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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§835g Relocation of Indian cemeteries

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12D— - COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT › § 835g

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a project needs land where an Indian cemetery is located, the Secretary of the Interior may, instead of paying for that land, choose and buy other land for new cemeteries and move bodies, markers, and other items to the new sites. The project must pay all relocation costs. When the Secretary authorizes the move, the tribe’s rights in the old cemetery end and the property transfer described in sections 835d–835h takes effect. The new cemetery sites will be held in trust by the United States for the Spokane or Colville Tribe, and they will not be subject to taxation.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §835g

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

As to any Indian cemetery lands required for the project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, in lieu of requiring payment therefor, to establish cemeteries on other lands that he may select and acquire for the purpose, and to remove bodies, markers, and other appurtenances to the new sites. All costs incurred in connection with any such relocation shall be paid from moneys appropriated for the project. All right, title, and interest of the Indians in the lands within any cemetery so relocated shall terminate and the grant of title under sections 835d to 835h of this title take effect as of the date the Secretary of the Interior authorizes the relocation. Sites of the relocated cemeteries shall be held in trust by the United States for the Spokane or Colville Tribe, as the case may be, and shall be nontaxable.

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Transfer of Functions

of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 835g

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73