16 U.S.C. § 835d : US Code - Section 835D: Acquisition of Indian lands, Spokane and Colville Reservations

Search 16 U.S.C. § 835d : US Code - Section 835D: Acquisition of Indian lands, Spokane and Colville Reservations

In aid of the construction, operation and maintenance of the
Columbia Basin project (formerly the Grand Coulee Dam project),
authorized by the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028), the Act
of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), and the Columbia Basin Project
Act (Public, Numbered 8, Seventy-eighth Congress, first session, 57
Stat. 14), there is hereby granted to the United States, subject to
the provisions of this section and sections 835e to 835h of this
title, (a) all the right, title, and interest of the Indians in and
to the tribal and allotted lands within the Spokane and Colville
Reservations, including sites of agency and school buildings and
related structures and unsold lands in the Klaxta town site, as may
be designated therefor by the Secretary of the Interior from time
to time: Provided, That no lands shall be taken for reservoir
purposes above the elevation of one thousand three hundred and ten
feet above sea level as shown by Bureau of Land Management surveys,
except in Klaxta town site and except where in the judgment of the
Secretary of the Interior, special circumstances concerning the
reservoir or its operation and maintenance require the taking of
land above that elevation; and (b) such other interests in or to
any such lands and property within these reservations as may be
required and as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior
from time to time for the construction of pipe lines, highways,
railroads, telegraph, telephone, and electric-transmission lines in
connection with the project, or for the relocation or
reconstruction of such facilities made necessary by the
construction of the project.
The Secretary of the Interior, in lieu of reserving rights of
hunting, fishing, and boating to the Indians in the areas granted
under this section and sections 835e to 835h of this title, shall
set aside approximately one-quarter of the entire reservoir area
for the paramount use of the Indians of the Spokane and Colville
Reservations for hunting, fishing, and boating purposes, which
rights shall be subject only to such reasonable regulations as the
Secretary may prescribe for the protection and conservation of fish
and wildlife: Provided, That the exercise of the Indians' rights
shall not interfere with project operations. The Secretary shall
also, where necessary, grant to the Indians reasonable rights of
access to such area or areas across any project lands.