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Ante, p. 544, 25

use 68.

Effective date. 18 USC 437 note. Wa-He-Lute Indian School, tract of land.

Title to land.

PUBLIC LAW 96-277—JUNE 17, 1980 Secretary may declare such transaction to be valid, subject to all valid transactions subsequent to such time. The Secretary may issue or execute such documents as may be necessary or desirable to evidence the validity of such a transaction. A declaration of validity of a transaction pursuant to this section shall be conclusive evidence of such validity notwithstanding the provisions of section 437 of title 18, United States Code; section 2078 of the Revised Statutes; section 14 of the Act of June 30, 1834 (4 Stat. 738); and section 10 of the Act of June 22, 1874 (18 Stat. 177), which may have been in effect at the time of such transaction. SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall take effect sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 5. (a) On and after the effective date of this Act, the following tract of land shall be held by the Secretary of the Interior for the WaHe-Lute Indian School for its use as an Indian school and community center for educational or cultural purposes: Part of Government lot 2, section 8, township 18 north, range 1 east, Willamette meridian, Thurston County, Washington, described more particularly as follows: Government lot 2, section 8, township 18 north, range 1 east, Willamette meridian, Thurston County, Washington, except excluding that portion which begins at the northeast corner of the William Packwood Donation Claim Numbered 37, thence south along the east line of said claim, 655 feet to the point of beginning, thence south 655 feet; thence east 420 feet; thence north 655 feet; thence west 420 feet to place of beginning; all in section 8, township 18 north, range 1 east, Willamette meridian, except including a strip of land 0.7 foot in width, lying along the north boundary of said excluded tract, acquired by the United States of America on February 23, 1942, by Declaration of Taking filed in United States District Court, Western District of Washington, Southern Division. (b) Title to the land described in subsection (a) shall remain in the United States under the administration of the Secretary of the Interior who shall hold the above-described tract of land for the WaHe-Lute Indian School so long as it is used for any of the abovementioned purposes. At such time as the land ceases to be used for the above purposes, title thereto shall be taken in trust for the benefit of Willy Frank, Nisqually Enrollee No. 19 (November 8, 1976), or his heirs. Approved June 17, 1980.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-653 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 96-629 (Comm. on Indian Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 125 (1979): Nov. 27, considered and passed House. Vol. 126 (1980): Mar. 19 considered and passed Senate, amended. June 9, House concurred in Senate amendments Nos. 1 through 17 and concurred in Senate amendment No. 18 with amendments. June 12, Senate concurred in House amendments.

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