25 U.S.C. § 1707 : US Code - Section 1707: Purchase and transfer of private settlement lands

Search 25 U.S.C. § 1707 : US Code - Section 1707: Purchase and transfer of private settlement lands

(a) Determination by Secretary; assignment of settlement lands to
State Corporation
When the Secretary determines that the State Corporation
described in section 1706(a) of this title has been created and
will accept the settlement lands, the Secretary shall exercise
within sixty days the options entered into pursuant to section 1704
of this title and assign the private settlement lands thereby
purchased to the State Corporation.
(b) Moneys remaining in fund
Any moneys remaining in the fund established by section 1703 of
this title after the purchase described in subsection (a) of this
section shall be returned to the general Treasury of the United
States.
(c) Duties and liabilities of United States upon discharge of
Secretary's duties; restriction on conveyance of settlement
lands; affect on easements for public or private purposes
Upon the discharge of the Secretary's duties under sections 1704,
1705, 1706, and 1707 of this title, the United States shall have no
further duties or liabilities under this subchapter with respect to
the Indian Corporation or its successor, the State Corporation, or
the settlement lands: Provided, however, That if the Secretary
subsequently acknowledges the existence of the Narragansett Tribe
of Indians, then the settlement lands may not be sold, granted, or
otherwise conveyed or leased to anyone other than the Indian
Corporation, and no such disposition of the settlement lands shall
be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same is approved by
the Secretary pursuant to regulations adopted by him for that
purpose: Provided, however, That nothing in this subchapter shall
affect or otherwise impair the ability of the State Corporation to
grant or otherwise convey (including any involuntary conveyance by
means of eminent domain or condemnation proceedings) any easement
for public or private purposes pursuant to the laws of the State of
Rhode Island.