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                   INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION ACT AMENDMENTS;
                     AND TO PERMIT THE LEASING OF OIL AND
                      GAS RIGHTS ON NAVAJO ALLOTTED LANDS
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                                 JOINT HEARING

                                   before the

                         COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

                             UNITED STATES SENATE

                                    and the

                             UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
                                REPRESENTATIVES

                         one hundred sixth congress

                                first session

                                  S. 1586

            TO REDUCE THE FRACTIONATED OWNERSHIP OF INDIAN LANDS

                                   and

                             S. 1315, H.R. 3181

    TO PERMIT THE LEASING OF OIL AND GAS RIGHTS ON CERTAIN LANDS
      HELD IN TRUST FORTHE NAVAJO NATION OR ALLOTTED TO A MEMBER
      OF THE NAVAJO NATION, IN ANY CASE IN WHICH THERE IS
      CONSENT FROM A SPECIFIED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE PARCEL
      OF LAND UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR LEASE

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                               November 4, 1999
                                Washington, DC

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