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Restricted fee status is defined

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 is defined

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

“The term ``restricted fee status'' means a status in which the Tribal land-- (A) shall continue to be owned by the Tribes; (B) shall be part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and expressly made subject to the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Oglala Sioux Tribe; (C) shall not be transferred without the consent of Congress and the Tribes; (D) shall not be subject to taxation by a State or local government; and”

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), subparagraphs (A) through (D). The term is defined for this Act. Ownership stays with the Tribes; the land is part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and subject to the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Oglala Sioux Tribe; transfer requires the consent of Congress and the Tribes; and State or local taxation does not reach it.

What the document actually says

“The term ``restricted fee status'' means a status in which the Tribal land-- (A) shall continue to be owned by the Tribes; (B) shall be part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and expressly made subject to the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Oglala Sioux Tribe; (C) shall not be transferred without the consent of Congress and the Tribes; (D) shall not be subject to taxation by a State or local government; and”

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 keep the land. It is part of the Pine Ridge land. Tribal law and courts apply there. No one may sell it without Congress and the tribes. No state or town may tax it.

What this is about

A term can mean one thing in one law and something else elsewhere. Here the law spells out what this kind of holding means. Four rules come first. A fifth rule comes next.

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