resulting from the term of any transfer, lease, encum-
brance, or conveyance of land made pursuant to this Act 
unless the United States or an agent or instrumentality 
of the United States is a party to the transaction or the 
United States would be liable pursuant to any other provi-
sion of law. This subsection shall not apply to land trans-
ferred or conveyed by the Tribe to the United States to 
be held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. 
SEC. 6. MORONGO TRIBE LEASE EXTENSION. 
Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of Au-
gust 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)) is amended in the second 
sentence by inserting ‘‘and except leases of land held in 
trust for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians which may 
be for a term of not to exceed 50 years,’’ before ‘‘and ex-
cept leases of land for grazing purposes which may be for 
a term of not to exceed ten years’’. 
SEC. 7. COW CREEK BAND LEASING AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION FOR 99-YEAR LEASES.—Sub-
section (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 
1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended in the second sen-
tence by inserting ‘‘and lands held in trust for the Cow 
Creek Band of Umpqua true of Indians,’’ after ‘‘lands held 
in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon,’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to any lease entered into or re-
newed after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. NEW SETTLEMENT COMMON STOCK ISSUED TO DE-
SCENDANTS, LEFT-OUTS, AND ELDERS. 
Section 7 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(Public Law Number 92–203, 85 Stat. 691), is amend-
ed— 
(1) by amending subsection (g)(1)(B)(iii) (43 
U.S.C. 1606(g)(1)(B)(iii)), to read as follows: 
‘‘(iii) The amendment authorized by 
clause (i) may provide that Settlement 
Common Stock issued to a Native pursu-
ant to such amendment (or stock issued in 
exchange for such Settlement Common 
Stock pursuant to subsection (h)(3) of this 
section or section 1626c(d) of this title) 
shall be subject to one or more of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) Such stock shall be deemed 
canceled upon the death of such Na-
tive, and no compensation for this 
cancellation shall be paid to the estate 
of the deceased Native or to any per-
son holding stock. 
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‘‘(II) Such stock shall carry lim-
ited or no voting rights. 
‘‘(III) Such stock shall not be 
transferred by gift as provided in sub-
paragraph (h)(1)(C)(iii).’’; and 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(h)(1)(C) 
(43 
U.S.C. 
1606(h)(1)(C)), by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding the 
restrictions’’ and inserting ‘‘Expect as otherwise ex-
pressly provided in this chapter and’’. 
SEC. 9. COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY FISHING ACCESS SITES. 
Section 401 of Public Law 100–581 (102 Stat. 2944; 
110 Stat. 766) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) INVESTMENT
OF OPERATION
AND MAINTE-
NANCE FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
funds made available for operation and maintenance 
under this section may be invested in any interest- 
bearing account, bond, security, or other investment 
to achieve the highest practicable annual yield in ac-
cordance with prudent investor standards. 
‘‘(2) NONAPPLICABILITY OF PROVISION.—Sec-
tion 111 of division E of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (25 U.S.C. 450e–3), shall not 
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apply to any investment of funds under paragraph 
(1).’’. 
SEC. 10. MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA. 
As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment 
of this Act , the Secretary of the Interior shall take into 
trust for the benefit of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians 
of Florida the land described as Tract A and Tract B, 
Kendale Lakes North Section One, according to the Map 
or Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 93, Page 1, Pub-
lic Records or Miami-Dade County, Florida. After having 
been taken into trust, the land described in this section 
shall be part of the reservation of the Miccosukee Tribe 
of Indians of Florida. 
Æ 
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