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Union Calendar No. 157
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 483
[Report No. 107–257]
Regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 2001
Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself, Mr. WU, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr.
DEFAZIO, and Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Resources
OCTOBER 30, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 6, 2001]
A BILL
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 Representa-
tives 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 author-
ize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, reli-
gious, 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 Confed-
erated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Or-
egon,’’ after ‘‘Spanish Grant’’)’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘lands held in trust for the Con-
federated 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 ECONOMIC 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 In-
cluded 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, exe-
cution, and delivery of the GSA is approved. In this section,
the GSA and the Included Agreements are collectively re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Agreement’’. Any provision of Federal law
which applies to tribal land, resources, or other assets (in-
cluding 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,
encumbering, 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.—
(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 obliga-
tions as a party thereto.
(2) OTHER AGREEMENTS.—Any agreement ap-
proved 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 Congres-
sional approval or ratification to be valid and bind-
ing 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 Agree-
ment and actions that are necessary to imple-
ment provisions of the Agreement that the par-
ties 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 as-
sets in the manner described in the Agreement or in
the implementation thereof.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect as of April 12, 2000.
Union Calendar No. 157
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 483
[Report No. 107–257]
A BILL
Regarding the use of the trust land and resources
of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon.
OCTOBER 30, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed