§315j Appropriation of Moneys Received; Application of Public-land Laws to Indian Ceded Lands; Application for Mineral Title to Lands

Summary

When Congress provides the money, 33⅓ percent of grazing fees from each grazing district on Indian lands ceded to the United States must be paid at the end of the fiscal year to the State where the lands are. The State must use that money as its legislature directs for local public schools and roads. The remaining 66⅔ percent must be held for the Indians until final disposition under laws, treaties, or agreements. Public-land laws keep applying to those ceded lands, but the Secretary of the Interior can approve nonmineral title only if the land fits the disposal law and approval won’t harm the public interest, and no settlement or occupation is allowed until 90 days after approval.