[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4062 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4062

 To require the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain land for 
               the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2002

 Mr. Rehberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain land for 
               the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) The Crow Tribal Council approved of the trade of real 
        estate authorized by this Act in a Quarterly Council Meeting of 
        the Crow Tribal Council duly called, noticed, and held on the 
        8th day of January, 2000, and granted authority to the Officers 
        of the Crow Tribal Council to effectuate the trade.
            (2) On the 18th day of January, 2002, in a letter to the 
        Montana delegation to Congress, the Chairman of the Crow Tribal 
        Council, Mr. Clifford Birdinground, approved the land trade 
        between the Crow Tribe and the Royal Crest Dairy, Inc., a 
        Colorado corporation authorized to do business in Montana.

SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CROW TRIBE OF 
              MONTANA.

    (a) Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Secretary of the Interior shall acquire the land 
        described in subsection (b) pursuant to section 5 of the Act of 
        June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 465) for the benefit of the Crow Tribe 
        of Montana in exchange for approval of the transfer of title in 
        fee simple of the land described in subsection (c) from the 
        Crow Tribe to David A. Miller, DBA Many Creeks Ranch/Miller 
        Cattle Company.
            (2) Trust and reservation status.--The land described in 
        subsection (b) and acquired pursuant to paragraph (1)--
                    (A) shall be--
                            (i) held in trust by the United States for 
                        the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana; and
                            (ii) exempt from State and local taxation 
                        in accordance with section 5 of the Act of June 
                        18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 465); and
                    (B) may be added to the Crow Indian Reservation in 
                accordance with section 7 of the Act of June 18, 1934 
                (25 U.S.C. 467).
    (b) Description of Land To Be Acquired.--The land described in this 
subsection comprises the following approximately 242.48 acres located 
in Montana:
            Township 5 South, Range 36 East, P.M.M.
    Section 2:
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    Section 3:
            Lots 1, 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\.
    (c) Description of Land To Be Transferred.--The land described in 
this subsection comprises the following approximately 160 acres located 
within the Crow Indian Reservation:
            Township 4 South, Range 37 East, P.M.M.
    Section 3:
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    Section 10:
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