PUBLIC LAW 109–221—MAY 12, 2006

NATIVE AMERICAN TECHNICAL

CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2006

120 STAT. 336 PUBLIC LAW 109–221—MAY 12, 2006

Public Law 109–221

109th Congress

An Act

To make technical corrections to 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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2006’’.

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act

is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING

TO NATIVE AMERICANS

Sec. 101. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act technical amendment.

Sec. 102. ANCSA amendment.

Sec. 103. Mississippi Band of Choctaw transportation reimbursement.

Sec. 104. Fallon Paiute Shoshone tribes settlement.

TITLE II—INDIAN LAND LEASING

Sec. 201. Prairie Island land conveyance.

Sec. 202. Authorization of 99-year leases.

Sec. 203. Certification of rental proceeds.

TITLE III—NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION FUNDING

AMENDMENT

Sec. 301. National Indian Gaming Commission funding amendment.

TITLE IV—INDIAN FINANCING

Sec. 401. Indian Financing Act Amendments.

TITLE V—NATIVE AMERICAN PROBATE REFORM TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

Sec. 501. Clarification of provisions and amendments relating to inheritance of Indian lands.

TITLE I—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS

AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING

TO NATIVE AMERICANS

SEC. 101. ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT TECHNICAL

AMENDMENT.

(a)(1) Section 337(a) of the Department of the Interior and

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (Division F of Public

Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 278; February 20, 2003) is amended—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking

‘‘Section 1629b of title 43, United States Code,’’ and inserting

43 USC 1629b.

Native American

Technical

Corrections Act

of 2006.

25 USC 1451

note.

May 12, 2006

[H.R. 3351]

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‘‘Section 36 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43

U.S.C. 1629b)’’;

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘by creating the following

new subsection:’’ and inserting ‘‘in subsection (d), by adding

at the end the following:’’; and

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘by creating the following

new subsection:’’ and inserting ‘‘by adding at the end the following:’’.

(2) Section 36 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

(43 U.S.C. 1629b) is amended in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘section

1629e of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 39’’.

(b)(1) Section 337(b) of the Department of the Interior and

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (Division F of Public

Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 278; February 20, 2003) is amended by

striking ‘‘Section 1629e(a)(3) of title 43, United States Code,’’ and

inserting ‘‘Section 39(a)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement

Act (43 U.S.C. 1629e(a)(3))’’.

(2) Section 39(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1629e(a)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘(a)(4)

of section 1629b of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 36(a)(4)’’.

(c) The amendments made by this section take effect on February 20, 2003.

SEC. 102. ANCSA AMENDMENT.

All land and interests in land in the State of Alaska conveyed

by the Federal Government under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) to a Native Corporation and

reconveyed by that Native Corporation, or a successor in interest,

in exchange for any other land or interest in land in the State

of Alaska and located within the same region (as defined in section

9(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1608(a)),

to a Native Corporation under an exchange or other conveyance,

shall be deemed, notwithstanding the conveyance or exchange, to

have been conveyed pursuant to that Act.

SEC. 103. MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW TRANSPORTATION

REIMBURSEMENT.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed, within

the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act,

to accept funds from the State of Mississippi pursuant to the contract signed by the Mississippi Department of Transportation on

June 7, 2005, and by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

on June 2, 2005. The amount shall not exceed $776,965.30 and

such funds shall be deposited in the trust account numbered

PL7489708 at the Office of Trust Funds Management for the benefit

of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Thereafter, the tribe

may draw down these moneys from this trust account by resolution

of the Tribal Council, pursuant to Federal law and regulations

applicable to such accounts.

SEC. 104. FALLON PAIUTE SHOSHONE TRIBES SETTLEMENT.

(a) SETTLEMENT FUND.—Section 102 of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 (Public

Law 101–618; 104 Stat. 3289) is amended—

(1) in subsection (C)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking the matter preceding subparagraph

(a) and inserting the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding any

Effective date.

Effective date.

