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Union Calendar No. 421
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4068
[Report No. 105–733]
To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 16, 1998
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
SEPTEMBER 18, 1998
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 June 16, 1998]
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. AUTHORIZATION FOR 99-YEAR LEASES.
The second sentence of subsection (a) of the first section
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the leasing of re-
stricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, rec-
reational, residential, business, and other purposes requir-
ing the grant of long-term leases’’, approved August 9, 1955
(25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘lands held in trust for the Con-
federated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of
Oregon,’’ after ‘‘lands held in trust for the Cahuilla
Band of Indians of California,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘the Cabazon Indian Reserva-
tion,’’ after ‘‘the Navajo Reservation,’’.
SEC. 2. GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT.
Section 1(c) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish
a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand
Ronde Community of Oregon, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved September 9, 1988 (25 U.S.C. 713f note; 102 Stat.
1594), is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘10,120.68 acres of land’’ and in-
serting ‘‘10,311.60 acres of land’’; and
(2) in the table contained in that subsection, by
striking:
‘‘4
Lots 
3, 
4, 
SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 
SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,
E1⁄2SW1⁄4
240;’’
and all that follows through the end of the table and
inserting the following:
provement Act (25 U.S.C. 1660b) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(c) In addition to the amounts made available under
section 514 to carry out this section through fiscal year
2000, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of
fiscal years 2001 and 2002.’’.
SEC. 5. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF COOS, LOWER UMPQUA,
AND SIUSLAW INDIANS RESERVATION ACT.
Section 7(b) of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw
Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 714e(b)) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(4) In Lane County, Oregon, a parcel described
as beginning at the common corner to sections 23, 24,
25, and 26 township 18 south, range 12 west, Willam-
ette Meridian; then west 25 links; then north 2 chains
and 50 links; then east 25 links to a point on the sec-
tion line between sections 23 and 24; then south 2
chains and 50 links to the place of origin, and con-
taining .062 of an acre, more or less, situated and
lying in section 23, township 18 south, range 12 west,
of Willamette Meridian.’’.
SEC. 6. HOOPA VALLEY RESERVATION BOUNDARY ADJUST-
MENT.
Section 2(b) of the Hoopa Valley Reservation South
Boundary Adjustment Act (25 U.S.C. 1300i–1 note) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘north 72 degrees 30 minutes
east’’ and inserting ‘‘north 73 degrees 50 minutes
east’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘south 15 degrees 59 minutes
east’’ and inserting ‘‘south 14 degrees 36 minutes
east’’.
SEC. 7. CLARIFICATION OF SERVICE AREA FOR CONFED-
ERATED TRIBES OF SILETZ INDIANS OF OR-
EGON.
Section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a
reservation for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of
Oregon’’, approved September 4, 1980 (25 U.S.C. 711e note;
94 Stat. 1073), is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) Subject to the express limitations under sections
4 and 5, for purposes of determining eligibility for Federal
assistance programs, the service area of the Confederated
Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon shall include Benton,
Clackamas, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah,
Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill Counties in Or-
egon.’’.
SEC. 8. LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Lower
Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota is hereby author-
ized to sell, convey, and warrant to a buyer, without further
approval of the United States, all the Community’s interest
in the following real property located in Redwood County,
Minnesota:
A tract of land located in the Northeast Quarter
(NE1⁄4) of Section Five (5), Township One Hundred
Twelve (112) North, Range Thirty-five (35) West,
County of Redwood and State of Minnesota, described
as follows: Commencing at the north quarter corner of
Section 5 in Township 112 North, Range 35 West of
the 5th Principal Meridian; thence east a distance of
678 feet; thence south a distance of 650 feet; thence
South 45 degrees West a distance of 367.7 feet; thence
west a distance of 418 feet to a point situated on the
north and south quarter line of said Section 5; thence
north a distance of 910 feet to the place of beginning,
subject to highway easements of record, and contain-
ing 13.38 acres, more or less.
Nothing in this section is intended to authorize the Lower
Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota to sell any of its
lands that are held in trust by the United States.
SEC. 9. FEDERAL TRUST EMPLACEMENT OF TRIBAL LANDS.
The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Rec-
ognition Act (25 U.S.C. 712 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 7. CERTAIN PROPERTY TAKEN INTO TRUST.
