In the Senate of the United States,
April 7, 2006.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3351) entitled ‘‘An Act to make technical correc-
tions to laws relating to Native Americans, and for other pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Na-
tive American Technical Corrections Act of 2006’’.
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this
Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATING TO NATIVE AMERICANS
Sec. 101. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act technical amendment.
Sec. 102. ANCSA amendment.
Sec. 103. Mississippi Band of Choctaw transportation reimbursement.
Sec. 104. Fallon Paiute Shoshone tribes settlement.
TITLE II—INDIAN LAND LEASING
Sec. 201. Prairie Island land conveyance.
Sec. 202. Authorization of 99-year leases.
Sec. 203. Certification of rental proceeds.
TITLE III—NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION FUNDING
AMENDMENT
Sec. 301. National Indian Gaming Commission funding amendment.
TITLE IV—INDIAN FINANCING
Sec. 401. Indian Financing Act Amendments.
TITLE V—NATIVE AMERICAN PROBATE REFORM TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT
Sec. 501. Clarification of provisions and amendments relating to inheritance of
Indian lands.
TITLE 
I—TECHNICAL 
AMEND-
MENTS AND OTHER PROVI-
SIONS RELATING TO NATIVE
AMERICANS
SEC. 101. ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT TECH-
NICAL AMENDMENT.
(a)(1) Section 337(a) of the Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (Division
F of Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 278; February 20, 2003)
is amended—
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘Section 1629b of title 43, United States
Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 36 of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1629b)’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘by creating
the following new subsection:’’ and inserting ‘‘in sub-
section (d), by adding at the end the following:’’; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘by creating
the following new subsection:’’ and inserting ‘‘by add-
ing at the end the following:’’.
(2) Section 36 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act (43 U.S.C. 1629b) is amended in subsection (f), by
striking ‘‘section 1629e of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section
39’’.
(b)(1) Section 337(b) of the Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (Division
F of Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 278; February 20, 2003)
is amended by striking ‘‘Section 1629e(a)(3) of title 43,
United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 39(a)(3) of the
Alaska 
Native 
Claims 
Settlement 
Act 
(43 
U.S.C.
1629e(a)(3))’’.
(2) Section 39(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1629e(a)(3)(B)(ii)) is
amended by striking ‘‘(a)(4) of section 1629b of this title’’
and inserting ‘‘section 36(a)(4)’’.
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(c) The amendments made by this section take effect
on February 20, 2003.
SEC. 102. ANCSA AMENDMENT.
All land and interests in land in the State of Alaska
conveyed by the Federal Government under the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) to a
Native Corporation and reconveyed by that Native Corpora-
tion, or a successor in interest, in exchange for any other
land or interest in land in the State of Alaska and located
within the same region (as defined in section 9(a) of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1608(a)),
to a Native Corporation under an exchange or other convey-
ance, shall be deemed, notwithstanding the conveyance or
exchange, to have been conveyed pursuant to that Act.
SEC. 103. MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW TRANSPOR-
TATION REIMBURSEMENT.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and di-
rected, within the 3-year period beginning on the date of
enactment of this Act, to accept funds from the State of Mis-
sissippi pursuant to the contract signed by the Mississippi
Department of Transportation on June 7, 2005, and by the
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians on June 2, 2005. The
amount shall not exceed $776,965.30 and such funds shall
be deposited in the trust account numbered PL7489708 at
the Office of Trust Funds Management for the benefit of
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the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Thereafter, the
tribe may draw down these moneys from this trust account
by resolution of the Tribal Council, pursuant to Federal law
and regulations applicable to such accounts.
SEC. 104. FALLON PAIUTE SHOSHONE TRIBES SETTLEMENT.
