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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2726
To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 6, 1995
Mr. GALLEGLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
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. CORRECTION TO POKAGON RESTORATION ACT.
Section 9 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to restore Fed-
eral services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’’
(25 U.S.C. 1300j–7a) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Bands’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Band’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘respective’’;
and
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in the first sentence—
(I) by striking ‘‘membership rolls
that contain’’ and inserting ‘‘a mem-
bership roll that contains’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘in such’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in the’’; and
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘Each such’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘rolls have’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘roll has’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘such rolls’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such roll’’;
(C) in the heading for paragraph (3), by
striking ‘‘ROLLS’’ and inserting ‘‘ROLL’’; and
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘rolls are
maintained’’ and inserting ‘‘roll is maintained’’.
SEC. 2. CORRECTION TO ODAWA AND OTTAWA RESTORA-
TION ACT.
(a) REAFFIRMATION OF RIGHTS.—The heading of
section 5(b) of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Act (25
U.S.C. 1300k–3) is amended by striking ‘‘TRIBE’’ and in-
serting ‘‘BANDS’’.
(b) MEMBERSHIP LIST.—Section 9 of the Little Tra-
verse Bay Bands of Odawa and the Little River Band of
Ottawa Indians Act (25 U.S.C. 1300k–7) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Band’’ the first place it
appears and inserting ‘‘Bands’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the Band.’’ and inserting
‘‘the respective Bands.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the
Band shall submit to the Secretary membership
rolls that contain the names of all individuals
eligible for membership in such Band’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each of the Bands shall submit to the
Secretary a membership roll that contains the
names of all individuals that are eligible for
membership in such Band’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘The Band, in consultation’’ and inserting
‘‘Each such Band, in consultation’’.
SEC. 3. INDIAN DAMS SAFETY ACT OF 1994.
Section 4(h) of the Indian Dams Safety Act of 1994
(108 Stat. 1562) is amended by striking ‘‘(under the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
(25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), as amended,’’ and inserting ‘‘under
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)’’.
SEC. 4. PASCUA YAQUI INDIANS OF ARIZONA.
Section 4(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide
for the extension of certain Federal benefits, services, and
assistance to the Pascua Yaqui Indians of Arizona, and
for other purposes’’ (25 U.S.C. 1300f–3(b)) is amended
by striking ‘‘Pascua Yaqui tribe’’ and inserting ‘‘Pascua
Yaqui Tribe’’.
SEC. 5. INDIAN LANDS OPEN DUMP CLEANUP ACT OF 1994.
Section 3(7) of the Indian Lands Open Dump Clean-
up Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4165) is amended by striking
‘‘under section 6944 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6941 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 4004
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6944)’’.
SEC. 6. AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT RE-
FORM ACT OF 1994.
(a) 
MAINTENANCE
OF
RECORDS.—Section
303(c)(5)(D) of the American Indian Trust Fund Man-
agement Reform Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4247) is amended
by striking ‘‘made under paragraph (3)(B)’’ and inserting
‘‘made under subparagraph (C)’’.
(b) ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 306(d) of the Indian
Trust Fund Management Reform Act (25 U.S.C.
4046(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘Advisory Board’’ and
inserting ‘‘advisory board’’.
SEC. 7. INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION CONTRACT REFORM
ACT OF 1994.
Section 102(11) of the Indian Self-Determination
Contract Reform Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4254) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(e) of section 105’’.
SEC. 8. AUBURN INDIAN RESTORATION.
(a) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.—Section 203 of the
Auburn Indian Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 1300l–1) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘as pro-
vided in section 107’’ and inserting ‘‘as provided in
section 207’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘section 104’’
and inserting ‘‘section 204’’.
(b) INTERIM GOVERNMENT.—The last sentence of
section 206 of the Auburn Indian Restoration Act (25
U.S.C. 1300l–4) is amended by striking ‘‘Interim council’’
and inserting ‘‘Interim Council’’.
SEC. 9. CROW BOUNDARY SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1994.
(a) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 5(b)(3) of the Crow
Boundary Settlement Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4636) is
amended by striking ‘‘provisions of subsection (b)’’ and
inserting ‘‘provisions of this subsection’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 9 of the Crow Bound-
ary Settlement Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4640) is amended
by striking ‘‘The Act’’ and inserting ‘‘This Act’’.
(c) ESCROW FUNDS.—Section 10(b) of the Crow
Boundary Settlement Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4641) is
amended by striking ‘‘(collectively referred to in this sub-
section as the ‘Suspension Accounts’)’’ and inserting
‘‘(collectively referred to in this section as the ‘Suspension
Accounts’)’’.
SEC. 10. TLINGIT AND HAIDA STATUS CLARIFICATION ACT.
The first sentence of section 205 of the Tlingit and
Haida Status Clarification Act (25 U.S.C. 1215) is
amended by striking ‘‘Indian tribes’’ and inserting ‘‘In-
dian Tribes’’.
SEC. 11. NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES ACT.
Section 103 of the Native American Languages Act
(25 U.S.C. 2902) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘under section
5351(4) of the Indian Education Act of 1988 (25
U.S.C. 2651(4))’’ and inserting ‘‘under section
9161(4) of the Improving America’s Schools Act of
1994 (20 U.S.C. 7881(4))’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 4009
of Public Law 100–297 (20 U.S.C. 4909)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 9212(1) of the Improving America’s
Schools Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7912(1))’’.
SEC. 12. PONCA RESTORATION ACT.
Section 5 of the Ponca Restoration Act (25 U.S.C.
983c) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘Sarpy, Burt, Platte, Stanton,
Holt, Hall, Wayne,’’ before ‘‘Knox’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘or Charles Mix County’’ and
inserting ‘‘, Woodbury or Pottawattomie Counties of
Iowa, or Charles Mix County’’.
SEC. 13. YAVAPAI-PRESCOTT INDIAN TRIBE WATER RIGHTS
SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1994.
Section 112(b) of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4532)
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1995’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘June 30, 1996’’.
SEC. 14. REVOCATION OF CHARTER OF INCORPORATION
OF 
THE 
MINNESOTA 
CHIPPEWA 
TRIBE
UNDER THE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT.
The request of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe to sur-
render the charter of incorporation issued to that tribe on