25 U.S.C. § 1706 : US Code - Section 1706: Findings by Secretary

Search 25 U.S.C. § 1706 : US Code - Section 1706: Findings by Secretary

Section 1705 of this title shall not take effect until the
Secretary finds -
(a) that the State of Rhode Island has enacted legislation
creating or authorizing the creation of a State chartered
corporation satisfying the following criteria:
(1) the corporation shall be authorized to acquire,
perpetually manage, and hold the settlement lands;
(2) the corporation shall be controlled by a board of
directors, the majority of the members of which shall be
selected by the Indian Corporation or its successor, and the
remaining members of which shall be selected by the State of
Rhode Island; and
(3) the corporation shall be authorized, after consultation
with appropriate State officials, to establish its own
regulations concerning hunting and fishing on the settlement
lands, which need not comply with regulations of the State of
Rhode Island but which shall establish minimum standards for
the safety of persons and protection of wildlife and fish
stock; and
(b) that State of Rhode Island has enacted legislation
authorizing the conveyance to the State Corporation of land and
natural resources that substantially conform to the public
settlement lands as described in paragraph 2 of the Settlement
Agreement.