§ 1771c. — Conditions precedent to Federal purchase of settlement lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1771c]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
SUBCHAPTER V--MASSACHUSETTS INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
Sec. 1771c. Conditions precedent to Federal purchase of
settlement lands
(a) Initial determination of State and local action
No action shall be taken by the Secretary under section 1771d of
this title before the Secretary publishes notice in the Federal Register
of the determination by the Secretary that--
(1) the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has enacted legislation
which provides that--
(A) the town of Gay Head, Massachusetts, is authorized to
convey to the Secretary to be held in trust for the Wampanoag
Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. the public settlement lands and
the Cook lands subject to the conditions and limitations set
forth in the Settlement Agreement; and
(B) the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. shall
have the authority, after consultation with appropriate State
and local officials, to regulate any hunting by Indians on the
settlement lands that is conducted by means other than firearms
or crossbow to the extent provided in, and subject to the
conditions and limitations set forth in, the Settlement
Agreement;
(2) the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc., has
submitted to the Secretary an executed waiver or waivers of the
claims covered by the Settlement Agreement all claims extinguished
by this subchapter, and all claims arising because of the approval
of transfers and extinguishment of titles and claims under this
subchapter; and
(3) the town of Gay Head, Massachusetts, has authorized the
conveyance of the public settlement lands and the Cook Lands \1\ to
the Secretary in trust for the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head,
Inc.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
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(b) Reliance upon Attorney General of Massachusetts
In making the findings required in subsection (a) of this section,
the Secretary may rely upon the opinion of the Attorney General of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(Pub. L. 100-95, Sec. 5, Aug. 18, 1987, 101 Stat. 705.)
