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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1654

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 1, 1994

Referred jointly to the Committees on Natural Resources and Education and

Labor

AN ACT

To make certain technical corrections.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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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 fol7 lowing new sentences: ‘‘All costs of environmental compli8 ance and mitigation associated with the Compact, includ9 ing mitigation measures adopted by the Secretary, are the

10 sole responsibility of the United States. All moneys appro11 priated pursuant to the authorization under this sub12 section are in addition to amounts appropriated pursuant

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

14 shall be immediately available.’’.

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

16 4(c) of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reserved Water

17 Rights Settlement Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–374; 106

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

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

20 7(b)(1)(B) and 7(e), the authorization of appropriations

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

22 as the Montana water court enters and approves a decree

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

24 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

25 this section shall be considered to have taken effect on

26 September 30, 1992.
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1 SEC. 2. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SET2 TLEMENT ACT OF 1992.

3 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 3704(d) of the San Car4 los Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992

5 (Public Law 102–575) is amended by deleting ‘‘reimburs6 able’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘nonreimbursable’’.

7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

8 subsection (a) shall be considered to have taken effect on

9 October 30, 1992.

10 SEC. 3. TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

11 The part of the text contained under the heading

12 ‘‘BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS’’, and the subheading

13 ‘‘OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS’’, in title I of the De14 partment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropria15 tions Act, 1994, which reads ‘‘Provided further, That any

16 funds provided under this head or previously provided for

17 tribally controlled community colleges which are distrib18 uted prior to July 1, 1994 which have been or are being

19 invested or administered in compliance with section 331

20 of the Higher Education Act shall be deemed to be in com21 pliance for current and future purposes with title III of

22 the Tribally Controlled Community Colleges Assistance

23 Act.’’ is amended by deleting ‘‘section 331 of the Higher

24 Education Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section

25 332(c)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965’’.
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1 SEC. 4. WHITE EARTH RESERVATION LAND SETTLEMENT

2 ACT OF 1985.

3 Section 7 of the White Earth Reservation Land Set4 tlement Act of 1985 (25 U.S.C. 331, note) is amended

5 by adding at the end thereof the following:

6 ‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary is authorized to make a one7 time deletion from the second list published under sub8 section (c) or any subsequent list published under sub9 section (e) of any allotments or interests which the Sec10 retary has determined do not fall within the provisions of

11 subsection (a) or (b) of section 4, or subsection (c) of sec12 tion 5, or which the Secretary has determined were erro13 neously included in such list by reason of misdescription

14 or typographical error.

15 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Reg16 ister notice of deletions made from the second list pub17 lished under subsection (c) or any subsequent list pub18 lished under subsection (e).

19 ‘‘(3) The determination made by the Secretary to de20 lete an allotment or interest under paragraph (1) may be

21 judicially reviewed in accordance with chapter 7 of title

22 5, United States Code, within 90 days after the date on

23 which notice of such determination is published in the

24 Federal Register under paragraph (2). Any legal action

25 challenging such a determination that is not filed within

26 such 90-day period shall be forever barred. Exclusive juris-
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1 diction over any legal action challenging such a determina2 tion is vested in the United States District Court for the

3 District of Minnesota.’’.

4 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS.

5 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 3508(d)(1)

6 and section 3509(c)(1) of the Three Affiliated Tribes and

7 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act

8 (title XXXV; Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4731) are

9 each amended by deleting ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting in lieu

10 thereof in each such section ‘‘twenty-six months’’.

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

12 subsection (a) shall be considered as having taken effect

13 October 30, 1992.

14 SEC. 6. 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’’,

18 approved September 9, 1988 (102 Stat. 1594), is amended

19 as follows:

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

21 ‘‘9,879.65’’; and
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1 (2) delete everything after ‘‘5 8 17 All

2 640.00’’ and insert in lieu thereof the following:

3 ‘‘6 8 1 SW1/4SW1/4,W1/2SE1/4SW1/4 53.78

4 ‘‘6 8 1 S1/2E1/2SE1/4SW1/4 9.00

5 ‘‘6 7 8 Tax lot 800 5.55

6 ‘‘TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,879.65’’.

Passed the Senate November 24 (legislative day, November 23), 1993.

Attest: WALTER J. STEWART,

Secretary.