A bill for the relief of Global Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC (successor to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation), and for other purposes.
PL 106-54 (S.606), enacted 08/17/1999

113 STAT. 398 
PUBLIC LAW 106-54—AUG. 17, 1999 
Public Law 106-54 
106th Congress 
An Act 
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^^'* ^^^ relief of Global Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr-McGee 
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Corporation, and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC (successor to Kerr-McGee Chemical 
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Corporation), and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
pay, out of money not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) to the Global Exploration and Development Corporation, 
a Florida corporation incorporated in Delaware, $9,500,000; 
(2) to Kerr-McGee Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation 
incorporated in Delaware, $10,000,000; and 
(3) to Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC, a limited liability com-
pany organized under the laws of Delaware, $0. 
(b) CONDITION OF PAYMENT.— 
(1) 
GLOBAL EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORA-
TION.—The payment authorized by subsection (a)(1) is in settle-
ment and compromise of all claims of Global Exploration £ind 
Development Corporation, as described in the recommendations 
of the United States Court of Federal Claims set forth in 
36 Fed. CI. 776. 
(2) KERR-MCGEE CORPORATION AND KERR-MCGEE CHEMICAL, 
LLC.—The payment authorized by subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) 
are in settlement and compromise of all claims of Kerr-McGee 
Corporation and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC, as described in 
the recommendations of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims set forth in 36 Fed. CI. 776. 
(c) LIMITATION ON FEES.—Not more than 15 percent of the 
sums authorized to be paid by subsection (a) shall be paid to 
or received by £iny agent or attorney for services rendered in connec-
tion with the recovery of such sums. Any person violating this 
subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000. 
SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PROfflBITION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN 
INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, 
DESTRUCTIVE 
DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 
(a) UNLAWFUL CONDUCT.—Section 842 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
"(p) DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, 
DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.— 
"(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
"(A) the term 'destructive device' has the same meaning 
as in section 921(a)(4); 
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"(B) the term 'explosive' has the same mesming as 
in section 844(j); and 
"(C) the term 'weapon of mass destruction' has the 
s£ime meaning as in section 2332a(c)(2). 
"(2) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for any person— 
"(A) to teach or demonstrate the making or use of 
an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass 
destruction, or to distribute by £iny means information 
pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or 
use of an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass 
destruction, with the intent that the teaching, demonstra-
tion, or information be used for, or in furtherance of, an 
activity that constitutes a Federed crime of violence; or 
"(B) to teach or demonstrate to any person the making 
or use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon 
of mass destruction, or to distribute to any person, by 
any means, information pertaining to, in whole or in part, 
the manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive device, 
or weapon of mass destruction, knowing that such person 
intends to use the teaching, demonstration, or information 
for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a 
Federal crime of violence.". 
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 844 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking "person who violates any of subsections" 
and inserting the following: "person who— 
"(1) violates any of subsections"; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
"; and"; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
"(2) violates subsection (p)(2) of section 842, shedl be fined 
under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both."; 
and 
(2) in subsection (j), by inserting "and section 842(p)" after 
"this section". 
SEC. 3. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OF MENOMINEE INDIAN TRIBE OF 
WISCONSIN. 
(a) PAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shsill pay to the 
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, out of any funds in the 
Treasury of the United 
States not otherwise 
appropriated, 
$32,052,547 for deunages sustained by the Menominee Indian Tribe 
of Wisconsin by reason o
f
— 
(1) the enactment £uid implementation of the Act entitled 
"An Act to provide for a per capita distribution of Menominee 
tribal funds and authorize the withdrawal of the Menominee 
Tribe from Federal jurisdiction", approved June 17, 1954 (68 
Stat. 250 et seq., chapter 303); and 
(2) the mismEuiagement by the United States of assets 
of the Menominee Indian Tribe held in trust by the United 
States before April 30, 1961, the effective date of termination 
of Federal supervision of the Menominee Indi£m Tribe of Wis-
consin. 
(b) EFFECT OF PAYMENT.—Pa3Tiient of the amount referred 
to in subsection (a) shall be in full satisfaction of any claims 
that the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin may have agednst 
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the United States with respect to the damages referred to in that 
subsection. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENT.—The payment to the Menom-
inee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) have the status of a judgment of the United States 
Court of Federgd Claims for the purposes of the Indian Tribsd 
Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401 et 
seq.); £uid 
(2) be made in accordance with the requirements of that 
Act on the condition that, of the amounts remaining after 
payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses— 
(A) at least 30 percent shall be distributed on a per 
capita basis; and 
(B) the balance shedl be set aside £md programmed 
to serve tribal needs, including funding for— 
(i) educational, economic development, and health 
care programs; £uid 
(ii) such other programs as the circumstances of 
the Menominee Indieui Tribe of Wisconsin may justify. 
(d) LIMITATION ON FEES.—Not more than 15 percent of the 
sums authorized to be paid by subsection (a) shall be paid to 
or received by any agent or attorney for services rendered in connec-
tion with the recovery of such siuns. Any person violating this 
subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000. 
Approved August 17, 1999. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 606: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999): 
July 1, considered and passed Senate. 
Aug. 2, considered and passed House, amended. 
Aug. 4, Senate concurred in House amendment.