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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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                           Serial No. 106-56

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