‘‘The Secretary of the Interior shall accept title to any
real property located in the Umpqua River watershed up-
stream from Scottsburg, Oregon, or the northern slope of
the Rogue River watershed upstream from Agness, Oregon,
if conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States
by or on behalf of the Tribe and shall place such land in
trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Land taken into trust pur-
suant to this section shall become part of the Tribe’s reserva-
tion lands.’’.
SEC. 10. AMENDMENTS TO THE JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE
WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT.
(a) Section 8(e)(3) of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water
Rights Settlement Act, as amended by Public Law 104–261,
is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1998’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 2000’’.
(b) The Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water Rights Settle-
ment Act (Public Law 102–441) is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 12. APPROVAL OF STIPULATION.
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law,
including section 2116 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C.
177), the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement, dated Oc-
tober 7, 1997, between the Jicarilla Apache Tribe and other
parties to State of New Mexico v. Aragon, No. CIV–7941
JC, U.S. Dist. Ct., D.N.M., approved by the United States
District Court in that proceeding, is hereby approved.’’.
SEC. 11. SAN LUIS REY INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLE-
MENT ACT.
Section 105(c) of the San Luis Rey Indian Water
Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 100–675; 102 Stat.
4000), as amended by section 117 of the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992
(Public Law 102–154; 105 Stat. 1012–1013), is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Until’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), prior to comple-
tion of the final settlement and as soon as feasible, the Sec-
retary is authorized and directed to disburse a total of
$8,000,000, of which $1,600,000 will go to each of the
Bands, from the interest income which has accrued to the
Fund. The disbursed funds shall be invested or used for eco-
nomic development of the Bands, the Bands’ reservation
land, and their members and may not be used for per capita
payments to members of any Band. The United States shall
not be liable for any claim or causes of action arising from
the Bands’ use or expenditure of moneys distributed from
the Fund.’’.
SEC. 12. NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
GRAM.
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 10(a)(1) of the Native Ha-
waiian Health Care Improvement Act (42 U.S.C.
11709(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘meet the requirements
of section 338A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
2541)’’ and inserting ‘‘meet the requirements of paragraphs
(1), (3), and (4) of section 338A(b) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l(b))’’.
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Section 10(b)(1) of the
Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (42 U.S.C.
11709(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘identified
in the Native Hawaiian comprehensive health care
master plan implemented under section 4’’ after
‘‘health care professional’’;
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through
(D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), respectively;
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(B) the primary health services covered under
the scholarship assistance program under this section
shall be the services included under the definition of
that term under section 12(8);’’;
(4) by striking subparagraph (D), as redesig-
nated, and inserting the following:
‘‘(D) the obligated service requirement for each
scholarship recipient shall be fulfilled through the full-
time clinical or nonclinical practice of the health pro-
fession of the scholarship recipient, in an order of pri-
ority that would provide for practice—
‘‘(i) first, in any 1 of the 5 Native Hawai-
ian health care systems; and
‘‘(ii) second, in—
‘‘(I) a health professional shortage area
or medically underserved area located in the
State of Hawaii; or
‘‘(II) a geographic area or facility that
is—
‘‘(aa) located in the State of Ha-
waii; and
‘‘(bb) has a designation that is
similar to a designation described in
subclause (I) made by the Secretary,
acting through the Public Health Serv-
ice;’’;
(5) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated, by
striking the period and inserting a comma; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) the obligated service of a scholarship recipi-
ent shall not be performed by the recipient through
membership in the National Health Service Corps;
and
‘‘(G) the requirements of sections 331 through
338 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d
through 254k), section 338C of that Act (42 U.S.C.
254m), other than subsection (b)(5) of that section,
and section 338D of that Act (42 U.S.C. 254n) appli-
cable to scholarship assistance provided under section
338A of that Act (42 U.S.C. 254l) shall not apply to
the scholarship assistance provided under subsection
(a) of this section.’’.
SEC. 13. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 711(h) of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1665j(h)) is
amended by striking ‘‘of the fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘of
fiscal years’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—Section 4(12)(B) of the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103(12)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
of 1975’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)’’.
SEC. 14. REPEAL.
Section 326(d)(1) of Public Law 105–83 is repealed.
Union Calendar No. 421
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4068
[Report No. 105–733]
A BILL
To make certain technical corrections in laws relat-
ing to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 18, 1998
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed