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 94 STAT. 932 Selection authority.

Negotiation authority.

25 USC 640d-22. 25 USC 640d-ll.

Federal agencies, assistance to eommission.

Report to Congress. 25 USC 640d-12.

25 USC 640d-14. Replacement housing.

25 USiC 640d-18.

25 USC 640d-3. Ante, p. 929.

PUBLIC LAW 96-305—JULY 8, 1980 "(h) The lands transferred or acquired pursuant to this section shall be administered by the Commission until relocation under the Commission's plan is complete and such lands shall be used solely for the benefit of Navajo families residing on Hopi-partitioned lands as of the date of this subsection who are awaiting relocation under this Act. "(i) The Commission shall have authority to enter into negotiations with the Navajo and Hopi Tribes with a view to arranging and carrying out land exchanges or leases, or both, between such tribes; and lands which may be acquired or transferred pursuant to this section may, with the approval of the Commission, be included in any land exchange between the tribes authorized under section 23 of this Act.". SEC. 5. Section 12 of the Act of December 22, 1974, is amended by CD inserting, in paragraph (1) of subsection (g), the phrase "an independent legal counsel," after the phrase "Executive Director,"; (2) amending subsection (h) to read as follows: "(h) The Commission is authorized to provide for its own administrative, fiscal, and housekeeping services."; (3) redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j) and inserting new subsection (i) as follows: "(i)(l) The Commission is authorized to call upon any department or agency of the United States to assist the Commission in implementing its relocation plan and completing relocation within the time required by law, except that the control over and responsibility for completing relocation shall remain in the Commission. In any case in which the Commission calls upon any such department or agency for assistance under this section, such department or agency shall provide reasonable assistance so requested. "(2) On failure of any agency to provide reasonable assistance as required under paragraph?!) of this subsection, the Commission shall report such failure to the Congress.". SEC. 6. Clause (5) of section 13(c) of the Act of December 22, 1974, is amended by striking the word "thirty" and inserting, in lieu thereof, the word "ninety". SEC. 7. Section 15 of the Act of December 22, 1974, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (f) as follows: "(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Commission shall on a preferential basis provide relocation assistance and relocation housing under subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section to the head of each household of members of the Navajo Tribe who were evicted from the Hopi Indian Reservation as a consequence of the decision in the case of United States v. Kabinto (456 F. 2d 1087 (1972)): Provided, That such heads of households have not already received equivalent assistance from Federal agencies.". SEC. 8. Section 19 of the Act of December 22, 1974, is amended by adding a new subsection (c) as follows: "(c)(1) Surveying, monumenting, and fencing as required by subsection (b) of this section shall be completed within twelve months after the date of enactment of this subsection with respect to lands partitioned pursuant to section 4 of this Act and within twelve months after a final order of partition with respect to any lands partitioned pursuant to section 8 of this Act. "(2) The livestock reduction program required under subsection (a) of this section shall be completed within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this subsection.".

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