SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Colorado River Indian Tribes. 
Sec. 3. Gila River Indian Community contracts. 
Sec. 4. Land and interests of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians 
of Michigan. 
Sec. 5. Morongo Band of Mission Indians Lease Extension. 
Sec. 6. Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians leasing authority. 
Sec. 7. New Settlement Common Stock issued to descendants, left-outs, and el-
ders. 
SEC. 2. COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES. 
The Secretary of the Interior may make, subject to 
amounts provided in subsequent appropriations Acts, an 
annual disbursement to the Colorado River Indian Tribes. 
Funds disbursed under this section shall be used to fund 
the Office of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation 
Energy Development and shall not be less than $200,000 
and not to exceed $350,000 annually. 
SEC. 3. GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY CONTRACTS. 
Subsection (f) of the first section of the Act of August 
9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(f)), is amended by striking ‘‘lease, 
affecting’’ and inserting ‘‘lease or construction contract, 
affecting’’. 
SEC. 4. LAND AND INTERESTS OF THE SAULT STE. MARIE 
TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF MICHIGAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
notwithstanding any other provision of law (including reg-
ulations), the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians 
of Michigan (including any agent or instrumentality of the
Tribe) (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Tribe’’), may 
transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, without 
further authorization or approval, all or any part of the 
Tribe’s interest in any real property that is not held in 
trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe. 
(b) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section 
is intended to authorize the Tribe to transfer, lease, en-
cumber, or otherwise convey, any lands, or any interest 
in any lands, that are held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Tribe. 
(c) LIABILITY.—The United States shall not be held 
liable to any party (including the Tribe or any agent or 
instrumentality of the Tribe) for any term of, or any loss 
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. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall be deemed 
to have taken effect on January 1, 2005.
SEC. 5. MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS LEASE EX-
TENSION. 
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. 6. COW CREEK BAND OF UMPQUA TRIBE OF INDIANS 
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 Tribe of Indians,’’ after ‘‘lands 
held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm 
Springs Reservation of Oregon,’’. 
(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. 7. NEW SETTLEMENT COMMON STOCK ISSUED TO DE-
SCENDANTS, LEFT-OUTS, AND ELDERS. 
Section 7 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, (Public Law 92–203; 85 Stat. 691), is amended—
(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 
pursuant to such amendment (or stock issued in exchange 
for such Settlement Common Stock pursuant to sub-
section (h)(3) of this section or section 1626c(d) of this 
title) shall be subject to one or more of the following: 
‘‘(I) Such stock shall be deemed canceled upon 
the death of such Native, and no compensation for 
this cancellation shall be paid to the estate of the de-
ceased Native or to any person holding stock. 
‘‘(II) Such stock shall carry limited or no voting 
rights. 
‘‘(III) Such stock shall not be transferred by 
gift as provided in subparagraph (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’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 18, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5680 
AN ACT 
To amend certain laws relating to Native 
Americans, and for other purposes.