H. R. 483
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
An Act
Regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR 99-YEAR LEASES.
The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the
leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational,
residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of
long-term leases’’, approved August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)),
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘, the reservation of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon,’’ after
‘‘Spanish Grant’’)’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘lands held in trust for the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon’’ before
‘‘, lands held in trust for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma’’.
SEC. 2. USE OF CERTAIN TRUST LANDS AND RESOURCES FOR ECO-
NOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
(a) APPROVAL
OF
AGREEMENT.—The use of tribal lands,
resources, and other assets described in the document entitled
‘‘Long-Term Global Settlement and Compensation Agreement’’,
dated April 12, 2000 (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘GSA’’), entered
into by the Department of the Interior, the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (in this section referred
to as the ‘‘Tribes’’), and the Portland General Electric Company,
and in the Included Agreements, as attached to the GSA on April
12, 2000, and delivered to the Department of the Interior on that
date, is approved and ratified. The authorization, execution, and
delivery of the GSA is approved. In this section, the GSA and
the Included Agreements are collectively referred to as the ‘‘Agree-
ment’’. Any provision of Federal law which applies to tribal land,
resources, or other assets (including proceeds derived therefrom)
as a consequence of the Tribes’ status as a federally recognized
Indian tribe shall not—
(1) render the Agreement unenforceable or void against
the parties; or
(2) prevent or restrict the Tribes from pledging, encum-
bering, or using funds or other assets that may be paid to
or received by or on behalf of the Tribes in connection with
the Agreement.
(b) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress hereby deems that the Secretary
of the Interior had and has the authority—
(A) to approve the Agreement; and
(B) to implement the provisions of the Agreement
under which the Secretary has obligations as a party
thereto.
(2) OTHER AGREEMENTS.—Any agreement approved by the
Secretary prior to or after the date of the enactment of this
Act under the authority used to approve the Agreement shall
not require Congressional approval or ratification to be valid
and binding on the parties thereto.
(c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—
(1) SCOPE OF SECTION.—This section shall be construed
as addressing only—
(A) the validity and enforceability of the Agreement
with respect to provisions of Federal law referred to in
section 2(a) of this Act; and
(B) approval for provisions of the Agreement and
actions that are necessary to implement provisions of the
Agreement that the parties may be required to obtain
under Federal laws referred to in section 2(a) of this Act.
(2) AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed
to imply that the Secretary of the Interior did not have the
authority under Federal law as in effect immediately before
the enactment of this Act to approve the use of tribal lands,
resources, or other assets in the manner described in the Agree-
ment or in the implementation thereof.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect as of April 12, 2000.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.