43 USC 1629b

note.

Alaska.

43 USC 1613a.

43 USC 1629e.

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conflicting provision in the original Fund plan during

Fund fiscal year 2006 or any subsequent Fund fiscal

year, 6 percent of the average quarterly market value

of the Fund during the immediately preceding 3 Fund

fiscal years (referred to in this title as the ‘Annual

6 percent Amount’), plus any unexpended and unobligated portion of the Annual 6 percent Amount from

any of the 3 immediately preceding Fund fiscal years

that are subsequent to Fund fiscal year 2005, less

any negative income that may accrue on that portion,

may be expended or obligated only for the following

purposes:’’; and

(ii) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(g) Fees and expenses incurred in connection with the

investment of the Fund, for investment management, investment consulting, custodianship, and other transactional services or matters.’’; and

(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:

‘‘(4) No monies from the Fund other than the amounts authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) may be expended or obligated

for any purpose.

‘‘(5) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision in the original

Fund plan, during Fund fiscal year 2006 and during each subsequent Fund fiscal year, not more than 20 percent of the Annual

6 percent Amount for the Fund fiscal year (referred to in this

title as the ‘Annual 1.2 percent Amount’) may be expended or

obligated under paragraph (1)(c) for per capita distributions to

tribal members, except that during each Fund fiscal year subsequent to Fund fiscal year 2006, any unexpended and unobligated

portion of the Annual 1.2 percent Amount from any of the 3 immediately preceding Fund fiscal years that are subsequent to Fund

fiscal year 2005, less any negative income that may accrue on

that portion, may also be expended or obligated for such per capita

payments.’’; and

(2) in subsection (D), by adding at the end the following:

‘‘Notwithstanding any conflicting provision in the original Fund

plan, the Fallon Business Council, in consultation with the

Secretary, shall promptly amend the original Fund plan for

purposes of conforming the Fund plan to this title and making

nonsubstantive updates, improvements, or corrections to the

original Fund plan.’’.

(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 107 of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone

Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 (Public Law

101–618; 104 Stat. 3293) is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (D), (E), (F), and (G) as

subsections (F), (G), (H), and (I), respectively; and

(2) by striking subsections (B) and (C) and inserting the

following:

‘‘(B) the term ‘Fund fiscal year’ means a fiscal year of

the Fund (as defined in the Fund plan);

‘‘(C) the term ‘Fund plan’ means the plan established under

section 102(F), including the original Fund plan (the ‘Plan

for Investment, Management, Administration and Expenditure

dated December 20, 1991’) and all amendments of the Fund

plan under subsection (D) or (F)(1) of section 102;

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‘‘(D) the term ‘income’ means the total net return from

the investment of the Fund, consisting of all interest, dividends,

realized and unrealized gains and losses, and other earnings,

less all related fees and expenses incurred for investment

management, investment consulting, custodianship and transactional services or matters;

‘‘(E) the term ‘principal’ means the total amount appropriated to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribal Settlement Fund

under section 102(B);’’.

TITLE II—INDIAN LAND LEASING

SEC. 201. PRAIRIE ISLAND LAND CONVEYANCE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall convey all

right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land

described in subsection (b), including all improvements, cultural

resources, and sites on the land, subject to the flowage and

sloughing easement described in subsection (d) and to the conditions

stated in subsection (f), to the Secretary of the Interior, to be—

(1) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of

the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota; and

(2) included in the Prairie Island Indian Community Reservation in Goodhue County, Minnesota.

(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land to be conveyed under subsection (a) is the approximately 1290 acres of land associated with

the Lock and Dam #3 on the Mississippi River in Goodhue County,

Minnesota, located in tracts identified as GO–251, GO–252, GO–

271, GO–277, GO–278, GO–284, GO–301 through GO–313, GO–

314A, GO–314B, GO–329, GO–330A, GO–330B, GO–331A, GO–

331B, GO–331C, GO–332, GO–333, GO–334, GO–335A, GO–335B,

GO–336 through GO–338, GO–339A, GO–339B, GO–339C, GO–

339D, GO–339E, GO–340A, GO–340B, GO–358, GO–359A, GO–

359B, GO–359C, GO–359D, and GO–360, as depicted on the map

entitled ‘‘United States Army Corps of Engineers survey map of

the Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Project, Lock & Dam No. 3

(Red Wing), Land & Flowage Rights’’ and dated December 1936.

