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PUBLIC LAW 92-377-AUG. 10, 1972

[86 STAT.

Public Law 92-377 August 10, 1972 [H. R. 5721]

Indians. Confederated T r i b e s of the Warm Springs Reservation, Oreg. Inheritance.

AN ACT Pertaining to the inheritance of enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Conc/ress assembled, SECTION 1. (a) A person who is not an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Sprinj^s Reservation of Oregon shall not be entitled to receive by devise or inheritance any interest in trust or restricted lands within the W a r m Springs Reservation or within the area ceded by the treaty of June 25, 1855 (12 Stat. Treaties, 37), if, while the decedent's estate is pending before the Examiner of Inheritance, the Confederated Tribes of the W a r m Springs Reservation of Oregon pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of such person, the fair market value of such interest as determined by the Secretary of the Interior after appraisal. The interest for which payment is made shall be held by the Secretary in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. (b) On request of the Confederated Tribes of the W a r m Springs Reservation of Oregon the Examiner of Inheritance shall keep an estate pending for not less than two years from the date of decedent's death. (c) When a person who is prohibited by subsection (a) from acquiring any interest by devise or inheritance is a surviving spouse of the decedent, a life estate in one-half of the interest acquired by the Confederated Tribes of the W a r m Springs Reservation of Oregon shall, on the request of such spouse, be reserved for that spouse and the value of such life estate so reserved shall be reflected in the Secretary's appraisal under subsection (a). SEC. 2. The provisions of section 1 of this Act shall apply to all estatfes pending before the Examiner of Inheritance on the date of this Act, and to all future estates, but shall not apply to any estate heretofore closed. Approved August 10, 1972.

Public Law 92-378 August 10, 1972 [H. R. 1682]

Westlands Water District, Calif. Construction c h a r g e s, deferment. 43 USC 3 9 1.

Reassessment.

AN ACT To provide for deferment of construction charges payable by Westlands Water District attributable to lands of the Naval Air Station. Lemoore, California, included in said district, and for other purjwses.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represoitatices of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That construction charges payable by the Westlands Water District to the United States pursuant to contract number 14—06-200-2020A, dated April 1, 1965, or as it may be amended, between the l^'nited States and the district entered into under the Federal reclamation laws, Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), attributable, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, to lands of the United States Naval Air Station, Lemoore, California, as are included in the Westlands Water District shall be deferred except as hereinafter provided, and no assessments shall be made on behalf of such charges against such lands until the Federal title thereto shall have been extinguished, and such lands become subject to assessment, whereupon such deferred charges shall be repaid by the Westlands Water District in not more than forty years from such date.

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