Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/400

 92 STAT. 1680

Title documents.

Roadway right-ofway.

PUBLIC LAW 95-499—OCT. 21, 1978 to be held in trust for the Pueblo of Zia, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit and use of the Pueblo of Zia. SEC. 4. (a) Nothin;^ in this Act shall deprive any person of any valid existing right of use, possession, contract right, interest, or title which that person may have in any of the trust lands within the purview of this Act, or of any existing right of access to public domain lands over and across such trust lands, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. All existing mineral leases involving lands declared to be held in trust by this Act, including oil and gas leases, which may have been issued or approved pursuant to Federal law, prior to enactment of this Act, shall remain in force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all applications for mineral leases involving such lands, including oil and gas leases, pending on the date of enactment of this Act shall be rejected and the advance rental payments returned to the applicants. (b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the property declared to be held in trust by this Act for the benefit and use of the Pueblo of Zia shall hereafter be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to other property held in trust by the United States for the Indian tribe of such pueblo. SEC. 5. All gross receipts (including, but not limited to, bonuses, rents, and royalties) hereafter derived by the United States from any contract, permit, or lease which relates to the property declared to be in trust by this Act received subsequent to the enactment of this Act shall be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to receipts from property held in trust by the United States for Indian tribes. SEC. 6. All property declared to be held in trust for the benefit and use of the Pueblo of Zia pursuant to this Act, and all the receipts therefrom referred to in section 5 of this Act, shall be exempt from Federal. State, and local taxation so long as such property is held in trust by the United States. Any distribution of such receipts to tribal members shall neither be considered as income or resources of such members for purposes of any such taxation nor as income or resources or otherwise utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which such member or his household would otherwise be entitled to under the Social Security Act or any other Federal or federally assisted program. SEC. 7. (a) The Secretary may execute any title documents necessary to effect conveyances authorized by this Act. (b) Title to all lands acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Pueblo of Zia. SEC. 8. The transfer and conveyance of title shall be subject to the following roadway right-of-way to be for the use and benefit of adjacent private landowners, the Bureau of Land Management, its permittees, lessees, successors, and assigns: (1) Access road through Zia Allotment: A road right-of-way 50 feet wide over that portion in southeast quarter section 13, north half section 24, southeast quarter section 23, north half section 26, and north half section 27, all in township 15 north, range 1 east, New Mexico principal meridian.

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