Pub. L. 117-275, sec. 5 (as amended)

REAFFIRMATION OF STATUS AND ACTIONS.

Year: 2022Length: 180 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 5. REAFFIRMATION OF STATUS AND ACTIONS. (a) Administration.—Land placed into trust pursuant to this Act shall— (1) be a part of the Pascua Yaqui Reservation and administered in accordance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to land held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe; and (2) be deemed to have been acquired and taken into trust on September 18, 1978. (b) Rules of Construction.—Nothing in this Act shall— (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right or claim of the Tribe to any land or interest in land in existence before the date of the enactment of this Act; (2) affect any water right of the Tribe in existence before the date of the enactment of this Act; (3) terminate or limit any access in any way to any right-of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, or permitted before the date of the enactment of this Act; or (4) alter or diminish the right of the Tribe to seek to have additional land taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.
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