(c) BOUNDARY SURVEY.—Not later than 5 years after the date

of conveyance under subsection (a), the boundaries of the land

conveyed shall be surveyed as provided in section 2115 of the

Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 176).

(d) EASEMENT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corps of Engineers shall retain a

flowage and sloughing easement for the purpose of navigation

and purposes relating to the Lock and Dam No. 3 project

over the portion of the land described in subsection (b) that

lies below the elevation of 676.0.

(2) INCLUSIONS.—The easement retained under paragraph

(1) includes—

(A) the perpetual right to overflow, flood, and submerge

property as the District Engineer determines to be necessary in connection with the operation and maintenance

of the Mississippi River Navigation Project; and

(B) the continuing right to clear and remove any brush,

debris, or natural obstructions that, in the opinion of the

District Engineer, may be detrimental to the project.

Deadline.

Minnesota.

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(e) OWNERSHIP OF STURGEON LAKE BED UNAFFECTED.—Nothing

in this section diminishes or otherwise affects the title of the State

of Minnesota to the bed of Sturgeon Lake located within the tracts

of land described in subsection (b).

(f) CONDITIONS.—The conveyance under subsection (a) is subject

to the conditions that the Prairie Island Indian Community shall

not—

(1) use the conveyed land for human habitation;

(2) construct any structure on the land without the written

approval of the District Engineer; or

(3) conduct gaming (within the meaning of section 4 of

the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)) on the

land.

(g) NO EFFECT ON ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the conveyance under subsection (a), the land shall

continue to be eligible for environmental management planning

and other recreational or natural resource development projects

on the same basis as before the conveyance.

(h) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section diminishes

or otherwise affects the rights granted to the United States pursuant to letters of July 23, 1937, and November 20, 1937, from

the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of War and the

letters of the Secretary of War in response to the Secretary of

the Interior dated August 18, 1937, and November 27, 1937, under

which the Secretary of the Interior granted certain rights to the

Corps of Engineers to overflow the portions of Tracts A, B, and

C that lie within the Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project

boundary and as more particularly shown and depicted on the

map entitled ‘‘United States Army Corps of Engineers survey map

of the Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Project, Lock & Dam No.

3 (Red Wing), Land & Flowage Rights’’ and dated December 1936.

SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF 99-YEAR LEASES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of the first section of the

Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended in the second

sentence—

(1) by striking ‘‘Moapa Indian reservation’’ and inserting

‘‘Moapa Indian Reservation’’;

(2) by inserting ‘‘the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla

Indian Reservation,’’ before ‘‘the Burns Paiute Reservation’’;

(3) by inserting ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘Yavapai-Prescott’’;

(4) by inserting ‘‘the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation and

land held in trust for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe,’’ after

‘‘the Cabazon Indian Reservation,’’;

(5) by striking ‘‘lands comprising the Moses Allotment

Numbered 10, Chelan County, Washington,,’’ and inserting ‘‘the

lands comprising the Moses Allotment Numbered 8 and the

Moses Allotment Numbered 10, Chelan County, Washington,’’;

(6) by inserting ‘‘land held in trust for the Prairie Band

Potawatomi Nation,’’ before ‘‘lands held in trust for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma’’;

(7) by inserting ‘‘land held in trust for the Fallon Paiute

Shoshone Tribes,’’ before ‘‘lands held in trust for the Pueblo

of Santa Clara’’; and

(8) by inserting ‘‘land held in trust for the Yurok Tribe,

land held in trust for the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians

of the Hopland Rancheria,’’ after ‘‘Pueblo of Santa Clara,’’.

