 24, 1968.

Public Law 90-425 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes.

July 26, 1968 [H-R- 17354]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following th?'inSkrr"and^ sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise Related Agencies appropriated., for the Department of the Interior and related agencies Appropriation Act, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes, ^^^^ namely: TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, and performance of other functions, as authorized by law, in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, $50,751,000.

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