103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1654

AMENDMENT
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

April 19, 1994.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1654) entitled ‘‘An Act to make certain technical corrections’’, do pass

with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVED

2 WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1992.

3 (a) ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS.—Section 7(e) of the

4 Northern Cheyenne Indian Reserved Water Rights Settle5 ment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–374, 106 Stat. 1186

6 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow7 ing new sentences: ‘‘All costs of environmental compliance

8 and mitigation associated with the Compact, including

9 mitigation measures adopted by the Secretary, are the sole

10 responsibility of the United States. All moneys appro11 priated pursuant to the authorization under this subsection

12 are in addition to amounts appropriated pursuant to the

13 authorization under section 7(b)(1) of this Act, and shall

14 be immediately available.’’.

15 (b) AUTHORIZATIONS.—The first sentence of section

16 4(c) of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reserved Water
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1 Rights Settlement Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–374; 106

2 Stat. 1186 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Except

3 for authorizations contained in subsections 7(b)(1)(A),

4 7(b)(1)(B) and 7(e), the authorization of appropriations

5 contained in this Act shall not be effective until such time

6 as the Montana water court enters and approves a decree

7 as provided in subsection (d) of this section.’’.

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this

9 section shall be considered to have taken effect on September

10 30, 1992.

11 SEC. 2. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SET12 TLEMENT ACT OF 1992.

13 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 3704(d) of the San Carlos

14 Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 (Public

15 Law 102–575) is amended by deleting ‘‘reimbursable’’ and

16 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘nonreimbursable’’.

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub18 section (a) shall be considered to have taken effect on Octo19 ber 30, 1992.

20 SEC. 3. TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

21 The part of the text contained under the heading ‘‘BU22 REAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS’’, and the subheading ‘‘OP23 ERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS’’, in title I of the Depart24 ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations

25 Act, 1994, which reads ‘‘Provided further, That any funds
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1 provided under this head or previously provided for trib2 ally-controlled community colleges which are distributed

3 prior to September 30, 1994 which have been or are being

4 invested or administered in compliance with section 331 of

5 the Higher Education Act shall be deemed to be in compli6 ance for current and future purposes with title III of the

7 Tribally Controlled Community Colleges Assistance Act.’’ is

8 amended by deleting ‘‘section 331 of the Higher Education

9 Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 332(c)(2)(A) of

10 the Higher Education Act of 1965’’.

11 SEC. 4. WHITE EARTH RESERVATION LAND SETTLEMENT

12 ACT OF 1985.

13 Section 7 of the White Earth Reservation Land Settle14 ment Act of 1985 (25 U.S.C. 331, note) is amended by add15 ing at the end thereof the following:

16 ‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary is authorized to make a one-time

17 deletion from the second list published under subsection (c)

18 or any subsequent list published under subsection (e) of any

19 allotments or interests which the Secretary has determined

20 do not fall within the provisions of subsection (a) or (b)

21 of section 4, or subsection (c) of section 5, or which the Sec22 retary has determined were erroneously included in such

23 list by reason of misdescription or typographical error.

24 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Reg25 ister notice of deletions made from the second list published
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1 under subsection (c) or any subsequent list published under

2 subsection (e).

3 ‘‘(3) The determination made by the Secretary to delete

4 an allotment or interest under paragraph (1) may be judi5 cially reviewed in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5,

6 United States Code, within 90 days after the date on which

7 notice of such determination is published in the Federal

8 Register under paragraph (2). Any legal action challenging

9 such a determination that is not filed within such 90-day

10 period shall be forever barred. Exclusive jurisdiction over

11 any legal action challenging such a determination is vested

12 in the United States District Court for the District of Min13 nesota.’’.

14 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS.

15 Section 1(c) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish

16 a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand

17 Ronde Community of Oregon, and for other purposes’’, ap18 proved September 9, 1988 (102 Stat. 1594), is amended as

19 follows:

20 (1) delete ‘‘9,811.32’’ and insert in lieu thereof

21 ‘‘9,879.65’’; and

22 (2) delete everything after ‘‘5 8 17 All

23 640.00’’ and insert in lieu thereof the following:
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‘‘6 8 1 SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,W1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 53.78

‘‘6 8 1 S1⁄2E1⁄2,SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 9.00

‘‘6 7 8 Tax lot 800 5.55

Total ...................................................... 9,879.65’’.

Attest:

Clerk.