§ 721. — Transfer of property to Texas.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC721]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXXI--ALABAMA AND COUSHATTA INDIANS OF TEXAS: TERMINATION OF
FEDERAL SUPERVISION
Sec. 721. Transfer of property to Texas
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey to the State
of Texas the lands held in trust by the United States for the tribe of
Indians organized and known as the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of
Texas, located in Polk County, Texas; and such tribe is authorized to
convey to the State of Texas the lands purchased for and deeded to the
Alabama Indians in accordance with an act of the legislature of the
State of Texas approved February 3, 1854, located in Polk County, Texas.
All of the lands so conveyed shall be held by the State of Texas in
trust for the benefit of the Indians of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes
of Texas, subject to such conditions regarding management and use as the
State of Texas may prescribe and the disposition of such lands shall be
subject to approval of a majority of the adult members of the Alabama
and Coushatta Tribes of Texas.
(Aug. 23, 1954, ch. 831, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 768.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 731 of this title.
