otherwise to allot, reallot, and/or confirm any lands
of the Mohegan Tribe to individual Indians or other
persons. Any transfer of lands or natural resources lo-
cated anywhere within the State of Connecticut in-
cluding, but not limited to, transfers pursuant to the
statute or treaty of or with any State or the United
States, by, from, or on behalf of the Mohegan Tribe,
or any predecessor or successor in interest, shall be
deemed to be in full force and effect, as provided in
subsection (a)(2): Provided, however, That nothing
herein shall be construed as extinguishing any ab-
original right, title, interest, or claim to lands or nat-
ural resources solely to the extent of the rights or in-
terests defined as ‘‘excepted interests’’ in paragraph
1a of the Agreement between the Mohegan Tribe and
the State of Connecticut.
(2) By virtue of the approval of a transfer of lands
or natural resources effected by this section, or an extin-
guishment of aboriginal title effected thereby, all claims
against the United States, any State or subdivision thereof,
or any other person or entity, by the Mohegan Tribe, aris-
ing subsequent to the transfer and based upon any interest
in or right involving the claims described in paragraph (1)
above in lands or natural resources, including, but not lim-
ited to, claims for trespass damages or claims for use and
occupancy, shall be regarded as extinguished as of the date
of the transfer, provided that this limitation shall not apply
to any interest in lands or natural resources subsequently
and lawfully acquired by the Mohegan Tribe or its mem-
bers.
(c) No provision of this section shall be construed to
offset or eliminate the personal claim of any individual In-
dian which is pursued under any law of general applicabil-
ity that protects Indians as well as non-Indians.
SEC. 6. CONVEYANCE OF LANDS TO THE UNITED STATES IN
TRUST FOR THE MOHEGAN TRIBE.
(a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and di-
rected to accept the conveyance of title to lands described
in Exhibits A and B of the State Agreement to be taken
in the name of the United States of America in trust for
the use and benefit of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Con-
necticut. The lands shall be the Mohegan Tribe’s Initial In-
dian reservation.
(b) With regard to any tracts of land subject to Exhibit
B of the State Agreement but not specifically identified
therein, the Secretary shall consult with the Town of
Montville with respect to the impact on the Town resulting
from the removal of the land from the tax rolls and jurisdic-
tional problems and potential conflicts of land use which
may arise. With respect to all lands not subject to Exhibits
A and B of the State Agreement, nothing in this Act shall
diminish or otherwise affect the Town’s rights under appli-
cable law to participate in the decisionmaking process on
trust acquisition requests involving these lands.
SEC. 7. ASSUMPTION BY STATE OF JURISDICTION OVER
CRIMES AND MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
(a) The consent of the United States is hereby given
to the State of Connecticut to assume by affirmative legisla-
tion jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indi-
ans on the Mohegan Indian reservation or Indian country
owned by the Mohegan tribe or its members. Such jurisdic-
tion shall be to the same extent that the State has over such
offenses committed elsewhere within the State, and the
criminal laws of the State shall have the same force within
such reservation and Indian country as they have elsewhere
in the State.
(b) Notwithstanding other provisions of Federal law,
including but not limited to title IV of Public Law 90–
284 (25 U.S.C. 1321–1326) the Mohegan Tribe of Indians
agrees to and consents to the assumption of jurisdiction by
the State of Connecticut State Traffic Commission over all
gaming-related traffic control matters to the same extent as
the State Traffic Commission has jurisdiction over traffic
control within the State of Connecticut as set out in chapter
249 of the Connecticut General Statutes, sections 14–297
to 14–314C. The Congress consents to this assumption of
traffic control jurisdiction by the State of Connecticut.
SEC. 8. GENERAL DISCHARGE AND RELEASE OF STATE OF
CONNECTICUT.
Except as expressly provided herein and in the State
Agreement and the Town Agreement, this Act shall con-
stitute a general discharge and release of all obligations of
the State of Connecticut and all of its political subdivisions,
agencies, departments, and all of the officers or employees
thereof arising from any treaty or agreement with, or on
behalf of the Tribe of the United Sates as trustee therefor.
SEC. 9. REVOCATION OF STATE AGREEMENT.
In the event that, within 15 years of the date of the
publication of the notice required by section 5(a), the Agree-
ment between the Mohegan Tribe and the State of Connecti-
cut is invalidated, or if the gaming compact provided in
section 4(1) of this Act, or any implementing agreements
between the parties thereto, is invalidated by a court of com-
petent 
jurisdiction, 
the 
transfers, 
waivers, 
releases,
relinquishments and other commitments made by the Mohe-
gan Tribe in paragraph 1a of the State Agreement shall
no longer be of any force or effect, section 5 of this Act shall
be inapplicable to the lands, interests in lands or natural
resources of the Mohegan Tribe and its members as if never
enacted, and the approvals of prior transfers and the extin-
guishment of claims and aboriginal title of the Mohegan
Tribe otherwise effected by section 5 shall be void ab initio.
In any such event, the Mohegan Tribe shall have the right
to reinstate its land claim within a reasonable time, which
period shall be defined as the later of 6 months after the
Mohegan Tribe receives written notice of such determina-
tion, or if appealed, 6 months after entry of judgment by
the court of last resort, and, if the suit is reinstated within
that time, no defense, such as laches, statute of limitations,
law of the case, res judicata, or prior disposition shall be
asserted based on the withdrawal of the lawsuit and com-
mencement of the resumed litigation, nor shall the substance
of discussions leading to the State Agreement be admissible
in any subsequent litigation: Provided, however, That if
any such suit is reinstated, any defense which would have
been available to the State of Connecticut at the time the
lawsuit was withdrawn may be asserted, and is not waived
by anything in the State Agreement or by subsequent events
occurring between the withdrawal of the lawsuit and com-
mencement of the resumed litigation. In the event that any
suit challenging the validity of the State Agreement, the
gaming compact provided in section 4 of this Act, or any
implementing agreements between the parties thereto, is
pending in any court of competent jurisdiction on the date
that the Mohegan Tribe’s rights under this section would
otherwise expire, such rights will be extended for a period
not to exceed 6 months from the date the Mohegan Tribe
receives notice of a final determination in such suit or, if
an appeal is filed, 6 months after entry of judgment by the
court of last resort.
SEC. 10. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ac-
tion to contest the constitutionality of this Act or the valid-
ity of any agreement entered into under the authority of
this Act or approved by this Act shall be barred unless the
complaint is filed within 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. Exclusive jurisdiction over any such ac-
tion is hereby vested in the United States District Court
for the District of Connecticut.
SEC. 11. RATIFICATION OF TOWN AGREEMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
(1) the Mohegan Tribe is authorized to make
payments to the town of Montville according to the
terms of the Town Agreement, subject to modification
by mutual agreement of the parties; and
(2) the Secretary is authorized and directed to
approve that Agreement, thereby giving full force and
effect to its provisions, and to approve future modi-
fications mutually agreed to by the parties.