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 PUBLIC LAW 98-290—MAY 21, 1984

98 STAT. 201

Public Law 98-290 98th Congress An Act To confirm the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in the State of Colorado and to define jurisdiction within such reservation.

May 21, 1984 [H.R. 4176]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CONGRESSIONAL PURPOSE

1. The purposes of this Act are— (1) to resolve uncertainty over the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation and the status of unrestricted land on such reservation, and (2) to avoid long and costly litigation over issues dependent on reservation or Indian country status.

SECTION

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INDIAN TRUST LAND DEFINED

SEC. 2. For purposes of this Act, the term "Indian trust land" means any land within the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation which— (1) is held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe or individual Indians, or (2) is owned by the United States and reserved for use or actually used in the administration of Indian affairs. Any right-of-way bounded on both sides by Indian trust land shall be Indian trust land. Any other right-of-way shall not be Indian trust land.

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BOUNDARIES OF THE SOUTHERN UTE INDIAN RESERVATION DEFINED

SEC. 3. The Southern Ute Indian Reservation in the State of Colorado is declared to have the following boundaries: (1) Bounded on the north by the southern boundary of the lands— (A) ceded to the United States by certain bands of Ute ' Indians under the Articles of Convention entered into on September 13, 1873, and ratified by the Act approved April 29, 1874 (18 Stat. 36), and (B) described in article I of such Articles of Convention. (2) Bounded on the south by the boundary line between the States of Colorado and New Mexico as described in article II of the treaty between the United States and the Ute Indians concluded March 2, 1868, and proclaimed November 6, 1868 (15 Stat. 619). (3) Bounded on the west by the eastern boundary of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation. (4) Bounded on the east by the southernmost 15 miles of the eastern boundary of the lands reserved to the Ute Indians by article II of the treaty between the United States and the Ute

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