Regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
PL 107-102 (H.R.483), enacted 12/27/2001

115 STAT. 974 
PUBLIC LAW 107-102—DEC. 27, 2001 
Public Law 107-102 
107th Congress 
An Act 
Dec. 27, 2001 
Regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes 
[H.R. 483] 
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR 99-YEAR LEASES. 
The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the 
leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, 
residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of 
long-term leases", approved August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ", the reservation of the Confederated 
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon," after 
"Spanish Grant")"; and 
(2) by inserting "lands held in trust for the Confederated 
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon" before 
", lands held in trust for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma". 
SEC. 
2
. USE 
OF 
CERTAIN 
TRUST 
LANDS 
AND 
RESOURCES 
FOR 
ECO-
NOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) APPROVAL 
OF AGREEMENT.—^The use of tribal lands, 
resources, and other assets described in the document entitled 
"Long-Term Global Settlement and Compensation Agreement", 
dated April 12, 2000 (hereafter referred to as the "GSA"), entered 
into by the Department of the Interior, the Confederated Tribes 
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (in this section referred 
to as the "Tribes"), and the Portland General Electric Compsiny, 
and in the Included Agreements, as attached to the GSA on April 
12, 2000, and delivered to the Department of the Interior on that 
date, is approved and ratified. The authorization, execution, and 
delivery of the GSA is approved. In this section, the GSA and 
the Included Agreements are collectively referred to as the "Agree-
ment". Any provision of Federal law which applies to tribal land, 
resources, or other assets (including proceeds derived therefrom) 
as a consequence of the Tribes' status as a federally recognized 
Indian tribe shall not— 
(1) render the Agreement unenforceable or void against 
the parties; or 
(2) prevent or restrict the Tribes from pledging, encum-
bering, or using funds or other assets that may be paid to 
or received by or on behalf of the Tribes in connection with 
the Agreement. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.— 
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115 STAT. 975 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress hereby deems that the Secretary 
of the Interior had and has the authority— 
(A) to approve the Agreement; and 
(B) to implement the provisions of the Agreement 
under which the Secretary has obhgations as a party 
thereto. 
(2) OTHER AGREEMENTS.—^Any agreement approved by the 
Secretary prior to or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act under the authority used to approve the Agreement shall 
not require Congressional approval or ratification to be valid 
and binding on the parties thereto. 
(c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) SCOPE OF SECTION.—This section shall be construed 
as addressing only— 
(A) the validity and enforceability of the Agreement 
with respect to provisions of Federal law referred to in 
section 2(a) of this Act; and 
(B) approval for provisions of the Agreement and 
actions that are necessary to implement provisions of the 
Agreement that the parties may be required to obtain 
under Federal laws referred to in section 2(a) of this Act. 
(2) AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to imply that the Secretary of the Interior did not have the 
authority under Federal law as in effect immediately before 
the enactment of this Act to approve the use of tribal lands, 
resources, or other assets in the manner described in the Agree-
ment or in the implementation thereof 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
25 USC 415 note. 
This Act shall take effect as of April 12, 2000. 
Approved December 27, 2001. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 483: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-257 (Comm. on Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001): 
Oct. 30, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 13, considered and passed Senate.