§ 1199. — Provisions to be included in contracts for condemnation of Sioux lands for dam purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1199]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 28--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS
SUBCHAPTER VIII--INDIAN LANDS
Sec. 1199. Provisions to be included in contracts for
condemnation of Sioux lands for dam purposes
The contract with each tribe negotiated pursuant to section 1198 of
this title shall--
(a) convey to the United States title to all tribal, allotted,
assigned, and inherited lands or interests therein belonging to the
Indians of the tribe, and title to all undivided interests in such
allotted or inherited lands owned by non-Indians or by Indian nonmembers
of the tribe, required by the United States for the reservoir to be
created by the construction of the dams across the Missouri River in
South Dakota, to be known as Fort Randall Dam, including such lands
along the margins as may be required by the Chief of Engineers,
Department of the Army, for the protection, development, and use of said
reservoir: Provided, That the contract may provide for retention by the
owners of any oil and gas rights in such lands that are not needed by
the United States for the protection of such dam and reservoir;
(b) provide for the payment of--
(1) just compensation for the lands and improvements and
interests therein conveyed by the contract;
(2) costs of relocating the tribe and its members who reside
upon the lands conveyed by the contract in a manner that will
reestablish and protect their economic, social, religious, and
community life;
(3) costs of relocating Indian cemeteries, tribal monuments, and
shrines located upon the lands conveyed by the contract.
(c) Provide a schedule of dates for the orderly removal of the
Indians and their personal property from the taking area of the Fort
Randall Reservoir within the reservation; and
(d) State that the payments authorized to be made shall be in full
and complete settlement of all claims by the tribe and its members
against the United States arising because of the construction of the
Fort Randall project.
(July 6, 1954, ch. 463, Sec. 2, 68 Stat. 452.)
Change of Name
Fort Randall Reservoir redesignated Lake Francis Case by Pub. L. 88-
97, Aug. 15, 1963, 77 Stat. 124.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1200, 1200a, 1200b of this
title.
