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.
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Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior
The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.”
Paragraph (2). Where the Act says Secretary, it means the Secretary of the Interior. The term carries the duties imposed by section 3.
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“The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.”
That sentence, in plain words
This law uses the word Secretary. It means the head of the land agency.
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The agency is the one that deals with land and Indian affairs. Saying it once here saves saying it in full each time.
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Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, Public Law 119-61, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 1977 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ61/html/PLAW-119publ61.htm
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“Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior,” Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/wounded-knee-massacre-memorial-sacred-site-act/proposal/sec02-secretary-means-interior/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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