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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2726 Introduced in House (IH)]

104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2726

   To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native 
                   Americans, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 6, 1995

 Mr. Gallegly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
   To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native 
                   Americans, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CORRECTION TO POKAGON RESTORATION ACT.

    Section 9 of the Act entitled ``An Act to restore Federal services 
to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians'' (25 U.S.C. 1300j-7a) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Bands'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``Band'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``respective''; and
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the first sentence--
                                    (I) by striking ``membership rolls 
                                that contain'' and inserting ``a 
                                membership roll that contains''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``in such'' and 
                                inserting ``in the''; and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
                        ``Each such'' and inserting ``The'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``rolls have'' and 
                        inserting ``roll has''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``such rolls'' and 
                        inserting ``such roll'';
                    (C) in the heading for paragraph (3), by striking 
                ``rolls'' and inserting ``roll''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ``rolls are 
                maintained'' and inserting ``roll is maintained''.

SEC. 2. CORRECTION TO ODAWA AND OTTAWA RESTORATION ACT.

    (a) Reaffirmation of Rights.--The heading of section 5(b) of the 
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa and the Little River Band of Ottawa 
Indians Act (25 U.S.C. 1300k-3) is amended by striking ``Tribe'' and 
inserting ``Bands''.
    (b) Membership List.--Section 9 of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of 
Odawa and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Act (25 U.S.C. 1300k-
7) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``Band'' the first place it appears 
                and inserting ``Bands''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the Band.'' and inserting ``the 
                respective Bands.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``the Band 
                shall submit to the Secretary membership rolls that 
                contain the names of all individuals eligible for 
                membership in such Band'' and inserting ``each of the 
                Bands shall submit to the Secretary a membership roll 
                that contains the names of all individuals that are 
                eligible for membership in such Band''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``The Band, 
                in consultation'' and inserting ``Each such Band, in 
                consultation''.

SEC. 3. INDIAN DAMS SAFETY ACT OF 1994.

    Section 4(h) of the Indian Dams Safety Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 1562) 
is amended by striking ``(under the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), as amended,'' and 
inserting ``under the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)''.

SEC. 4. PASCUA YAQUI INDIANS OF ARIZONA.

    Section 4(b) of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
extension of certain Federal benefits, services, and assistance to the 
Pascua Yaqui Indians of Arizona, and for other purposes'' (25 U.S.C. 
1300f-3(b)) is amended by striking ``Pascua Yaqui tribe'' and inserting 
``Pascua Yaqui Tribe''.

SEC. 5. INDIAN LANDS OPEN DUMP CLEANUP ACT OF 1994.

    Section 3(7) of the Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup Act of 1994 (108 
Stat. 4165) is amended by striking ``under section 6944 of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.)'' and inserting ``under 
section 4004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6944)''.

SEC. 6. AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 1994.

    (a) Maintenance of Records.--Section 303(c)(5)(D) of the American 
Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4247) is 
amended by striking ``made under paragraph (3)(B)'' and inserting 
``made under subparagraph (C)''.
    (b) Advisory Board.--Section 306(d) of the Indian Trust Fund 
Management Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 4046(d)) is amended by striking 
``Advisory Board'' and inserting ``advisory board''.

SEC. 7. INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION CONTRACT REFORM ACT OF 1994.

    Section 102(11) of the Indian Self-Determination Contract Reform 
Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4254) is amended by striking ``subsection (e)'' 
and inserting ``subsection (e) of section 105''.

SEC. 8. AUBURN INDIAN RESTORATION.

    (a) Economic Development.--Section 203 of the Auburn Indian 
Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 1300l-1) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``as provided in 
        section 107'' and inserting ``as provided in section 207''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``section 104'' and 
        inserting ``section 204''.
    (b) Interim Government.--The last sentence of section 206 of the 
Auburn Indian Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 1300l-4) is amended by 
striking ``Interim council'' and inserting ``Interim Council''.

SEC. 9. CROW BOUNDARY SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1994.

