I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3351 
To make technical corrections to laws relating to Native Americans, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2005 
Mr. POMBO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To make technical corrections to 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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
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. Indian Financing Act amendments. 
Sec. 102. Gila River Indian Community binding arbitration. 
Sec. 103. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act voting standards amendment. 
Sec. 104. Indian tribal justice technical and legal assistance. 
Sec. 105. Tribal justice systems. 
Sec. 106. ANCSA amendment. 
Sec. 107. Mississippi Band of Choctaw transportation reimbursement. 
Sec. 108. Indian Pueblo Land Act Amendments. 
TITLE II—INDIAN LAND LEASING 
Sec. 201. Prairie Island land conveyance. 
Sec. 202. Authorization of 99-year leases. 
Sec. 203. Indian Reorganization Act amendment. 
TITLE 
I—TECHNICAL 
AMEND-
MENTS AND OTHER PROVI-
SIONS RELATING TO NATIVE 
AMERICANS 
SEC. 101. INDIAN FINANCING ACT AMENDMENTS. 
(a) LOAN GUARANTIES AND INSURANCE.—Section 
201 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 
1481) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the Secretary is authorized (a) 
to guarantee’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) guarantee’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Indians; and (b) in lieu of such 
guaranty, to insure’’ and inserting 
‘‘Indians; or 
‘‘(2) to insure’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘SEC. 201. In order’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘SEC. 201. LOAN GUARANTIES AND INSURANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order’’; 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.’’. 
(b) LOAN APPROVAL.—Section 204 of the Indian Fi-
nancing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1484) is amended by 
striking ‘‘SEC. 204.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 204. LOAN APPROVAL.’’. 
(c) 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 
guaranteed or insured under this title, including the secu-
rity 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 
transfer 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 
transfer 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; 
(4) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘VALIDITY.—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘subparagraph (B),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘VALIDITY.—Except as provided by reg-
ulations in effect on the date on which a loan 
is made,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘incontestable’’ and all 
that follows and inserting ‘‘incontestable.’’; 
(5) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting 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 
subsection (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))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (h)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘, 
and issuance of acknowledgments,’’. 
(d) LOANS INELIGIBLE FOR GUARANTY OR INSUR-
ANCE.—Section 206 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 
(25 U.S.C. 1486) is amended by striking ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1954, as amended,’’ and inserting ‘‘Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (except loans made by certified 
Community Development Finance Institutions)’’. 
(e) 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’’. 
SEC. 102. GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY BINDING ARBI-
TRATION. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (f) of the first sec-
tion of the Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(f)), is 
amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Any lease’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘affecting land’’ and inserting 
‘‘Any contract, including a lease, affecting 
land’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Such leases or contracts entered into pursuant 
to such Acts’’ and inserting ‘‘Such contracts’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in Public 
Law 107–159 (116 Stat. 122). 
SEC. 103. ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT VOT-
ING STANDARDS AMENDMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d)(3) of section 36 of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1629b) (as amended by subsection (b)) is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘of this section’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or an amendment to the articles of incorpo-
ration described in section 7(g)(1)(B)’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or amendment’’ after ‘‘meet-
ing relating to such resolution’’ each place it ap-
pears. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 
(1)(A) 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— 
(i) 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)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘by cre-
ating the following new subsection:’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following:’’. 
(B) Section 36 of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1629b) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘(d)’’; 
and