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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 606 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 606

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                                 AN ACT

 
For the relief of Global Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr-
  McGee Corporation, and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC (successor to Kerr-
          McGee Chemical Corporation), 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. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Payment of Claims.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, 
out of money not otherwise appropriated--
            (1) to the Global Exploration and Development Corporation, 
        a Florida corporation incorporated in Delaware, $9,500,000;
            (2) to Kerr-McGee Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation 
        incorporated in Delaware, $10,000,000; and
            (3) to Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC, a limited liability 
        company organized under the laws of Delaware, $0.
    (b) Condition of Payment.--
            (1) Global exploration and development corporation.--The 
        payment authorized by subsection (a)(1) is in settlement and 
        compromise of all claims of Global Exploration and Development 
        Corporation, as described in the recommendations of the United 
        States Court of Federal Claims set forth in 36 Fed. Cl. 776.
            (2) Kerr-mcgee corporation and kerr-mcgee chemical, llc.--
        The payment authorized by subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) are in 
        settlement and compromise of all claims of Kerr-McGee 
        Corporation and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC, as described in the 
        recommendations of the United States Court of Federal Claims 
        set forth in 36 Fed. Cl. 776.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION 
              RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAPONS 
              OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

    (a) Unlawful Conduct.--Section 842 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Distribution of Information Relating to Explosives, 
Destructive Devices, and Weapons of Mass Destruction.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `destructive device' has the same 
                meaning as in section 921(a)(4);
                    ``(B) the term `explosive' has the same meaning as 
                in section 844(j); and
                    ``(C) the term `weapon of mass destruction' has the 
                same meaning as in section 2332a(c)(2).
            ``(2) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any person--
                    ``(A) to teach or demonstrate the making or use of 
                an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass 
                destruction, or to distribute by any means information 
                pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or 
                use of an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of 
                mass destruction, with the intent that the teaching, 
                demonstration, or information be used for, or in 
                furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal 
                crime of violence; or
                    ``(B) to teach or demonstrate to any person the 
                making or use of an explosive, a destructive device, or 
                a weapon of mass destruction, or to distribute to any 
                person, by any means, information pertaining to, in 
                whole or in part, the manufacture or use of an 
                explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass 
                destruction, knowing that such person intends to use 
                the teaching, demonstration, or information for, or in 
                furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal 
                crime of violence.''.
    (b) Penalties.--Section 844 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``person who violates 
        any of subsections'' and inserting the following: ``person 
        who--
            ``(1) violates any of subsections'';
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) violates subsection (p)(2) of section 842, shall be 
        fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or 
        both.''; and
            (4) in subsection (j), by striking ``and (i)'' and 
        inserting ``(i), and (p)''.

SEC. 3. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OF MENOMINEE INDIAN TRIBE OF WISCONSIN.

    (a) Payment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the 
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, out of any funds in the Treasury 
of the United States not otherwise appropriated, $32,052,547 for 
damages sustained by the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin by reason 
of--
            (1) the enactment and implementation of the Act entitled 
        ``An Act to provide for a per capita distribution of Menominee 
        tribal funds and authorize the withdrawal of the Menominee 
        Tribe from Federal jurisdiction'', approved June 17, 1954 (68 
        Stat. 250 et seq., chapter 303); and
            (2) the mismanagement by the United States of assets of the 
        Menominee Indian Tribe held in trust by the United States 
        before April 30, 1961, the effective date of termination of 
        Federal supervision of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
    (b) Effect of Payment.--Payment of the amount referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be in full satisfaction of any claims that the 
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin may have against the United States 
with respect to the damages referred to in that subsection.
    (c) Requirements for Payment.--The payment to the Menominee Indian 
Tribe of Wisconsin under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) have the status of a judgment of the United States 
        Court of Federal Claims for the purposes of the Indian Tribal 
        Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401 et 
        seq.); and
            (2) be made in accordance with the requirements of that Act 
        on the condition that, of the amounts remaining after payment 
        of attorney fees and litigation expenses--
                    (A) at least 30 percent shall be distributed on a 
                per capita basis; and
                    (B) the balance shall be set aside and programmed 
                to serve tribal needs, including funding for--
                            (i) educational, economic development, and 
                        health care programs; and
                            (ii) such other programs as the 
                        circumstances of the Menominee Indian Tribe of 
                        Wisconsin may justify.

            Passed the Senate July 1, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 606

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

For the relief of Global Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr-
  McGee Corporation, and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC (successor to Kerr-
          McGee Chemical Corporation), and for other purposes.
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