legislation: 97-hr-5007

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97-hr-5007 97 hr 5007 A bill to provide for the designation of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon as the beneficiary of a public domain allotment and to provide that all interests in public domain allotments in Harney County, Oregon, which are held by Indian allottees who die intestate and without heirs shall escheat to the United States to be held in trust for the benefit of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon and added to the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation. Native Americans 1981-11-17 1982-09-20 Other Measure S.1468 Passed House in Lieu. House Rep. Smith, Denny [R-OR-2] OR R S000527 0 (Measure passed House, amended) Provides for the designation of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon as the beneficiary of a specified public domain allotment. Provides that interests in all Burns public domain allotments in Harney County, Oregon, belonging to Indians who die intestate without heirs shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon and be part of the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation. Provides that no non-Indian lands in Harney County, Oregon, shall be considered Indian country. Amends specified Federal law to increase from $2,000 to $50,000 the value of estates which may be transferred by the Secretary of the Interior to an Indian tribe without congressional action. 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  

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