Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2843
Sponsor: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]
Introduced: 2004-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Airports
Alaska
Animals
Arizona
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Deceptive advertising
Department of the Interior
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Habitat conservation
Handicraft
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Indian lands
Indian law enforcement
Indigenous peoples
Infrastructure
Injunctions
Investment of public funds
Jurisdiction
Land transfers
Landowners
Law
Leases
Minnesota
Minorities
Mortgages
New Mexico
North Dakota
Probate law and practice
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Securities
South Dakota
Sports and Recreation
State government-Indian relations
Voting
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: 
Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 - Makes technical amendments to: (1) Federal law concerned with the Indian Arts and Craft Board; (2) the Indian Financing Act of 1974 with respect to sale or assignment of loans and underlying security; (3) the Indian Pueblo Land Act Amendments with respect to criminal jurisdiction; and (4) the Indian Reorganization Act with respect to gaming.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain land to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota.
 
Revises requirements with respect to Gila River Indian Community mandatory binding arbitration. 
 
Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act with respect to voting standards. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to release the reversionary condition on a certain portion of land adjacent to the community of Beaver, Alaska. Directs the Beaver Kwit'chin Corporation to reconvey title to such land to any current individual occupant or successor in interest.
 
Directs the Secretary to accept the conveyance of certain parcels of land within the Puyallup reservation and to hold it in trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Indian Tribe.
 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 with respect to: (1) the State of South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; and (2) the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe funds from the Cheyenne River Sioux Terrestrial Wildlife Habit Restoration Trust Fund and the Lower Brule Sioux Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund.
 
Amends Federal Indian law to provide for the inheritance of small fractional interests for the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation.

action_date: 2004-09-30
text: 
Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 - Makes technical amendments to: (1) Federal law concerned with Indian arts and crafts with respect to powers of the Indian Arts and Craft Board, Board referral of criminal matters to the Attorney General for criminal proceedings, and imposition of administrative penalties by the Board for misrepresentation of Indian produced goods; (2) the Indian Financing Act of 1974 with respect to sale or assignment of loans and underlying security (the secondary market) under the Bureau of Indian Affairs Loan Guaranty Program; (3) the Indian Pueblo Lands Act of 1924 with respect to criminal jurisdiction on New Mexico Pueblo lands; and (4) the Indian Reorganization Act to increase from 25 to 99 years the allowable term of tribal land leases.
 
(Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to described land to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota and included in the Prairie Island Indian Community Reservation in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Prohibits the use of such land for: (1) human habitation; (2) construction of any structure without the written approval of the District Engineer; or (3) gaming.
 
 
(Sec. 8) Amends Federal law to allow inclusion of binding arbitration clauses in all contracts, including leases, that affect tribally-owned land within the Gila River Indian Community.
 
(Sec. 9) Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to allow approval of a Shareholder Descendants Resolution by a majority of the shares voted, either present or by proxy, at an annual meeting of an Alaska Native Regional Corporation.
 
(Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute instruments necessary to release the condition on a certain portion of land situated adjacent to the community of Beaver, Alaska, that the land revert to the United States if the land is not used for airport purposes. Directs the Beaver Kwit'chin Corporation to reconvey title to that portion to any individual (or successor in interest) who currently occupies a portion of the land. Permits the Corporation subsequently to convey the remaining land to other individuals or persons for community expansion purposes or retain it in whole or in part for community uses. 
 
(Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to accept the conveyance of certain parcels of land within the Puyallup reservation (in the State of Washington) and hold them in trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Indian Tribe.
 
(Sec. 12) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 with respect to investment of funds in the State of South Dakota, Cheyenne River Sioux, and the Lower Brule Sioux Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Funds. Requires that principal and interest amounts be invested separately in nonmarketable market-based special Treasury securities.
 
(Sec. 13) Amends Federal law to allow the devise of small fractional interests in individual Indian land on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, but only to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of North Dakota and South Dakota, or any person who is, or who is eligible to be, a member of the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-10
text: By Senator Campbell from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/11/04. Report No. 108-406.
action_date: 2004-11-10
text: By Senator Campbell from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/11/04. Report No. 108-406.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 751.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Campbell with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Campbell with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced:  CR 9/24/2004 S9639-9643)
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 9/24/2004 S9639)
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate