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District, and any party who may subsequently acquire any right,
title, or interest of any kind whatsoever in or to the Subject Lands
by or through the School District, shall be subject to, be bound
by, and comply with all terms and conditions set forth in subpara-
graphs (A) through (D) of subsection (b)(1).
SEC. 12. INDIAN AGRICULTURE AMENDMENT.
(a) LEASING OF INDIAN AGRICULTURAL LANDS.—Section 105 of
the American Indian Agriculture Resource Management Act (25
U.S.C. 3715) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (3);
(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) shall approve leases and permits of tribally owned
agricultural lands at rates determined by the tribal governing
body.’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), amending paragraph (1) to read as
follows:
‘‘(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting
or altering the authority or right of an individual allottee or Indian
tribe in the legal or beneficial use of his, her, or its own land
or to enter into an agricultural lease of the surface interest of
his, her, or its allotment or land under any other provision of
law.’’.
(b) TRIBAL
IMMUNITY.—The American Indian Agriculture
Resource Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 306. TRIBAL IMMUNITY.
‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, modify, dimin-
ish, or otherwise impair the sovereign immunity from suit enjoyed
by Indian tribes.’’.
SEC. 13. SAN CARLOS APACHE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF
1992.
Section 3711(b)(1) of title XXXVII of the San Carlos Apache
Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4752) is
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘December
31, 1995’’.
SEC. 14. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUY INDIAN ACT AND MENTOR-
PROTEGE PROGRAM.
Section 23 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 861; 25 U.S.C.
47; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Buy Indian Act’’), is amended
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Participation in the Mentor-
Protege Program established under section 831 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2301
note) or receipt of assistance pursuant to any developmental assist-
ance agreement authorized under such program shall not render
Indian labor or Indian industry ineligible to receive any assistance
authorized under this section. For the purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) no determination of affiliation or control (either direct
or indirect) may be found between a protege firm and its
mentor firm on the basis that the mentor firm has agreed
to furnish (or has furnished) to its protege firm pursuant to
a mentor-protege agreement any form of developmental assist-
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ance described in subsection (f) of section 831 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C.
2301 note); and
‘‘(2) the terms ‘protege firm’ and ‘mentor firm’ have the
meaning given such terms in subsection (c) of such section
831.’’.
SEC. 15. ACQUISITION OF LANDS ON WIND RIVER RESERVATION.
(a) AUTHORITY TO HOLD LANDS IN TRUST FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
TRIBE.—The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to
acquire individually in the name of the United States in trust
for the benefit of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation or the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, as appropriate, lands or other rights when the individ-
ual assets of only one of the tribes is used to acquire such lands
or other rights.
(b) LANDS REMAIN PART OF JOINT RESERVATION SUBJECT TO
EXCLUSIVE TRIBAL CONTROL.—Any lands acquired under subsection
(a) within the exterior boundaries of the Wind River Reservation
shall remain a part of the Reservation and subject to the joint
tribal laws of the Reservation, except that the lands so acquired
shall be subject to the exclusive use and control of the tribe for
which such lands were acquired.
(c) INCOME.—The income from lands acquired under subsection
(a) shall be credited to the tribe for which such lands were acquired.
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to prevent the joint acquisition of lands for the benefit
of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation and
the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation.
SEC. 16. ADVANCED TRAINING AND RESEARCH.
(a) Section 111 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
(25 U.S.C. 1616d) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘who have worked in an Indian health
program (as defined in section 108(a)(2)) for a substantial
period of time’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new sentence:
‘‘In selecting participants for a program established under
this subsection, the Secretary, acting through the Service,
shall give priority to applicants who are employed by the
Indian Health Service, Indian tribes, tribal organizations,
and urban Indian organizations, at the time of the submis-
sion of the applications.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘Indian health pro-
gram’’ the following: ‘‘(as defined in section 108(a)(2))’’.
(b) NURSING RESIDENCY PROGRAM.—Section 118(b) of such Act
(25 U.S.C. 1616k(b)) is amended by inserting before the period
the following: ‘‘or a Master’s degree’’.
SEC. 17. REDESIGNATION OF YAKIMA INDIAN NATION TO YAKAMA
INDIAN NATION.
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakima Indian Nation shall be known and designated as the
‘‘Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law (including any regula-
tion), map, document, paper, or other record of the United States
to Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation
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referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian
Nation’’.
