# § 5501. Submarginal lands of United States held in trust for specified Indian tribes
**(a)** **Declaration; addition to reservations** June 16, 193348 Stat. 200April 8, 193549 Stat. 115section 55 of the Act of August 24, 193549 Stat. 750section 5502(a) of this title
Except as hereinafter provided, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States of America in all of the land, and the improvements now thereon, that was acquired under title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act of (), the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of (), and (, 781), and that are now administered by the Secretary of the Interior for the use or benefit of the Indian tribes identified in , together with all minerals underlying any such land whether acquired pursuant to such Acts or otherwise owned by the United States, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for each of said tribes, and (except in the case of the Cherokee Nation) shall be a part of the reservations heretofore established for each of said tribes.
**(b)** **Imposition of conditions on conveyed lands; lands excepted from conveying authority** *o*section 203 of the Act of July 3, 195872 Stat. 297*Provided*October 17, 1975section 203 of the Act of July 3, 195872 Stat. 297*Provided further*
The property conveyed by this chapter shall be subject to the appropriation or disposition of any of the lands, or interests therein, within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, as authorized by sections 441j to 441 of title 16, and subject to a reservation in the United States of a right to prohibit or restrict improvements or structures on, and to continuously or intermittently inundate or otherwise use, lands in sections 25 and 26, township 48 north, range 3 west, at Odanah, Wisconsin, in connection with the Bad River flood control project as authorized by (, 311): , That this chapter shall not convey the title to any part of the lands or any interest therein that prior to , have been included in the authorized water resources development projects in the Missouri River Basin as authorized by (, 311), as amended and supplemented: , That such lands included in Missouri River Basin projects shall be treated as former trust lands are treated.
**(c)** **Additional lands held in trust for specified Indian tribes** June 16, 193348 Stat. 20053 Stat. 92754 Stat. 611June 21, 193953 Stat. 851
The right, title, and interest of the United States of America in all of the lands, including the improvements now thereon (title to which is in the United States), acquired under title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act of (), and any subsequent Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts, including but not limited to section 5 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1939 (, 930) and section 4 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1941 (, 617), together with all minerals underlying any such land whether acquired pursuant to such Acts or otherwise owned by the United States, and which lands are now administered by the Secretary of the Interior for the use or benefit of (1) Ramah Navajo Indians, are hereby declared to be held in trust for the Ramah Band of the Navajo Tribe, and (2) Choctaw Indians of Mississippi, except lands subject to the Act of (), are hereby declared to be held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; excepting valid rights-of-way of record.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–114, § 1, Oct. 17, 1975, 89 Stat. 577; Pub. L. 97–434, § 1(a), Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2280.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The National Industrial Recovery Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), is , . Title II of the Act was classified principally to subchapter I (§ 401 et seq.) of chapter 8 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was terminated by , . Provisions of title II of the Act which were classified to former Title 40 were repealed by , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of , referred to in subsec. (a), is , , which was not classified to the Code but was listed in the Supplementary Legislation note under , Commerce and Trade.
, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , which was not classified to the Code but was listed in the Supplementary Legislation note under .
, referred to in subsec. (b), is , , , which was not classified to the Code.
Section 5 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1939, referred to in subsec. (c), is , , which was not classified to the Code.
Section 4 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1941, referred to in subsec. (c), is , , which was not classified to the Code.
Act of , referred to in subsec. (c), is , , which was not classified to the Code.
### Codification
Section was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
### Amendments
1983—Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c).
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1983 Amendment
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