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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection

(a) shall apply to any lease entered into or renewed after the

date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 203. CERTIFICATION OF RENTAL PROCEEDS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any actual rental

proceeds from the lease of land acquired under the first section

of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for loans to Indian tribes

and tribal corporations, and for other purposes’’ (25 U.S.C. 488)

certified by the Secretary of the Interior shall be deemed—

(1) to constitute the rental value of that land; and

(2) to satisfy the requirement for appraisal of that land.

TITLE III—NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING

COMMISSION FUNDING AMENDMENT

SEC. 301. NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION FUNDING AMENDMENT.

(a) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.—Section 7 of the Indian

Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2706) is amended by adding

at the end the following:

‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS

ACT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out any action under this

Act, the Commission shall be subject to the Government

Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62;

107 Stat. 285).

‘‘(2) PLANS.—In addition to any plan required under the

Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law

103–62; 107 Stat. 285), the Commission shall submit a plan

to provide technical assistance to tribal gaming operations in

accordance with that Act.’’.

(b) COMMISSION FUNDING.—Section 18(a)(2) of the Indian

Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2717(a)(2)) is amended by

striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:

‘‘(B) The total amount of all fees imposed during any

fiscal year under the schedule established under paragraph

(1) shall not exceed 0.080 percent of the gross gaming

revenues of all gaming operations subject to regulation

under this Act.’’.

TITLE IV—INDIAN FINANCING

SEC. 401. INDIAN FINANCING ACT AMENDMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 201 of the Indian Financing Act of

1974 (25 U.S.C. 1481) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 201. In order’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘SEC. 201. LOAN GUARANTIES AND INSURANCE.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘the Secretary is authorized (a) to guarantee’’

and inserting ‘‘the Secretary may—

‘‘(1) guarantee’’;

25 USC 494a.

25 USC 415 note.

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(3) by striking ‘‘members; and (b) in lieu of such guaranty,

to insure’’ and inserting ‘‘members; or

‘‘(2) insure’’; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE BORROWERS.—The Secretary may guarantee or

insure loans under subsection (a) to both for-profit and nonprofit

borrowers.’’.

(b) SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF LOANS AND UNDERLYING SECURITY.—Section 205 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C.

1485) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 205.’’ and all that follows through

subsection (b) and inserting the following:

‘‘SEC. 205. SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF LOANS AND UNDERLYING SECURITY.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—All or any portion of a loan guaranteed

or insured under this title, including the security given for the

loan—

‘‘(1) may be transferred by the lender by sale or assignment

to any person; and

‘‘(2) may be retransferred by the transferee.

‘‘(b) TRANSFERS OF LOANS.—With respect to a transfer described

in subsection (a)—

‘‘(1) the transfer shall be consistent with such regulations

as the Secretary shall promulgate under subsection (h); and

‘‘(2) the transferee shall give notice of the transfer to the

Secretary.’’;

(2) by striking subsection (c);

(3) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and

(i) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively;

(4) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)),

by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

‘‘(2) VALIDITY.—Except as provided in regulations in effect

on the date on which a loan is made, the validity of a guarantee

or insurance of a loan under this title shall be incontestable.’’;

(5) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (3))—

(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(2) COMPENSATION OF FISCAL TRANSFER AGENT.—A fiscal

transfer agent designated under subsection (f) may be compensated through any of the fees assessed under this section

and any interest earned on any funds or fees collected by

the fiscal transfer agent while the funds or fees are in the

control of the fiscal transfer agent and before the time at

which the fiscal transfer agent is contractually required to

transfer such funds to the Secretary or to transferees or other

holders.’’; and

(6) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (3))—

(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’; and

(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘, and issuance

of acknowledgments,’’.

(c) LOANS INELIGIBLE FOR GUARANTY OR INSURANCE.—Section

206 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1486) is amended

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by inserting ‘‘(not including an eligible Community Development

Finance Institution)’’ after ‘‘Government’’.

