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quality of such rivers and to fulfill other vital national conservation purposes.

(c) The purpose of this Act is to implement this policy by instituting a national wild and scenic rivers system, by designating the initial components of that system, and by prescribing the methods by which and standards according to which additional components may be added to the system from time to time.

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1SEC. 6. (a) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized to acquire lands and interests in land within the authorized boundaries of any component of the national wild and scenic rivers system designated in section 3 of this Act, or hereafter designated for inclusion in the system by Act of Congress, which is administered by him, but he shall not acquire fee title to an average or more than 100 acres per mile on both sides of the river. Lands owned by a State may be acquired only by donation, and lands owned by an Indian tribe or a political subdivision of a State may not be acquired without the consent of the appropriate governing body thereof as long as the Indian tribe or political subdivision is following a plan for management and protection of the lands which the Secretary finds protects the land and assures its use for purposes consistent with this Act. Money appropriated for Federal purposes from the land and water conservation fund shall, without prejudice to the use of appropriations from other sources, be available to Federal departments and agencies for the acquisition of property for the purposes of this Act.

(b) If 50 per centum or more of the entire acreage within a federally administered wild, scenic or recreational river area is owned by the United States, by the State or States within which it lies, or by political subdivisions of those States, neither Secretary shall acquire fee title to any lands by condemnation under authority of this Act. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall preclude the use of condemnation when necessary to clear title or to acquire scenic easements or such other easements as are reasonably necessary to give the public access to the river and to permit its members to traverse the length of the area or of selected segments thereof.

(c) Neither the Secretary of the Interior nor the Secretary of Agriculture may acquire lands by condemnation, for the purpose of including such lands in any national wild, scenic or recreational river area, if such lands are located within any incorporated city, village, or borough which has in force and applicable to such lands a duly adopted, valid zoning ordinance that conforms with the purposes of this Act. In order to carry out the provisions of this subsection the appropriate Secretary shall issue guidelines, specifying standards for local zoning ordinances, which are consistent with the purposes of this Act. The standards specified in such guidelines shall have the object of (A) prohibiting new commercial or industrial uses other than commercial or industrial uses which are consistent with the purposes of this Act, and (B) the protection of the bank lands by means of acreage, frontage, and setback requirements on development.

(d) The appropriate Secretary is authorized to accept title to nonFederal property within the authorized boundaries of any federally administered component of the national wild and scenic rivers system designated in section 3 of this Act or hereafter designated for inclusion in the system by Act of Congress and, in exchange therefor, convey to the grantor any federally owned property which is under his jurisdiction within the State in which the component lies and which he classifies as suitable for exchange or other disposal. The values of the properties so exchanged either shall be approximately equal or, if they are not approximately equal, shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor or to the Secretary as the circumstances require.

(e) The head of any Federal department or agency having administrative jurisdiction over any lands or interests in land within the authorized boundaries of any federally administered component of the national wild and scenic rivers system designated in section 3 of this Act or hereafter designated for inclusion in the system by Act of Congress in authorized to transfer to the appropriate secretary jurisdic-1tion over such lands for administration in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Lands acquired by or transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purposes of this Act within or adjacent to a national forest shall upon such acquisition or transfer become national forest lands.

(f) The appropriate Secretary is authorized to accept donations of lands and interests in land, funds, and other property for use in connection with his administration of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

(g) (1) Any owner or owners (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as "owner") of improved property on the date of its acquisition, may retain for themselves and their successors or assigns a right of use and occupancy of the improved property for noncommercial residential purposes for a definite term not to exceed twenty-five years or, in lieu thereof, for a term ending at the death of the owner, or the death of his spouse, or the death of either or both of them. The owner shall elect the term to be reserved. The appropriate Secretary shall pay to the owner the fair market value of the property on the date of such acquisition less the fair market value on such date of the right retained by the owner.

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(2) A right of use and occupancy retained pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to termination whenever the appropriate Secre- cupancy. tary is given reasonable cause to find that such use and occupancy is being exercised in a manner which conflicts with the purposes of this Act. In the event of such a finding, the Secretary shall tender to the holder of that right an amount equal to the fair market value of that portion of the right which remains unexpired on the date of termination. Such right of use or occupancy shall terminate by operation of law upon tender of the fair market price.

