§ 941k. — NonReservation properties.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC941k]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XLIII-A--CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; RESTORATION
OF FEDERAL TRUST RELATIONSHIP
Sec. 941k. Non-Reservation properties
(a) Acquisition of non-Reservation properties
The Tribe may draw upon the corpus or accumulated income of the
Catawba Land Acquisition Trust Fund or the Catawba Economic Development
Trust Fund to acquire and hold parcels of real estate outside the
Reservation for the purposes and in the manner delineated in the
Settlement Agreement. Jurisdiction and status of all non-Reservation
lands shall be governed by section 15 of the Settlement Agreement.
(b) Authority to dispose of lands
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Tribe may lease,
sell, mortgage, restrict, encumber, or otherwise dispose of such non-
Reservation lands in the same manner as other persons and entities under
State law, and the Tribe as land owner shall be subject to the same
obligations and responsibilities as other persons and entities under
State, Federal, and local law.
(c) Restrictions
Ownership and transfer of non-Reservation parcels shall not be
subject to Federal law restrictions on alienation, including (but not
limited to) the restrictions imposed by Federal common law and the
provisions of section 177 of this title.
(Pub. L. 103-116, Sec. 13, Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1136.)
