§ 1774a. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1774a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
SUBCHAPTER VIII--SENECA NATION (NEW YORK) LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
Sec. 1774a. Definitions
For the purposes of this subchapter--
(1) the term ``1890 lease'' means a lease made by the Seneca
Nation which is subject to--
(A) the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the Seneca Nation
of New York Indians to lease lands within the Cattaraugus and
Allegany Reservations, and to confirm existing leases'' approved
February 19, 1875 (chap. 90, 18 Stat. 330); and
(B) the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the Seneca Nation
of New York Indians to lease lands within the Cattaraugus and
Allegany Reservations, and to confirm existing leases'' approved
September 30, 1890 (chap. 1132, 26 Stat. 558);
(2) the term ``Agreement'' means the document executed by the
Seneca Nation and the city entitled ``Agreement between the Seneca
Nation of Indians and the City of Salamanca'', including the
appendix to the Agreement;
(3) the term ``city'' means the city of Salamanca, New York;
(4) the term ``lessee'' means the holder of an 1890 lease which
either expires in 1991 or is one of the leases listed in document 1
of the Technical Documents, including any lessee who holds an 1890
lease by reason of assignment, inheritance, or other manner as
provided by the Act referred to in paragraph (1)(A);
(5) the term ``memorandum of understanding'' means an agreement
between the State and the Seneca Nation pertaining to the payment of
the funds to be provided pursuant to this subchapter, which
memorandum of understanding reflects an agreement between the Seneca
Nation and the State concerning a mechanism and schedule of payments
for the funds described in section 1774d(c) of this title;
(6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior;
(7) the term ``Seneca Nation'' means the Seneca Nation of
Indians of the Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Oil Spring Reservations;
(8) the term ``State'' means the State of New York;
(9) the term ``Technical Documents'' means the documents which
comprise the appendix to the Agreement; and
(10) the term ``congressional villages'' means the villages of
Carrollton, Great Valley, and Vandalia in the State of New York.
(Pub. L. 101-503, Sec. 3, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1293.)
References in Text
Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the Seneca Nation of New York
Indians to lease lands within the Cattaraugus and Allegany Reservations,
and to confirm existing leases'' approved February 19, 1875 (chap. 90,
18 Stat. 330), referred to in pars. (1)(A) and (4), is not classified to
the Code.
Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the Seneca Nation of New York
Indians to lease lands within the Cattaraugus and Allegany Reservations,
and to confirm existing leases'' approved September 30, 1890 (chap.
1132, 26 Stat. 558), referred to in par. (1)(B), is not classified to
the Code.
