Sec. 19. Ratification of the Treaty and creation of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation

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The Treaty and the Treaty Addendum are hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed. The Secretary is authorized and directed— to approve and execute the Treaty and the Treaty Addendum, except that the specific findings stated under the heading APPROVAL shall not be binding on the Secretary; and to take all steps necessary to implement the Treaty and this Act. The Secretary is delegated the authority, without a further Act of Congress, to approve and execute amendments to the Treaty agreed to by the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.

All right, title, and interest, including Water Rights, to the approximately 5,400 acres of land within the Navajo Indian Reservation that are described in the Treaty as the San Juan Paiute Northern Area and the San Juan Paiute Southern Paiute Area are hereby proclaimed as the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation and such land shall be held by the United States in trust as a reservation for the exclusive benefit of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, subject to the rights of access under subsection (d).

Notwithstanding any other provision law, no appraisal or other valuation shall be required to carry out this subsection. The Navajo Reservation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation shall be subject to the rights of access and easements as identified in the Treaty. The Secretary shall— as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, complete a survey and legal description of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation; officially file the survey plat in the appropriate office of the Department of the Interior; mark and fence the lands as described in article V of the Treaty, where feasible; and study the feasibility of an access road to the San Juan Paiute Southern Area from U.S.

Route 89, as described in article XI of the Treaty. The legal descriptions published in accordance with subparagraph

(B)shall— be considered the official legal description of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation; and have the same force and effect as if included in this Act. On completion of the surveys under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a legal description of the land comprising the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation. The Secretary may make minor corrections to correct technical and clerical errors in the legal descriptions. Section 9 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716) is repealed. In accordance with article VI of the Treaty, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register separate notices of completion or boundary marking of— the San Juan Paiute Northern Area; and the San Juan Paiute Southern Area. On publication in the Federal Register under subparagraph

(A)or

(B)of paragraph (1)— the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe shall have full jurisdiction over all matters within that area of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation to the fullest extent permitted by Federal law; and the Navajo Nation shall not have jurisdiction over matters occurring within that area of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation except as agreed to by the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.

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Pub. L. 93-531
88 Stat. 1716

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Sec. 19

Ratification of the Treaty and creation of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation

Pub. L.Pub. L. 93-531

Stat.88 Stat. 1716

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