§ 1774f. — Miscellaneous provisions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1774f]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
SUBCHAPTER VIII--SENECA NATION (NEW YORK) LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
Sec. 1774f. Miscellaneous provisions
(a) Liens and forfeitures, etc.
Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of section
1407 of this title shall apply to any payment of funds authorized to be
appropriated under this subchapter and made to individual members of the
Seneca Nation. None of the payments, funds, or distributions authorized,
established, or directed by this subchapter, and none of the income
derived therefrom, which may be received under this subchapter by the
Seneca Nation or individual members of the Seneca Nation, shall be
subject to levy, execution, forfeiture, garnishment, lien, encumbrance,
seizure, or State or local taxation.
(b) Eligibility for Government programs
None of the payments, funds or distributions authorized,
established, or directed by this subchapter, and none of the income
derived therefrom, shall affect the eligibility of the Seneca Nation or
its members for, or be used as a basis for denying or reducing funds
under, any Federal program.
(c) Land acquisition
Land within its aboriginal area in the State or situated within or
near proximity to former reservation land may be acquired by the Seneca
Nation with funds appropriated pursuant to this subchapter. State and
local governments shall have a period of 30 days after notification by
the Secretary or the Seneca Nation of acquisition of, or intent to
acquire such lands to comment on the impact of the removal of such lands
from real property tax rolls of State political subdivisions. Unless the
Secretary determines within 30 days after the comment period that such
lands should not be subject to the provisions of section 2116 of the
Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177), such lands shall be subject to the
provisions of that Act \1\ and shall be held in restricted fee status by
the Seneca Nation. Based on the proximity of the land acquired to the
Seneca Nation's reservations, land acquired may become a part of and
expand the boundaries of the Allegany Reservation, the Cattaraugus
Reservation, or the Oil Spring Reservation in accordance with the
procedures established by the Secretary for this purpose.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``section''.
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(Pub. L. 101-503, Sec. 8, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1296.)
