§441m Disposition of Excess Gunnery Range Lands and Reservation Lands; Purchase; Terms and Conditions; Life Estates and Use Restrictions

Summary

Lets former Indian owners of certain Badlands gunnery-range lands get property back or a life interest. It applies to federal lands inside the Badlands Air Force gunnery range that lie outside the park, were declared excess to the Air Force, and were not already bought by former owners under section 441l(b). It also covers lands acquired under title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act (June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200)) inside the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that were put under the Department of the Interior by Executive Order No. 7868 (April 15, 1938). If a former Indian owner’s land was in the range but outside the park and had not been declared excess on August 8, 1968, that person may, within the time set in section 441l(b)(5), either buy an available tract of similar value described above or buy back their original tract when it is later declared excess and transferred to the Secretary of the Interior under section 441l(a). If the tract was inside the park and was transferred under section 441k, the former owner may, within the same period, either get a free life estate in that tract (subject to park use rules) or buy an available tract of similar value. Any purchases under these rules follow the terms in section 441l(b).