§ 640d-13. — Relocation of households and members.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC640d-13]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXII--NAVAJO AND HOPI TRIBES: SETTLEMENT OF RIGHTS AND
INTERESTS
Sec. 640d-13. Relocation of households and members
(a) Authorization; time of completion; prohibition of further settlement
of nonmembers without written approval; limit on grazing of
livestock
Consistent with section 640d-7 of this title and the order of the
District Court issued pursuant to section 640d-2 or 640d-3 of this
title, the Commissioner is authorized and directed to relocate pursuant
to section 640d-7 of this title and such order all households and
members thereof and their personal property, including livestock, from
any lands partitioned to the tribe of which they are not members. The
relocation shall take place in accordance with the relocation plan and
shall be completed by the end of five years from the date on which the
relocation plan takes effect. No further settlement of Navajo
individuals on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe pursuant to this
subchapter or on the Hopi Reservation shall be permitted unless advance
written approval of the Hopi Tribe is obtained. No further settlement of
Hopi individuals on the lands partitioned to the Navajo Tribe pursuant
to this subchapter or on the Navajo Reservation shall be permitted
unless advance written approval of the Navajo Tribe is obtained. No
individual shall hereafter be allowed to increase the number of
livestock he grazes on any area partitioned pursuant to this subchapter
to the tribe of which he is not a member, nor shall he retain any
grazing rights in any such area subsequent to his relocation therefrom.
(b) Additional payments to heads of household; time
In addition to the payments made pursuant to section 640d-14 of this
title, the Commissioner shall make payments to heads of households
identified in the report prepared pursuant to section 640d-12 of this
title upon the date of relocation of such households, as determined by
the Commissioner, in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) the sum of $5,000 to each head of a household who, prior to
the expiration of one year after the effective date of the
relocation plan, contracts with the Commissioner to relocate;
(2) the sum of $4,000 to each head of a household who is not
eligible for the payment provided for in clause (1) of this
subsection but who, prior to the expiration of two years after the
effective date of the relocation plan, contracts with the
Commissioner to relocate;
(3) the sum of $3,000 to each head of a household who is not
eligible for the payments provided for in clause (1) or (2) of this
subsection but who, prior to the expiration of three years after the
effective date of the relocation plan, contracts with the
Commissioner to relocate; and
(4) the sum of $2,000 to each head of a household who is not
eligible for the payments provided for in clause (1), (2), or (3) of
this subsection but who, prior to the expiration of four years after
the effective date of the relocation plan, contracts with the
Commissioner to relocate.
(c) Payments to or for any person moving into partitioned area after May
29, 1974
No payment shall be made pursuant to this section to or for any
person who, after May 29, 1974, moved into an area partitioned pursuant
to section 640d-7 of this title or section 640d-2 or 640d-3 of this
title to a tribe of which he is not a member.
(Pub. L. 93-531, Sec. 14, Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1718; Pub. L. 100-666,
Sec. 4(b), Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3930.)
Amendments
1988--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 100-666 substituted
``Commissioner'' for ``Commission'' wherever appearing.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 640d-22, 640d-24 of this
title.