(a) SETTLEMENT FUND.—Section 102 of the Fallon
Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–618; 104 Stat. 3289) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (C)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking the matter preceding
subparagraph (a) and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Notwithstanding any conflicting
provision in the original Fund plan during
Fund fiscal year 2006 or any subsequent
Fund fiscal year, 6 percent of the average
quarterly market value of the Fund during
the immediately preceding 3 Fund fiscal
years (referred to in this title as the ‘An-
nual 6 percent Amount’), plus any unex-
pended and unobligated portion of the An-
nual 6 percent Amount from any of the 3
immediately preceding Fund fiscal years
that are subsequent to Fund fiscal year
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2005, less any negative income that may
accrue on that portion, may be expended or
obligated only for the following purposes:’’;
and
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) Fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the investment of the Fund, for investment man-
agement, investment consulting, custodianship, and
other transactional services or matters.’’; and
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(4) No monies from the Fund other than the amounts
authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) may be expended
or obligated for any purpose.
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision in the
original Fund plan, during Fund fiscal year 2006 and dur-
ing each subsequent Fund fiscal year, not more than 20
percent of the Annual 6 percent Amount for the Fund fiscal
year (referred to in this title as the ‘Annual 1.2 percent
Amount’) may be expended or obligated under paragraph
(1)(c) for per capita distributions to tribal members, except
that during each Fund fiscal year subsequent to Fund fiscal
year 2006, any unexpended and unobligated portion of the
Annual 1.2 percent Amount from any of the 3 immediately
preceding Fund fiscal years that are subsequent to Fund
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fiscal year 2005, less any negative income that may accrue
on that portion, may also be expended or obligated for such
per capita payments.’’; and
(2) in subsection (D), by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘Notwithstanding any conflicting provision
in the original Fund plan, the Fallon Business Coun-
cil, in consultation with the Secretary, shall promptly
amend the original Fund plan for purposes of con-
forming the Fund plan to this title and making non-
substantive updates, improvements, or corrections to
the original Fund plan.’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 107 of the Fallon Paiute
Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of
1990 (Public Law 101–618; 104 Stat. 3293) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (D), (E), (F),
and (G) as subsections (F), (G), (H), and (I), respec-
tively; and
(2) by striking subsections (B) and (C) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(B) the term ‘Fund fiscal year’ means a fiscal
year of the Fund (as defined in the Fund plan);
‘‘(C) the term ‘Fund plan’ means the plan estab-
lished under section 102(F), including the original
Fund plan (the ‘Plan for Investment, Management,
Administration and Expenditure dated December 20,
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1991’) and all amendments of the Fund plan under
subsection (D) or (F)(1) of section 102;
‘‘(D) the term ‘income’ means the total net re-
turn from the investment of the Fund, consisting of
all interest, dividends, realized and unrealized gains
and losses, and other earnings, less all related fees
and expenses incurred for investment management,
investment consulting, custodianship and trans-
actional services or matters;
‘‘(E) the term ‘principal’ means the total
amount appropriated to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone
Tribal Settlement Fund under section 102(B);’’.
TITLE II—INDIAN LAND LEASING
SEC. 201. PRAIRIE ISLAND LAND CONVEYANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall
convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to the land described in subsection (b), including all
improvements, cultural resources, and sites on the land,
subject to the flowage and sloughing easement described in
subsection (d) and to the conditions stated in subsection (f),
to the Secretary of the Interior, to be—
(1) held in trust by the United States for the
benefit of the Prairie Island Indian Community in
Minnesota; and
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(2) included in the Prairie Island Indian Com-
munity Reservation in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land to be conveyed
under subsection (a) is the approximately 1290 acres of
land associated with the Lock and Dam #3 on the Mis-
sissippi River in Goodhue County, Minnesota, located in
tracts identified as GO–251, GO–252, GO–271, GO–277,
GO–278, GO–284, GO–301 through GO–313, GO–314A,
GO–314B, GO–329, GO–330A, GO–330B, GO–331A, GO–
331B, GO–331C, GO–332, GO–333, GO–334, GO–335A,
GO–335B, GO–336 through GO–338, GO–339A, GO–339B,
GO–339C, GO–339D, GO–339E, GO–340A, GO–340B,
GO–358, GO–359A, GO–359B, GO–359C, GO–359D, and
GO–360, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘United States
Army Corps of Engineers survey map of the Upper Mis-
sissippi River 9-Foot Project, Lock & Dam No. 3 (Red
Wing), Land & Flowage Rights’’ and dated December 1936.
