2013 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 19 - INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS (§§ 1701 - 1780p)
Subchapter XIII - CHEROKEE, CHOCTAW, AND CHICKASAW NATIONS CLAIMS SETTLEMENT (§§ 1779 - 1779g)
Section 1779b - Definitions
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 25 - INDIANS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 19 - INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS SUBCHAPTER XIII - CHEROKEE, CHOCTAW, AND CHICKASAW NATIONS CLAIMS SETTLEMENT Sec. 1779b - Definitions |
| Contains | section 1779b |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 107-331, title VI, §604, Dec. 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 2847. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 116 Stat. 2847 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 107-331 |
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For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) Disclaimed Drybed LandsThe term "Disclaimed Drybed Lands" means all Drybed Lands along the Arkansas River that are located in Township 10 North in Range 24 East, Townships 9 and 10 North in Range 25 East, Township 10 North in Range 26 East, and Townships 10 and 11 North in Range 27 East, in the State of Oklahoma.
(2) Drybed LandsThe term "Drybed Lands" means those lands which, on December 13, 2002, lie above and contiguous to the mean high water mark of the Arkansas River in the State of Oklahoma. The term "Drybed Lands" is intended to have the same meaning as the term "Upland Claim Area" as used by the Bureau of Land Management Cadastral Survey Geographic Team in its preliminary survey of the Arkansas River. The term "Drybed Lands" includes any lands so identified in the "Holway study."
(3) Indian Nation; Indian NationsThe term "Indian Nation" means the Cherokee Nation, Choctaw Nation, or Chickasaw Nation, and the term "Indian Nations" means all 3 tribes collectively.
(4) RiverbedThe term "Riverbed" means the Drybed Lands and the Wetbed Lands and includes all minerals therein.
(5) SecretaryThe term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
(6) Wetbed LandsThe term "Wetbed Lands" means those Riverbed lands which lie below the mean high water mark of the Arkansas River in the State of Oklahoma as of December 13, 2002, exclusive of the Drybed Lands. The term "Wetbed Lands" is intended to have the same meaning as the term "Present Channel Claim Areas" as utilized by the Bureau of Land Management Cadastral Survey Geographic Team in its preliminary survey of the Arkansas River.
(Pub. L. 107–331, title VI, §604, Dec. 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 2847.)
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