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Union Calendar No. 435 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5680 
[Report No. 110–692] 
To amend certain laws relating to Native Americans, and for others purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2008 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
JUNE 5, 2008 
Reported with amendments, 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 April 2, 2008] 
A BILL 
To amend certain laws relating to Native Americans, and 
for others purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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. 
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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 elders. 
Sec. 8. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. 
SEC. 2. COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES. 
From revenues deposited into the Treasury after the 
date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to section 3 of 
the Act of August 7, 1946 (25 U.S.C. 385c) and disbursed 
pursuant to Public Law 82–136, from power operations on 
the reservation of the Colorado River Indian Tribe and 
earnings derived from such revenues under section 1(b) of 
the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a(b)), the Secretary 
of the Interior may make an annual disbursement to the 
Colorado River Indian Tribes. Funds disbursed under this 
section— 
(1) shall be used to fund the Office of the Colo-
rado River Indian Tribes Reservation Energy Devel-
opment; 
(2) shall not affect funds held from any other ir-
rigation project; 
(3) shall not be less than $200,000 and not to ex-
ceed $350,000 annually; and 
(4) shall only be disbursed in years that the reve-
nues deposited exceed the amount required to carry 
out the purposes for which they were deposited under 
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section 3(1) of the Act of August 7, 1946 (25 U.S.C. 
385c(1)). 
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, af-
fecting’’. 
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 fur-
ther 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, encumber, 
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 
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instrumentality of the Tribe) for any term of, or any loss 
resulting from the term of any transfer, lease, encumbrance, 
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 provision of law. This 
subsection shall not apply to land transferred 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 August 
9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)) is amended in the second sen-
tence 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 except 
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 sentence by 
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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 Reserva-
tion of Oregon,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any lease entered into or renewed 
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 subsection 
(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. 
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‘‘(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 re-
strictions’’ and inserting ‘‘Expect as otherwise ex-
pressly provided in this chapter and’’. 
SEC. 8. 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, consistent 
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 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, Public 
Records of 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. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend cer-
tain laws relating to Native Americans, and for other 
purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 435 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5680 
[Report No. 110–692] 
A BILL 
To amend certain laws relating to Native 
Americans, and for others purposes. 
JUNE 5, 2008 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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