(c) BOUNDARY SURVEY.—Not later than 5 years after
the date of conveyance under subsection (a), the boundaries
of the land conveyed shall be surveyed as provided in section
2115 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 176).
(d) EASEMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corps of Engineers shall
retain a flowage and sloughing easement for the pur-
pose of navigation and purposes relating to the Lock
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and Dam No. 3 project over the portion of the land
described in subsection (b) that lies below the ele-
vation of 676.0.
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The easement retained under
paragraph (1) includes—
(A) the perpetual right to overflow, flood,
and submerge property as the District Engineer
determines to be necessary in connection with the
operation and maintenance of the Mississippi
River Navigation Project; and
(B) the continuing right to clear and re-
move any brush, debris, or natural obstructions
that, in the opinion of the District Engineer,
may be detrimental to the project.
(e) OWNERSHIP
OF STURGEON LAKE BED UNAF-
FECTED.—Nothing in this section diminishes or otherwise
affects the title of the State of Minnesota to the bed of Stur-
geon Lake located within the tracts of land described in sub-
section (b).
(f) CONDITIONS.—The conveyance under subsection (a)
is subject to the conditions that the Prairie Island Indian
Community shall not—
(1) use the conveyed land for human habitation;
(2) construct any structure on the land without
the written approval of the District Engineer; or
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(3) conduct gaming (within the meaning of sec-
tion 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25
U.S.C. 2703)) on the land.
(g) NO
EFFECT
ON
ELIGIBILITY
FOR
CERTAIN
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the conveyance under sub-
section (a), the land shall continue to be eligible for environ-
mental management planning and other recreational or
natural resource development projects on the same basis as
before the conveyance.
(h) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section di-
minishes or otherwise affects the rights granted to the
United States pursuant to letters of July 23, 1937, and No-
vember 20, 1937, from the Secretary of the Interior to the
Secretary of War and the letters of the Secretary of War
in response to the Secretary of the Interior dated August
18, 1937, and November 27, 1937, under which the Sec-
retary of the Interior granted certain rights to the Corps
of Engineers to overflow the portions of Tracts A, B, and
C that lie within the Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel
Project boundary and as more particularly shown and de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘United States Army Corps of
Engineers survey map of the Upper Mississippi River 9-
Foot Project, Lock & Dam No. 3 (Red Wing), Land & Flow-
age Rights’’ and dated December 1936.
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SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF 99-YEAR LEASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of the first section
of the Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended
in the second sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘Moapa Indian reservation’’ and
inserting ‘‘Moapa Indian Reservation’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation,’’ before ‘‘the Burns
Paiute Reservation’’;
(3) by inserting ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘Yavapai-Prescott’’;
(4) by inserting ‘‘the Muckleshoot Indian Res-
ervation and land held in trust for the Muckleshoot
Indian Tribe,’’ after ‘‘the Cabazon Indian Reserva-
tion,’’;
(5) by striking ‘‘lands comprising the Moses Al-
lotment Numbered 10, Chelan County, Washington,,’’
and inserting ‘‘the lands comprising the Moses Allot-
ment Numbered 8 and the Moses Allotment Numbered
10, Chelan County, Washington,’’;
(6) by inserting ‘‘land held in trust for the Prai-
rie Band Potawatomi Nation,’’ before ‘‘lands held in
trust for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma’’;
(7) by inserting ‘‘land held in trust for the
Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes,’’ before ‘‘lands held in
trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara’’; and
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(8) by inserting ‘‘land held in trust for the Yurok
Tribe, land held in trust for the Hopland Band of
Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria,’’ after
‘‘Pueblo of Santa Clara,’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any lease entered into or renewed
after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 203. CERTIFICATION OF RENTAL PROCEEDS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ac-
tual rental proceeds from the lease of land acquired under
the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for
loans to Indian tribes and tribal corporations, and for other
purposes’’ (25 U.S.C. 488) certified by the Secretary of the
Interior shall be deemed—
(1) to constitute the rental value of that land;
and
(2) to satisfy the requirement for appraisal of
that land.
