306 Authorization to Purchase

The Council hereby authorizes the Chief or his designee or a Tribally Owned Corporation to purchase or acquire land subject to appropriation for such purposes. In making such appropriations, the Council may make restrictions on the total amount expended for a particular tract of land, including price per acre limitations on the amount expended. In the process of purchasing such land, an attorney must be consulted, and before the land can be purchased the attorney shall state in writing to the Council and the Chairman that:

(A) Title to be conveyed to the Upper Mattaponi Tribe is sufficient to satisfy the United States in an action under 25 U.S.C. part 151;

(B) a phase 1 environmental review reveals no impairments to the land to be purchased; and

(C) the other requirements of 25 U.S.C. part 151 likely can be met when the Upper Mattaponi Tribe seeks to put the land into trust.