HR 4593 · 96th Congress · Native Americans
A bill to amend the Act of December 22, 1974 (88 Stat. 1712), and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.(1979-06-22)
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Directs the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission to grant life estates to certain lands to Navajo and Hopi individuals and their spouses whom the Commission determines to be eligible applicants according to specified criteria, in order to avoid relocation of such individuals, their spouses, and dependents. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to receive, consider, and pay claims from the Navajo Hopi tribes for compensation for such life estates. Requires that such payments be in lieu of certain rental payments for lands covered by such claims. Directs the Secretary to compensate heads of households receiving such life tenures in land for the fair market value of the habitation and other improvements owned by such heads of households within the areas from which they, but for such tenure, were required to relocate. Requires that such compensation be paid to the estate of such heads of households, in lieu of certain other payments. Requires that such eligible applicants and their spouses and dependents be subject to the jurisdiction of the tribe on whose reservation they reside, except that the land laws of the one tribe shall not apply to members of the other tribe. Direc…
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