    (a) Enforcement.--Section 5(b)(3) of the Crow Boundary Settlement 
Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4636) is amended by striking ``provisions of 
subsection (b)'' and inserting ``provisions of this subsection''.
    (b) Applicability.--Section 9 of the Crow Boundary Settlement Act 
of 1994 (108 Stat. 4640) is amended by striking ``The Act'' and 
inserting ``This Act''.
    (c) Escrow Funds.--Section 10(b) of the Crow Boundary Settlement 
Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4641) is amended by striking ``(collectively 
referred to in this subsection as the `Suspension Accounts')'' and 
inserting ``(collectively referred to in this section as the 
`Suspension Accounts')''.

SEC. 10. TLINGIT AND HAIDA STATUS CLARIFICATION ACT.

    The first sentence of section 205 of the Tlingit and Haida Status 
Clarification Act (25 U.S.C. 1215) is amended by striking ``Indian 
tribes'' and inserting ``Indian Tribes''.

SEC. 11. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES ACT.

    Section 103 of the Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 2902) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``under section 5351(4) 
        of the Indian Education Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2651(4))'' and 
        inserting ``under section 9161(4) of the Improving America's 
        Schools Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7881(4))''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``section 4009 of Public 
        Law 100-297 (20 U.S.C. 4909)'' and inserting ``section 9212(1) 
        of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 
        7912(1))''.

SEC. 12. PONCA RESTORATION ACT.

    Section 5 of the Ponca Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 983c) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``Sarpy, Burt, Platte, Stanton, Holt, 
        Hall, Wayne,'' before ``Knox''; and
            (2) by striking ``or Charles Mix County'' and inserting ``, 
        Woodbury or Pottawattomie Counties of Iowa, or Charles Mix 
        County''.

SEC. 13. YAVAPAI-PRESCOTT INDIAN TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 
              1994.

    Section 112(b) of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights 
Settlement Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4532) is amended by striking 
``December 31, 1995'' and inserting ``June 30, 1996''.

SEC. 14. REVOCATION OF CHARTER OF INCORPORATION OF THE MINNESOTA 
              CHIPPEWA TRIBE UNDER THE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT.

    The request of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe to surrender the 
charter of incorporation issued to that tribe on September 17, 1937, 
pursuant to section 17 of the Act of June 18, 1934, commonly known as 
the ``Indian Reorganization Act'' (48 Stat. 988, chapter 576; 25 U.S.C. 
477) is hereby accepted and that charter of incorporation is hereby 
revoked.

SEC. 15. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON CALIFORNIA INDIAN POLICY ACT OF 1992.

    Section 5(6) of the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy 
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 2133; 25 U.S.C. 651 note) is amended by striking 
``18 months'' and inserting ``36 months''.

SEC. 16. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1992.

    Section 3711(b)(1) of the San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights 
Settlement Act of 1992 (title XXXVII of Public Law 102-575) is amended 
by striking ``December 31, 1995'' and inserting ``December 31, 1996''.

SEC. 17. IN-LIEU FISHING SITE TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

    Section 401 of Public Law 100-581 (102 Stat. 2944-2945) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) The Secretary of the Army is authorized to transfer funds to 
the Department of the Interior to be used for purposes of the continued 
operation and maintenance of sites improved or developed under this 
section.''.

SEC. 18. ADOLESCENT TRANSITIONAL LIVING FACILITY.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds that were 
provided to the Ponca Indian Tribe of Nebraska for any of the fiscal 
years 1992 through 1995, and that were retained by that Indian tribe, 
pursuant to a self-determination contract with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services that the Indian tribe entered into under section 102 
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 450f) to carry out programs and functions of the Indian Health 
Service may be used by that Indian tribe to acquire, develop, and 
maintain a transitional living facility for adolescents, including land 
for that facility.

SEC. 19. EXPENDITURE OF MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE JUDGMENT FUNDS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any distribution 
plan approved pursuant to the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or 
Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), the Secretary of the 
Interior may reprogram, in accordance with the Resolutions, approved by 
the Mescalero Apache Tribal Council on January 24, 1995, any and all 
remaining funds (principal and interest accounts) regarding specific 
changes in the Secretarial Plans for the use of the funds in Docket 
Nos. 22-G, 30, 48, 30-A, and 48-A, awarded in satisfaction of the 
judgments by the Indian Claims Commission.''.

SEC. 20. ESTABLISHMENT OF A BAND ROLL.

    Section 5(d)(2) of the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians Act (25 U.S.C. 1300h-3(d)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``and base roll'' after ``requirement''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``modification is'' and inserting 
        ``modifications are''.
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