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 PUBLIC LAW 99-221—DEC. 26, 19,85

99 STAT. 1735

Public Law 99-221 99th Congress An Act To authorize the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to lease certain lands held in trust for up to ninety-nine years.

Dec. 26, 1985 [S. 1728]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Cherokee SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the "Cherokee Leasing Act".

Leasing Act. 25 USC 415

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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR 99-YEAR LEASE.

The second sentence of subsection (a) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases" approved August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415), is amended by inserting ", lands held in trust for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma," after "the Twenty-nine Palms Bsind of Luiseno Mission Indians,". SEC. 3. CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE BENEFITS FOR FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WORKING FOR INDIAN TRIBES.

(a) Subsection (e) of section 105 of the Indian Self-Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 450i(a)) is amended by striking out "1985" and inserting instead "1988". (b) Section 210(a)(5)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410(a)(5)(B)(i)) and section 3121(b)(5)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 are each amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of subclause (III), (2) by striking out "; or" at the end of the subclause (IV) and inserting in lieu thereof ", and", and (3) by adding after subclause (IV) the following: "(V) if an individual performing service described in subparagraph (A) returns to the performance of such service after employment (by a tribal organization) to which section 105(e)(2) of the Indian Self-Determination Act applies, then the service performed for that tribal organization shall be considered service described in subparagraph (A); or".

98 Stat. 1122. 98 Stet. 1124. ^6 USC 3121.

25 USC 450i.

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