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TITLE 
III—NATIONAL 
INDIAN
GAMING COMMISSION FUND-
ING AMENDMENT
SEC. 301. NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION FUND-
ING AMENDMENT.
(a) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.—Section 7 of the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2706) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
AND RESULTS ACT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out any action
under this Act, the Commission shall be subject to the
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
(Public Law 103–62; 107 Stat. 285).
‘‘(2) PLANS.—In addition to any plan required
under the Government Performance and Results Act
of 1993 (Public Law 103–62; 107 Stat. 285), the
Commission shall submit a plan to provide technical
assistance to tribal gaming operations in accordance
with that Act.’’.
(b) COMMISSION FUNDING.—Section 18(a)(2) of the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2717(a)(2)) is
amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the
following:
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‘‘(B) The total amount of all fees imposed
during any fiscal year under the schedule estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall not exceed
0.080 percent of the gross gaming revenues of all
gaming operations subject to regulation under
this Act.’’.
TITLE IV—INDIAN FINANCING
SEC. 401. INDIAN FINANCING ACT AMENDMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 201 of the Indian Financ-
ing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1481) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 201. In order’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘SEC. 201. LOAN GUARANTIES AND INSURANCE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘the Secretary is authorized (a)
to guarantee’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary may—
‘‘(1) guarantee’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘members; and (b) in lieu of such
guaranty, to insure’’ and inserting ‘‘members; or
‘‘(2) insure’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE BORROWERS.—The Secretary may
guarantee or insure loans under subsection (a) to both for-
profit and nonprofit borrowers.’’.
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(b) SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF LOANS AND UNDER-
LYING SECURITY.—Section 205 of the Indian Financing
Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1485) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 205.’’ and all that follows
through subsection (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 205. SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF LOANS AND UNDER-
LYING SECURITY.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—All or any portion of a loan guar-
anteed or insured under this title, including the security
given for the loan—
‘‘(1) may be transferred by the lender by sale or
assignment to any person; and
‘‘(2) may be retransferred by the transferee.
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS OF LOANS.—With respect to a trans-
fer described in subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) the transfer shall be consistent with such
regulations as the Secretary shall promulgate under
subsection (h); and
‘‘(2) the transferee shall give notice of the trans-
fer to the Secretary.’’;
(2) by striking subsection (c);
(3) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), (g),
(h), and (i) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and
(h), respectively;
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(4) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3)), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(2) VALIDITY.—Except as provided in regula-
tions in effect on the date on which a loan is made,
the validity of a guarantee or insurance of a loan
under this title shall be incontestable.’’;
(5) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3))—
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) 
COMPENSATION
OF
FISCAL
TRANSFER
AGENT.—A fiscal transfer agent designated under sub-
section (f) may be compensated through any of the
fees assessed under this section and any interest
earned on any funds or fees collected by the fiscal
transfer agent while the funds or fees are in the con-
trol of the fiscal transfer agent and before the time at
which the fiscal transfer agent is contractually re-
quired to transfer such funds to the Secretary or to
transferees or other holders.’’; and
(6) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3))—
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(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (h)’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘, and
issuance of acknowledgments,’’.
(c) LOANS INELIGIBLE FOR GUARANTY OR INSUR-
ANCE.—Section 206 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974
(25 U.S.C. 1486) is amended by inserting ‘‘(not including
an eligible Community Development Finance Institution)’’
after ‘‘Government’’.
