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 98 STAT. 3164 25 USC 331 note.

PUBLIC LAW 98-605—OCT. 30, 1984 (e) Section 7 of such Act is amended to read as follows: RULES GOVERNING DEVOLUTION OF INTERESTS IN OSAGE HEADRIGHTS

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Ante, p. 3163.

"SEC. 7. (a) GENERAL RuLE.—No person who is not an Osage Indian may, on or after October 21, 1978, receive any interest in any headright, other than a life estate in accordance with subsection O X ^ whether such interest would be received by such person O^ut for this subsection) under a will, a testamentary or inter vivos trust, or the Oklahoma laws of intestate succession. "(b) EXCEPTION FOR LIFE ESTATES.—Notwithstanding subsection (a) and subject to section 5(d)(2), an individual who is not an Osage Indian may receive a life estate in any headright held by a testator, settlor, or decedent who is or was an Osage Indian under a will, or under a testamentary trust established by a will, of such testator, an inter vivos trust established by such settlor, or the Oklahoma laws of intestate succession relating to the administration of the estate of such decedent. "(c) SPECIAL RULES GOVERNING INTERESTS IN OSAGE HEADRIGHT UPON DEATH OF INDIVIDUAL W H O HELD LIFE ESTATE IN SUCH HEADRIGHT.— "(1) DESIGNATED OSAGE REMAINDERMEN.—Upon the death of

any individual who is not an Osage Indian and who held a life estate in any headright of a testator or settlor described in subsection (b), all remaining interests in such headright shall vest in any remaindermen who— "(A) are designated in the will of the testator or the instrument establishing the trust of the settlor to receive such remainder interest, and "(B) are Osage Indians. Prohibition.

Prohibition.

"(2) N o DESIGNATED OSAGE REMAINDERMEN.—Upon the death

of any individual who is not an Osage Indian and who held a life estate in any headright of a testator, settlor, or decedent described in subsection (b) who— "(A) did not designate any remainderman who is an Osage Indian to receive any remaining interest in such headright in the will of such testator or instrument of such settlor, or "(B) died intestate, all remaining interests in such headright shall vest in any heirs, as determined under the Oklahoma laws of intestate succession, of such testator, settlor, or decedent who are Osage Indians. "(3) No HEIR WHO IS AN OSAGE INDIAN.—Upon the death of any individual who is not an Osage Indian and who held a life estate in any headright of an Osage testator, settlor, or decedent described in subsection (b) who— "(A) designated no remainderman who is an Osage Indian for any remaining interest in such headright, and "(B) had no heir under the Oklahoma laws of intestate succession who is an Osage Indian and is living at the time of death of the individual who held such life estate, all remaining interests in such headright shall vest in the Osage Tribe of Indians. "(d) LiABiuTY OF TRIBE IN CASE OF REMAINDERMAN OR HEIR WHO

IS NOT AN OSAGE INDIAN.—In any case in which—

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