S. 606

One Hundred Sixth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,

the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine

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.

(c) LIMITATION ON FEES.—Not more than 15 percent of the

sums authorized to be paid by subsection (a) shall be paid to

or received by any agent or attorney for services rendered in connection with the recovery of such sums. Any person violating this

subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000.

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);
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‘‘(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)—

(A) by striking ‘‘person who violates any of subsections’’

and inserting the following: ‘‘person who—

‘‘(1) violates any of subsections’’;

(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting

‘‘; and’’; and

(C) 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

(2) in subsection (j), by inserting ‘‘and section 842(p)’’ after

‘‘this section’’.

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
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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.

(d) LIMITATION ON FEES.—Not more than 15 percent of the

sums authorized to be paid by subsection (a) shall be paid to

or received by any agent or attorney for services rendered in connection with the recovery of such sums. Any person violating this

subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.