(3) The term "improved property", as used in this Act, means a detached, one-family dwelling (hereinafter referred to as "dwelling"), the construction of which was begun before January 1, 1967, together with so much of the land on which the dwelling is situated, the said land being in the same ownership as the dwelling, as the appropriate Secretary shall designate to be reasonably necessary for the enjoyment of the dwelling for the sole purpose of noncommercial residential use, together with any structures accessory to the dwelling which are situated on the land so designated.

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To declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Pawnee Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all right, title, and interest of the United States in the following described lands and improvements thereon, embraced in the Pawnee school, and agency reserve, and in four cemetery sites, comprising seven hundred twentysix and three one-hundredths acres, more or less, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, subject to valid existing rights-of-way, and subject to the right of the United States to use, without compensation, a tract

"Improved property."

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October 4, 1968 [H. R. 17023]

82 Stat. 937

Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Act, 1969.

1956

Interdepartmental groups, expenses.

1957

59 Stat. 134.

of land comprising approximately five and forty-six one-hundredths acres, together with facilities located thereon or hereafter installed, which are now used by the United States Public Health Service:

Indian Meridian, Oklahoma

Township 19 north, range 5 east, section 16, southwest quarter southeast quarter southwest quarter.

Township 21 north, range 5 east, section 18, southwest quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter.

Township 22 north, range 4 east, section 32, southwest quarter southwest quarter northeast quarter.

Township 22 north, range 5 east, section 20, northeast quarter southeast quarter southwest quarter; section 32, east half, east half west half; section 33, west half.

excepting therefrom the following lands:

(a) Lot 1, comprising 88.43 acres, more or less, located in the west half east half and east half west half section 32, as shown on General Land Office plat approved November 5, 1907, which has been conveyed to the city of Pawnee;

(b) Lot 2, comprising 12.68 acres, more or less, and lot 3, comprising 12.86 acres, more or less, both located in the west half east half and east half west half section 32, as shown on General Land Office supplemental plat approved February 4, 1920, which has been conveyed to the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Approved, October 2, 1968.

PUBLIC LAW 90-550

AN ACT

Making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commis-
sions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards,
commissions, corporations, agencies, offices, and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1969, and for other purposes, namely:

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SEC. 307. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to finance interdepartmental boards, commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups under sec. 214 of the Independent Offices Appropriation 1Act, 1946 (31 U. S. C. 691) which do not have prior and specific Congressional approval of such method of financial support, except that during the fiscal year 1969, appropriations of interested departments and agencies made in this and other appropriation Acts shall be available, in aggregate amounts not to exceed those listed herein, for contributions toward expenses of the following committees: Presi dent's Council on Youth Opportunity, $357,000; Interagency Committee on Mexican-American Affairs, $485,000; U.S.-Mexico Commission for Border Development and Friendship, $300,000; National Council on Indian Opportunity, $100,000.

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Approved, October 4, 1968.

PUBLIC LAW 90-570

AN ACT

To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize longer term leases of Indian lands
on the pueblos of Cochiti, Pojoaque, Tesuque, and Zuni, in New Mexico.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second
sentence of the first section of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize
the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational,
recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the
grant of long-term leases", approved August 9, 1955 (25 U. S. C. 415), is
amended by inserting immediately after "the Fort Mojave Reserva-
tion," the following: "the pueblo of Cochiti, the pueblo of Pojoaque, the
pueblo of Tesuque, the pueblo of Zuni,".

Approved, October 12, 1968.

PUBLIC LAW 90-575

AN ACT

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, the National Defense Education Act of 1958, the National Vocational Student Loan Insurance Act of 1965, the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, and related Acts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, with the following table of contents, may be cited as the "Higher Education Amendments of 1968".