(d) AGGREGATE LOANS OR SURETY BONDS LIMITA-
TION.—Section 217(b) of the Indian Financing Act of 1974
(25 U.S.C. 1497(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘$500,000,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$1,500,000,000’’.
TITLE 
V—NATIVE 
AMERICAN
PROBATE 
REFORM 
TECH-
NICAL AMENDMENT
SEC. 501. CLARIFICATION OF PROVISIONS AND AMEND-
MENTS RELATING TO INHERITANCE OF IN-
DIAN LANDS.
(a) CLARIFICATIONS
RELATING
TO
APPLICABLE
LAWS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 207(g)(2) of the In-
dian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2206(g)(2))
is amended—
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘described in paragraph (1)’’
and inserting ‘‘specified in paragraph (1)’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘iden-
tified in Federal law’’ and inserting ‘‘identified
in such law’’.
(2) LIMITATION ON EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.—
Section 207(g) of the Indian Land Consolidation Act
(25 U.S.C. 2206(g)) is amended by striking para-
graph (3) and inserting the following:
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.—
Except to the extent that this Act would amend or
otherwise affect the application of a Federal law spec-
ified or described in paragraph (1) or (2), nothing in
paragraph (2) limits the application of this Act to
trust or restricted land, interests in such land, or any
other trust or restricted interests or assets.’’.
(b) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE; LAND FOR WHICH
PATENTS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND DELIVERED.—
(1) TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF LAND.—Sec-
tion 4 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 464),
is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 4. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED IN-
DIAN LANDS AND SHARES OF INDIAN TRIBES
AND CORPORATIONS.
‘‘Except as provided in this Act, no sale, devise, gift,
exchange, or other transfer of restricted Indian lands or of
shares in the assets of any Indian tribe or corporation orga-
nized under this Act shall be made or approved: Provided,
That such lands or interests may, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, be sold, devised, or otherwise
transferred to the Indian tribe in which the lands or shares
are located or from which the shares were derived, or to
a successor corporation; Provided further, That, subject to
section 8(b) of the American Indian Probate Reform Act
of 2004 (Public Law 108–374; 25 U.S.C. 2201 note), lands
and shares described in the preceding proviso shall descend
or be devised to any member of an Indian tribe or corpora-
tion described in that proviso or to an heir or lineal de-
scendant of such a member in accordance with the Indian
Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), including
a tribal probate code approved, or regulations promulgated
under, that Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Interior may authorize any voluntary exchanges of lands
of equal value and the voluntary exchange of shares of equal
value whenever such exchange, in the judgment of the Sec-
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the proper consolidation of Indian lands and for the benefit
of cooperative organizations.’’.
(2) LAND FOR WHICH PATENTS HAVE BEEN EXE-
CUTED AND DELIVERED.—Section 5 of the Act of Feb-
ruary 8, 1887 (25 U.S.C. 348) is amended in the sec-
ond proviso by striking ‘‘That’’ and inserting ‘‘That,
subject to section 8(b) of the American Indian Probate
Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–374; 118 Stat.
1810),’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATES.—Section 8 of the Amer-
ican Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C.
2201 note; 118 Stat. 1809) is amended by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this Act apply
on and after the date that is 1 year after the date on
which the Secretary makes the certification required
under subsection (a)(4).
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The following provisions of
law apply as of the date of enactment of this Act:
‘‘(A) Subsections (e) and (f) of section 207
of the Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C.
2206) (as amended by this Act).
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‘‘(B) Subsection (g) of section 207 of the In-
dian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2206)
(as in effect on March 1, 2006).
‘‘(C) The amendments made by section 4,
section 5, paragraphs (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7),
(8), (9), (10), and (11) of section 6(a), section
6(b)(3), and section 7 of this Act.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by subsection (b) shall take effect as if included
in the enactment of the American Indian Probate Reform
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–374; 118 Stat. 1773).
Attest:
Secretary.