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PUBLIC LAW 95-230—FEB. 15, 1978

Public Law 95-230 95th Congress An Act Feb. 15, 1978 [H.R. 2719]

Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, N. Mex. Payment contract. Payment authorization.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District of New Mexico for the payment of operation and maintenance charges on certain Pueblo Indian lands.

Be it enacted 'by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Act of August 27, 1935 (Ch. 745, 49 Stat. 887), as amended by section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1938 (Ch. 525, 52 Stat. 779), the Act of April 24, 1946 (Ch. 219. 60 Stat. 121), the Act of May 29, 1956 (Public Law 546, 70 Stat. 221), and by the Act of July 27, 1965 (Public Law 89-94, 79 Stat. 285), is further amended by deleting the words "for a period of not to exceed five years." (b) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to make payments under the authority of the Act amended by subsection (a) of this Act for all such periods between the date of expiration or lapse of such Act and the date of enactment of this Act. Approved February 15, 1978.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-570 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 95-575 (Coram, on Indian Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 123 (1977): Sept. 19, considered and passed House. Nov. 3, considered and passed Senate, amended. Vol. 124 (1978): Jan. 31, House concurred in Senate amendments.

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