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Restricted fee status excludes review or approval by the Secretary before use

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

Restricted fee status excludes review or approval by the Secretary before use

The document says “shall notWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“shall not be subject to any provision of law providing for the review or approval by the Secretary of the Interior before the Tribes may use the land for any purpose as allowed by the document titled ``Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe'' and dated October 21, 2022, directly, or through agreement with another party.”

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

Paragraph (1), subparagraph (E), the last element of the definition. It places the land outside any provision of law calling for review or approval by the Secretary of the Interior before the Tribes use it for a purpose the covenant of October 21, 2022 allows, whether they act directly or by agreement with another party. The covenant is named, not reproduced, and is not indexed here.

What the document actually says

“shall not be subject to any provision of law providing for the review or approval by the Secretary of the Interior before the Tribes may use the land for any purpose as allowed by the document titled ``Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe'' and dated October 21, 2022, directly, or through agreement with another party.”

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

The tribes do not need to ask the land agency first. They may use the land for any use the pact allows.

What this is about

The pact is a deal the two tribes signed in October 2022. The tribes may act on their own. They may also work with another party.

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