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Public Law 87-695 | Indians. Grazing privileges, Garrison Dam project, N. Dak. |
Public Law 87-695 | 58 Stat. 887. 33 U. S. C. 701-1 et seq. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Subject to the right of the United States to occupy, use, and control the lands acquired by the United States within the Fort Berthold Reservation for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944, approved December 22, 1944, and amendatory laws, as determined necessary by the Secretary of the Army adequately to serve said purposes, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation shall be permitted to graze stock without charge on such former Indian land as the Secretary of the Army determines is not devoted to other beneficial uses, and to lease such land for grazing purposes to members or non-members of the tribes on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. The foregoing grant of grazing privileges shall be subject to rights under existing grazing leases and permits.
Approved, September 25, 1962.