(d) AGGREGATE LOANS OR SURETY BONDS LIMITATION.—Section

217(b) of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1497(b))

is amended by striking ‘‘$500,000,000’’ and inserting

‘‘$1,500,000,000’’.

TITLE V—NATIVE AMERICAN PROBATE

REFORM TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

SEC. 501. CLARIFICATION OF PROVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS

RELATING TO INHERITANCE OF INDIAN LANDS.

(a) CLARIFICATIONS RELATING TO APPLICABLE LAWS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 207(g)(2) of the Indian Land

Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2206(g)(2)) is amended—

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by

striking ‘‘described in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘specified in paragraph (1)’’; and

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘identified in Federal law’’ and inserting ‘‘identified in such law’’.

(2) LIMITATION ON EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.—Section 207(g)

of the Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2206(g)) is

amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:

‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.—Except to the

extent that this Act would amend or otherwise affect the

application of a Federal law specified or described in paragraph

(1) or (2), nothing in paragraph (2) limits the application of

this Act to trust or restricted land, interests in such land,

or any other trust or restricted interests or assets.’’.

(b) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE; LAND FOR WHICH PATENTS HAVE

BEEN EXECUTED AND DELIVERED.—

(1) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF LAND.—Section 4 of the

Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 464), is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘SEC. 4. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED INDIAN LANDS

AND SHARES OF INDIAN TRIBES AND CORPORATIONS.

‘‘Except as provided in this Act, no sale, devise, gift, exchange,

or other transfer of restricted Indian lands or of shares in the

assets of any Indian tribe or corporation organized under this

Act shall be made or approved: Provided, That such lands or

interests may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,

be sold, devised, or otherwise transferred to the Indian tribe in

which the lands or shares are located or from which the shares

were derived, or to a successor corporation: Provided further, That,

subject to section 8(b) of the American Indian Probate Reform

Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–374; 25 U.S.C. 2201 note), lands

and shares described in the preceding proviso shall descend or

be devised to any member of an Indian tribe or corporation described

in that proviso or to an heir or lineal descendant of such a member

in accordance with the Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C.

2201 et seq.), including a tribal probate code approved, or regulations promulgated under, that Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may authorize any voluntary exchanges of

lands of equal value and the voluntary exchange of shares of equal

value whenever such exchange, in the judgment of the Secretary,

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3351:

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 109–228, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Resources).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

Vol. 151 (2005): Nov. 16, considered and passed House.

Vol. 152 (2006): Apr. 7, considered and passed Senate, amended.

May 2, House concurred in Senate amendment.

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is expedient and beneficial for or compatible with the proper consolidation of Indian lands and for the benefit of cooperative organizations.’’.

(2) LAND FOR WHICH PATENTS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND

DELIVERED.—Section 5 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (25 U.S.C.

348) is amended in the second proviso by striking ‘‘That’’ and

inserting ‘‘That, subject to section 8(b) of the American Indian

Probate Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–374; 118 Stat.

1810),’’.

(3) EFFECTIVE DATES.—Section 8 of the American Indian

Probate Reform Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 2201 note; 118 Stat.

1809) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

following:

‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),

the amendments made by this Act apply on and after the

date that is 1 year after the date on which the Secretary

makes the certification required under subsection (a)(4).

‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The following provisions of law apply

as of the date of enactment of this Act:

‘‘(A) Subsections (e) and (f) of section 207 of the Indian

Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2206) (as amended by

this Act).

‘‘(B) Subsection (g) of section 207 of the Indian Land

Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2206) (as in effect on March

1, 2006).

‘‘(C) The amendments made by section 4, section 5,

paragraphs (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), and (11)

of section 6(a), section 6(b)(3), and section 7 of this Act.’’.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS.—The amendments made

by subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in the enactment

of the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law

108–374; 118 Stat. 1773).

Approved May 12, 2006.

25 USC 348 note.