SEC. 18. EXPENDITURE OF JUDGMENT FUNDS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any distribution
plan approved pursuant to the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use
or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), the Secretary of the
Interior may reprogram, in accordance with the letter of Charles
Dawes, the Chief of the Ottowa Tribe of Oklahoma, to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, dated September 21, 1993,
and the accompanying Resolution that was approved by the Busi-
ness Committee of the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma August 19, 1993,
the specific changes in the Secretarial Plan that became effective
on June 14, 1983, for the use of funds that were awarded in
satisfaction of judgments in final awards by the Indian Claims
Commission for claims with the following docket numbers: 133–
A, 133–B, 133–C, 302, and 338.
SEC. 19. APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.
The activities of the Department of the Interior associated
with the Department’s consultation with Indian tribes and organiza-
tions related to the management of funds held in trust by the
United States for Indian tribes shall be exempt from the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
SEC. 20. POKAGON POTAWATOMI MEMBERSHIP LIST.
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to restore Federal services to the
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’’, approved September 21,
1994 (Public Law 103–323) is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 9 as section 10; and
(2) by inserting after section 8 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 9. MEMBERSHIP LIST.
‘‘(a) LIST OF MEMBERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 1994.—Not later than
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Bands shall
submit to the Secretary a list of all individuals who, as of September
21, 1994, were members of the respective Bands.
‘‘(b) LIST OF INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Bands shall submit to the Sec-
retary membership rolls that contain the names of all individ-
uals eligible for membership in such Bands. Each such Band,
in consultation with the Secretary, shall determine whether
an individual is eligible for membership in the Band on the
basis of provisions in the governing documents of the Band
that determine the qualifications for inclusion in the member-
ship roll of the Band.
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—At such time as the rolls
have been submitted to the Secretary, the Secretary shall imme-
diately publish in the Federal Register a notice of such rolls.
‘‘(3) MAINTENANCE OF ROLLS.—The Bands shall ensure that
the rolls are maintained and kept current.’’.
SEC. 21. ODAWA AND OTTAWA MEMBERSHIP LISTS.
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa and the Little River
Band of Ottawa Indians Act (Public Law 103–324) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
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‘‘SEC. 9. MEMBERSHIP LIST.
‘‘(a) LIST OF PRESENT MEMBERSHIP.—Not later than 120 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Band shall submit
to the Secretary a list of all individuals who, as of September
21, 1994, were members of the Band.
‘‘(b) LIST OF INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Band shall submit to the Secretary
membership rolls that contain the names of all individuals
eligible for membership in such Band. The Band, in consultation
with the Secretary, shall determine whether an individual is
eligible for membership in the Band on the basis of provisions
in the governing documents of the Band that determine the
qualifications for inclusion in the membership roll of the Band.
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—At such time as the rolls
have been submitted to the Secretary, the Secretary shall imme-
diately publish in the Federal Register a notice of such rolls.
‘‘(3) MAINTENANCE OF ROLLS.—The Band shall ensure that
the rolls are maintained and kept current.’’.
SEC. 22. INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE
ACT.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Indian Self-Determination Act is
amended—
(1) in section 107(b)(2) (25 U.S.C. 450k(b)(2)), by striking
‘‘Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs’’ and inserting
‘‘Committee on Natural Resources’’;
(2) in section 301 (25 U.S.C. 450f note), by striking ‘‘eight’’
and inserting ‘‘18’’; and
(3) in section 302(a) (25 U.S.C. 450f note), by striking
‘‘The Secretaries’’ and inserting ‘‘For each fiscal year, the Sec-
retaries’’.
(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—The Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act Amendments of 1990 (title II of Public
Law 101–644) is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 204. TRIBAL AND FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any
regulation), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health
and Human Services are authorized to jointly establish and fund
advisory committees or other advisory bodies composed of members
of Indian tribes or members of Indian tribes and representatives
of the Federal Government to ensure tribal participation in the
implementation of the Indian Self–Determination and Education
Assistance Act (Public Law 93–638).’’.
SEC. 23. CROW BOUNDARY SETTLEMENT.
Section 6(c) of the Crow Boundary Settlement Act of 1994
is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(c) INVESTMENT.—At the request of the Secretary, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall invest all sums deposited into, accruing
to, and remaining in, the Crow Tribal Trust Fund in accordance
with the first section of the Act of February 12, 1929 (45 Stat.
1164, chapter 178, 25 U.S.C. 161a).’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.