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PUBLIC LAW 90-534-SEPT. 28, 1968

[82 STAT.

Public Law 90-534 September 28, 1968

[S.3182]

Swinomish Indian T r i b a l Community. Trust lands.

Tax exemption.

Mortgages, deeds, etc.

62 Stat. 939; 63 Stat. 1 0 1; 79 Stat. 887. Moneys or credits.

AN ^ v ^ - i \CT

To authorize the purchase, sale, exchange, mortgage, and long-term leasiing of land by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Uoune of RepresentatlreH of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase with funds made available by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community any land or interest in land within, adjacent to, or in close proximity to the boundaries of the Swinomish Indian Eeservation. SEC. 2. Any land or interest in land now owned or hereafter acquired by or in trust for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community may be sold or exchanged for other land or interest in land within, adjacent to, or in close proximity to the boundaries of the Swinomish Indian Reservation, and the land values involved in an exchange must be equal or be equalized by the payment of money. SEC. 3. Title to any land acquired pursuant to this Act shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and shall be nontaxable if the land is within the boundaries of the Swinomish Indian Reservation, and title shall be taken in the name of the Community subject to no restrictions on alienation, taxation, management, or use if the land is outside such boundaries. SEC. 4. The Swinomish Indian Tribal (Community may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, execute mortgages or deeds of trust to land the title to which is held by the community, or by the United States in trust for the community. Such land shall be subject to foreclosure or sale pursuant to the terms of such mortgage or deed of trust in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington. The United States shall be an indispensable party to, and may be joined in, any such proceeding involving trust land with the right to remove the action to the United States district court for the district in which the land is situated, according to the procedure in section 1446 of title 28, United States Code, and the United States shall have the right to appeal from any order of remand entered in such action. SEC. 5. Any moneys or credits received or credited to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community from the sale, exchange, mortgage, or granting of any security interest in any tribal land may be used for tribal purposes. SEC. 6. The second sentence of section 1 of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539), as amended (25 U.S.C. 415), is hereby further amended by inserting the words "the Swinomish Indian Reservation," after the words "Dania Reservation,". SEC. 7. The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community may assign any income due it, subject to approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Such approval may be given in general terms or may be limited to specified assignments. Approved September 28, 1968.

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