Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act”.
May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act
A BILL
To repeal the Act of May 31, 1918, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definitions
In this Act:
1918 Act— The term 1918 Act means the Act of May 31, 1918 (40 Stat. 592, chapter 88).
Fort Hall Townsite— The term Fort Hall Townsite means the land that was taken out of trust by being set aside or set apart under the 1918 Act on the Fort Hall Reservation, consisting of approximately 120 acres in the East Half of the Northeast Quarter in Section 35 and the West Half of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter in Section 36, Township 4 South, Range 34 East, Boise Meridian, Idaho, based upon a survey completed on May 19, 1921, and depicted on the document entitled “Plat of the Townsite of Fort Hall” on file with Bingham County, Idaho and the Tribes.
Tribes— The term Tribes means the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
Sec. 3 Repeal
The 1918 Act is repealed.
Sec. 4 Right of first refusal
In general— The Tribes shall have the exclusive right of first refusal to purchase at fair market value any land—
set aside or set apart under the 1918 Actwithin the Fort Hall Townsite; and
offered for sale.
Acquired land held in trust— The United States shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribes or a member of the Tribes, as applicable—
any land owned or acquired by the Tribes or a member of the Tribes within the Fort Hall Townsite before the date of enactment of this Act; and
any land—
acquired by the Tribes or a member of the Tribes on or after the date of enactment of this Act; and
set aside or set apart under the 1918 Act.
any land owned or acquired by the Tribes or a member of the Tribes within the Fort Hall Townsite on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 5 Effect
Nothing in this Act affects any valid right to any land set aside or set apart under the 1918 Act.