TITLE III-AMENDMENTS TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT OF 1958

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1 PART F-AMENDMENT TO MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (TITLE X)
PROVISION IN NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT OF 1958 FOR THE
TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, FOR SCHOOLS OF DE-
PARTMENT OF INTERIOR FOR INDIAN CHILDREN, AND FOR OVER-
SEAS DEPENDENT SCHOOLS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

SEC. 351. (a) Section 1008 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended to read as follows:

"ALLOTMENTS TO TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS

"SEC. 1008. The amounts reserved by the Commissioner under sections 302, 312, and 502 shall, in accordance therewith, be allotted among

"(A) Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands according to their respective needs for the type of assistance furnished under the part or title in which the section appears, and

"(B) in the case of amounts so reserved under sections 302 and 502, (i) the Secretary of the Interior, according to the need for such assistance in order to effectuate the purposes of such part or title in schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior, and (ii) the Secretary of Defense according to the need for such assistance in order to effectuate the purposes of such part or title in the overseas dependents schools of the Department of Defense. The terms upon which payments for such purpose shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Defense shall be determined pursuant to such criteria as the Commissioner determines will best carry out the purposes of this title."

October 12, 1968 [H. R. 17684]

82 Stat. 1003

Indians lands, N. Mex.

73 Stat. 597; 77 Stat.

301.

October 16, 1968 [S. 3769]

82 Stat. 1014

Higher Education Amendments of 1968.

11052

11058

20 U. S. C. 588.

20 U. S. C. 442, 482; Ante, p. 1054.

Effective date.

October 17, 1968 [S. 3227]

82 Stat. 1147

Indians.

Southern Paiute Na

tion.

Judgment funds, disposition.

25 U. S. C. 741-760.

Applications.

Apportionment.

(b) Sections 302 (a) (1) and 502 (a) of such Act are each amended by striking out "2 per centum thereof, as he may determine for allotment as provided in section 1008" and inserting in lieu thereof “3 per centum thereof, as he may determine for allotment as provided in section 1008 (A), and such amount, not in excess of 1 per centum thereof, as he may determine for allotment as provided in section 1008 (B)".

(d) The amendments made by this section shall be effective with respect to fiscal years ending June 30, 1968.

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Approved, October 16, 1968.

PUBLIC LAW 90-584

AN ACT

To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Southern Paiute Nation of Indians in Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 88, 330, and 330-A, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of disposing of the sum of $7,253,165.19 appropriated April 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 81, 108, 109), to pay a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission entered in its dockets numbered 88, 330, and 330-A on January 18, 1965, on behalf of the Southern Paiute Nation, the bands and groups of Southern Paiute Indians named in the petitions and the Las Vegas Band, together with interest accruing thereon, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons who meet the following requirements for eligibility: (a) they were born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act and are (b) enrolled or entitled to be enrolled as members of the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Reservation, Arizona, or (c) enrolled or entitled to be enrolled as members of the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Reservation, Nevada, or (d) whose names or the name of a lineal ancestor appears on the final rolls of the Shivwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and Indian Peaks Bands of Paiute Indians which were prepared pursuant to the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1099), or (e) Southern Paiute Indians whose names or the name of a lineal ancestor appears on the January 1, 1940, census roll of the Cedar City, Utah, Indians, or (f) Southern Paiute Indians whose names or the name of a lineal ancestor appears on the January 1, 1940, census roll of the Las Vegas Colony, Nevada, or (g) Indians living elsewhere who can establish Southern Paiute lineal descent to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, however, That no enrollee shall have elected or shall elect to participate in the judgment awarded by the Indian Claims Commission in its dockets numbered 31, 37, 80, 80-D, and 347, granted to "Certain Indians of California" or in dockets numbered 351 and 351-A granted to the Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians. Any person qualifying for enrollment as a member of more than one of the named Indian groups shall elect with which group he shall be enrolled for the purpose of this Act.

SEC. 2. Applications for enrollment must be filed with the Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona, in the manner and within the time limits prescribed by the Secretary for that purpose. The Secretary's determination on all applications for enrollment shall be final.

SEC. 3. The cost of preparing the Southern Paiute Indian roll, and of disposing of the judgment funds, and the deduction of attorneys' fees and expenses and the cost of litigation, shall be deducted from the judgment fund. The balance of said fund, together with accrued interest, shall be apportioned by the Secretary of the Interior among

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