IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3351 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2005 
Received 
JANUARY 27, 2006 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 
AN ACT 
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,
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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. Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians 99-year lease authority. 
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’’;
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(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:
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‘‘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 paragraph (2) of subsection (c) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (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
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(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,’’.
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(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, by striking ‘‘Any 
lease’’ and all that follows through ‘‘affecting land’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Any contract, including a lease, af-
fecting land’’; and 
(2) 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).
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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)’’; 
(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:’’; and
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(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘by cre-
ating the following new subsection:’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘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 
(ii) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘section 
1629e of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 39’’. 
(2)(A) 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 Alas-
ka Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1629e(a)(3))’’. 
(B) Section 39(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the Alaska Na-
tive 
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)’’. 
(3) The amendments made by this subsection 
take effect on February 20, 2003.
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SEC. 104. INDIAN TRIBAL JUSTICE TECHNICAL AND LEGAL 
ASSISTANCE. 
Sections 106 and 201(d) of the Indian Tribal Justice 
Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 
3666, 3681(d)) are amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 
2000 through 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years 2004 
through 2010’’. 
SEC. 105. TRIBAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS. 
Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 201 of 
the Indian Tribal Justice Act (25 U.S.C. 3621) are 
amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
SEC. 106. ANCSA AMENDMENT. 
All land and interests in land in the State of Alaska 
conveyed by the Federal Government under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
to a Native Corporation and reconveyed by that Native 
Corporation, 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 ex-
change or other conveyance, shall be deemed, notwith-
standing the conveyance or exchange, to have been con-
veyed pursuant to that Act.
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SEC. 107. MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW TRANSPOR-
TATION REIMBURSEMENT. 
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs, is authorized and directed to enter 
into a contract in order to accept funds from the State 
of Mississippi and deposit such funds in trust account 
number PL7489708 at the Office of Trust Funds Man-
agement for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choc-
taw Indians, as set forth in the agreement executed by 
the Mississippi Department of Transportation on June 7, 
2005, and by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 
on June 2, 2005. 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. 108. INDIAN PUEBLO LAND ACT AMENDMENTS. 
The Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 636, chapter 331), 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 20. CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided by 
Congress, jurisdiction over offenses committed anywhere 
within the exterior boundaries of any grant from a prior 
sovereign, as confirmed by Congress or the Court of Pri-
vate Land Claims to a Pueblo Indian tribe of New Mexico 
shall be provided in this section.
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‘‘(b) JURISDICTION OF THE PUEBLO.—The Pueblo 
has jurisdiction, as an act of the Pueblos inherent power 
as an Indian tribe, over any offense committed by a mem-
ber of the Pueblo or an Indian, as defined in section 201 
of the Act of April 11, 1968 (25 U.S.C. 1301), or by any 
other Indian-owned entity. 
‘‘(c) JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES.—The 
United States has jurisdiction over any offense described 
in chapter 53 of title 18, United States Code, committed 
by or against an Indian as defined in section 201 of the 
Act of April 11, 1968 (25 U.S. C. 1301) or any Indian- 
owned entity, or that involves any Indian property or in-
terest. 
‘‘(d) JURISDICTION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEX-
ICO.—The State of New Mexico shall have jurisdiction 
over any offense committed by a person who is not a mem-
ber of a Pueblo or an Indian tribe, as defined in section 
201 of the Act of April 11, 1968 (25 U.S.C. 1301) which 
offense is not subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States.’’. 
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
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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 
(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 Mississippi River 9-Foot Project, Lock & Dam 
No. 3 (Red Wing), Land & Flowage Rights’’ and dated 
December 1936.
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(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 pro-
vided 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 purpose of navigation and purposes relating to 
the Lock and Dam No. 3 project over the portion of 
the land described in subsection (b) that lies below 
the elevation 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 Mis-
sissippi 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
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affects the title of the State of Minnesota to the bed of 
Sturgeon Lake located within the tracts of land described 
in subsection (b). 
(f) CONDITIONS.—The conveyance under subsection 
(a) is subject to the conditions that the Prairie Island In-
dian 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 
(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 envi-
ronmental 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 
diminishes or otherwise affects the rights granted to the 
United States pursuant to letters of July 23, 1937, and 
November 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
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the Secretary 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 depicted 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 & Flowage Rights’’ and dated December 1936. 
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 inserting ‘‘the reservation of the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,’’ 
before ‘‘the Burns Paiute Reservation,’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘Yavapai-Pres-
cott’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘the Muckleshoot Indian Res-
ervation and land held in trust for the Muckleshoot 
Indian Tribe,’’ after ‘‘the Cabazon Indian reserva-
tion,’’; 
(4) by inserting ‘‘lands held in trust for the 
Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes,’’ before ‘‘lands held 
in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara’’;
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(5) by striking ‘‘the lands comprising the Moses 
Allotment Numbered 10, Chelan County, Wash-
ington,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the lands com-
prising the Moses Allotment Numbered 8 and the 
Moses Allotment Numbered 10, Chelan County, 
Washington’’; and 
(6) 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 
subsection (a) shall apply only to any lease entered into 
or renewed after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 203. PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS 99-YEAR 
LEASE AUTHORITY. 
Notwithstanding section 17 of the Act of June 18, 
1936 (25 U.S.C. 477; commonly known as the Indian Re-
organization Act), the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians 
is granted 99-year lease authority over its reservation 
land. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 16, 
2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.