Collapse to view only § 5504. Existing rights of possession, contract, interest, etc.

§ 5501. Submarginal lands of United States held in trust for specified Indian tribes
(a) Declaration; addition to reservations
(b) Imposition of conditions on conveyed lands; lands excepted from conveying authority
(c) Additional lands held in trust for specified Indian tribes
(Pub. L. 94–114, § 1, Oct. 17, 1975, 89 Stat. 577; Pub. L. 97–434, § 1(a), Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2280.)
§ 5502. Designation of tribes
(a) Description of lands
(b) Publication in Federal Register of boundaries, etc.; estimation of acreages
(Pub. L. 94–114, § 2, Oct. 17, 1975, 89 Stat. 578; Pub. L. 97–434, § 1(b), Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2280.)
§ 5503. Submarginal lands of United States held in trust for Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community

All of the right, title, and interest of the United States in all the minerals including gas and oil underlying the submarginal lands declared to be held in trust for the Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community by the Act of October 9, 1972 (86 Stat. 795), are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community.

(Pub. L. 94–114, § 3(a), Oct. 17, 1975, 89 Stat. 578.)
§ 5504. Existing rights of possession, contract, interest, etc.
(a) Preservation; force and effect of mineral leases; rejection of pending applications for leases and return of advance rental payments
(b) Administration of lands
(Pub. L. 94–114, § 4, Oct. 17, 1975, 89 Stat. 578.)
§ 5505. Gross receipts from conveyed lands
(a) Deposit to credit of tribe; nonapplicability
(b) Administration of gross receipts
(Pub. L. 94–114, § 5, Oct. 17, 1975, 89 Stat. 579.)
§ 5506. Tax exemption for conveyed lands and gross receipts; distribution of gross receipts to tribal members

All property conveyed to tribes pursuant to this chapter and all the receipts therefrom referred to in section 5505 of this title, shall be exempt from Federal, State, and local taxation so long as such property is held in trust by the United States. Any distribution of such receipts to tribal members shall neither be considered as income or resources of such members for purposes of any such taxation nor as income, resources, or otherwise utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which such member or his household would otherwise be entitled to under the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] or any other Federal or federally assisted program.

(Pub. L. 94–114, § 6, Oct. 17, 1975, 89 Stat. 579.)