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On the recordFebruary 17, 1931
This act undertakes, by indirection, to revive the claims of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations for compensation for parts of the so-called 'Leased District.'
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Veto of Indian Claims Legislation.

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