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PUBLIC LAW 91-503-OCT. 23, 1970

Public Law 91-501 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to declare that the United States holds in trust for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina certain lands on the Cherokee Indian Reservation heretofore used for school or other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, upon request of the tribal council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina, to declare by publication of a notice in the Federal Register that the United States holds in trust for said band of Indians, subject to valid existing rights, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in any of the federally owned lands within the Cherokee Indian Reservation, together with the improvements thereon, that are now or hereafter become excess to the needs of the government for the administration of Indian affairs, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved October 22, 1970.

October 22, 1970 [H,R,_168111

Cherokee Indians, N. C. Lands in trust. Publication in Federal Register.

Public Law 91-502 AN ACT October 23, 1970

To amend the Central Valley reclamation project to include Black Butte project.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Central Valley project, California, authorized by section 2 of the Act of Congress of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 850), is hereby amended to include the Black Butte project on Stony Creek, which was authorized for construction by the Corps of Engineers by the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887). Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Black Butte project shall be financially integrated with the Central Valley project and coordinated operationally with the other storage units of the Central Valley project by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the Black Butte Dam and Reservoir will be physically operated and maintained by the Corps of Engineers and m a manner compatible with recreational use of the reservoir. Approved October 23, 1970.

[H. R. 18298] Central Valley reclamation proje c t, Calif. Black Butte project.

Public Law 91-503 AN ACT To revise and clarify the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act and the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembted, TITLE I—FEDERAL AID IN WILDLIFE

October 23, 1970 [H. R. 1247S]

of the F i s h and wildlife restoration projects.

RESTORATION

SEC. 101. The first sentence of section 3 of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of September 2, 1937 (16 U.S.C. 669b), is amended to read as follows: "An amount equal to all revenues accruing

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