Existing encumbrances and service agreements remain in force
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 3, Sec. 3.
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Existing encumbrances and service agreements remain in force
The document says “shall”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Tribal land shall remain subject to any private or municipal encumbrance”
Subsection (b)(3). The land stays subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right of way, restriction, easement of record or utility service agreement that was in effect on the date of enactment. The subsection names no particular holder and extinguishes nothing.
What the document actually says
“The Tribal land shall remain subject to any private or municipal encumbrance”
That sentence, in plain words
Claims a private party or a town holds on the land stay in place.
What this is about
The law names paths of way, limits on use, rights of record, and deals for service. Only ones in force on the day the law was signed stay.
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Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, Public Law 119-61, sec. 3, 139 Stat. 1978 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ61/html/PLAW-119publ61.htm
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“Existing encumbrances and service agreements remain in force,” Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/wounded-knee-massacre-memorial-sacred-site-act/proposal/sec03-existing-encumbrances-remain/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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