105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4068
AN ACT
To make certain technical corrections in laws relat-
ing to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4068
AN ACT
To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to
Native Americans, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR 99-YEAR LEASES.
The second sentence of subsection (a) of the first sec-
tion of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the leasing
of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational,
recreational, residential, business, and other purposes re-
quiring the grant of long-term leases’’, approved August
9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘lands held in trust for the
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Commu-
nity of Oregon,’’ after ‘‘lands held in trust for the
Cahuilla Band of Indians of California,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘the Cabazon Indian Reserva-
tion,’’ after ‘‘the Navajo Reservation,’’.
SEC. 2. GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT.
Section 1(c) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish
a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand
Ronde Community of Oregon, and for other purposes’’,
approved September 9, 1988 (25 U.S.C. 713f note; 102
Stat. 1594), is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘10,120.68 acres of land’’ and
inserting ‘‘10,311.60 acres of land’’; and
(2) by striking all in the table after:
‘‘4
Lots 3, 4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,
E1⁄2SW1⁄4
240;’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘6
N1⁄2SW1⁄4
29.59
W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,
N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4
21.70
W1⁄2E1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4
5.31
E1⁄2E1⁄2
57.60
SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4
22.46
NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4
10.84
E1⁄2NE1⁄4
43.42
Total
10,311.60’’.
SEC. 3. NAVAJO-HOPI LAND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ACT.
Section 12 of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settle-
ment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3653) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by inserting ‘‘of
surface water’’ after ‘‘on such lands’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsection
(a)(3)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a)(1)(C)’’.
SEC. 
4. 
TREATMENT 
OF 
CERTAIN 
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall
take such action as may be necessary to extend the terms
of the projects referred to in section 512 of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1660b) so that
the term of each such project expires on October 1, 2002.
(b) AMENDMENT
TO INDIAN HEALTH CARE IM-
PROVEMENT ACT.—Section 512 of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1660b) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(c) In addition to the amounts made available under
section 514 to carry out this section through fiscal year
2000, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of
fiscal years 2001 and 2002.’’.
SEC. 5. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF COOS, LOWER UMPQUA,
AND SIUSLAW INDIANS RESERVATION ACT.
Section 7(b) of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and
Siuslaw Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 714e(b)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) In Lane County, Oregon, a parcel de-
scribed as beginning at the common corner to sec-
tions 23, 24, 25, and 26 township 18 south, range
12 west, Willamette Meridian; then west 25 links;
then north 2 chains and 50 links; then east 25 links
to a point on the section line between sections 23
and 24; then south 2 chains and 50 links to the
place of origin, and containing .062 of an acre, more
or less, situated and lying in section 23, township 18
south, range 12 west, of Willamette Meridian.’’.
SEC. 6. HOOPA VALLEY RESERVATION BOUNDARY ADJUST-
MENT.
Section 2(b) of the Hoopa Valley Reservation South
Boundary Adjustment Act (25 U.S.C. 1300i–1 note) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘north 72 degrees 30 minutes
east’’ and inserting ‘‘north 73 degrees 50 minutes
east’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘south 15 degrees 59 minutes
east’’ and inserting ‘‘south 14 degrees 36 minutes
east’’.
SEC. 7. CLARIFICATION OF SERVICE AREA FOR CONFED-
ERATED TRIBES OF SILETZ INDIANS OF OR-
EGON.
Section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a
reservation for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
of Oregon’’, approved September 4, 1980 (25 U.S.C. 711e
note; 94 Stat. 1073), is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(c) Subject to the express limitations under sections
4 and 5, for purposes of determining eligibility for Federal
assistance programs, the service area of the Confederated
Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon shall include Ben-
ton, Clackamas, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah,
Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill Counties in Or-
egon.’’.
SEC. 8. LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota is hereby
authorized to sell, convey, and warrant to a buyer, without
further approval of the United States, all the Community’s
interest in the following real property located in Redwood
County, Minnesota:
A tract of land located in the Northeast Quarter
(NE1⁄4) of Section Five (5), Township One Hundred
Twelve (112) North, Range Thirty-five (35) West,
County of Redwood and State of Minnesota, de-
scribed as follows: Commencing at the north quarter
corner of Section 5 in Township 112 North, Range
35 West of the 5th Principal Meridian; thence east
a distance of 678 feet; thence south a distance of
650 feet; thence South 45 degrees West a distance
of 367.7 feet; thence west a distance of 418 feet to
a point situated on the north and south quarter line
of said Section 5; thence north a distance of 910
feet to the place of beginning, subject to highway
easements of record, and containing 13.38 acres,
more or less.
Nothing in this section is intended to authorize the Lower
Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota to sell any of its
lands that are held in trust by the United States.