Pub. L. 102-573, tit. VIII, sec. 812

PRIORITY FOR INDIAN RESERVATIONS.

EnactedYear: 1992Length: 189 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 812. PRIORITY FOR INDIAN RESERVATIONS.Title VIII of the Act (as redesignated by subsections (a) and (b) of section 701 and amended by section 811 of this Act) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “priority for indian reservations “Sec. 824. (a) Beginning on the date of the enactment of this section, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Service shall, in all matters involving the reorganization or development of Service facilities, or in the establishment of related employment projects to address unemployment conditions in economically depressed areas, give priority to locating such facilities and projects on Indian lands if requested by the Indian tribe with jurisdiction over such lands. 106 STAT. 4590 “(b) For purposes of this section, the term “Indian lands” means— “(1) all lands within the limits of any Indian reservation; and “(2) any lands title which is held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual Indian, or held by any Indian tribe or individual Indian subject to restriction by the United States against alienation and over which an Indian tribe exercises governmental power.”.