3.0.0 523 2023-01-15T22:48:21Z 2023-01-15T22:48:21Z Senate S S 2003-03-05 108 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2003-12-18T16:26:34Z Discharged from 2004-01-31T15:58:00Z Referred to 2003-11-18T03:50:45Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Reported by 2003-11-18T03:50:34Z Markup by 2003-10-29T21:00:00Z Referred to 2003-09-04T01:26:09Z slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Reported by 2003-05-15T23:16:57Z Markup by 2003-04-10T16:12:06Z Referred to 2003-03-05T16:25:32Z S. Rept. 108-49 H. Rept. 108-374 2004-03-02 Became Public Law No: 108-204. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2004-03-02 Became Public Law No: 108-204. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-02 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2004-03-02 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2004-02-23 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2004-02-23 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2004-02-11 15:58:06 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2004-02-11 15:57:52 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H473-476) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2004-02-11 15:57:52 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H473-476) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2004-02-11 15:48:18 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 523. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-02-11 15:48:11 Considered under suspension of the rules. (Consideration: CR H473-477) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2004-02-11 15:48:05 Mr. Pombo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2004-01-31 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 235. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00235 2004-01-31 Committee on Agriculture discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2004-01-31 Committee on Agriculture discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2003-12-18 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research. Committee 2003-11-21 House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 31, 2004. IntroReferral H11210 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2003-11-17 Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Agriculture for a period ending not later than Nov. 21, 2003 for consideration of such provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(a), rule X. IntroReferral H11200 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2003-11-17 Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-374, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2003-11-17 Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-374, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2003-10-29 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2003-10-29 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2003-09-10 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from Interior. Committee 2003-09-03 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2003-09-03 14:05:06 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2003-09-03 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2003-07-30 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR 7/31/2003 S10447-10449) Floor 2003-07-30 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR 7/31/2003 S10447-10449) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-30 Senate The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2003-07-30 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 7/31/2003 S10441-10449; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR 7/31/2003 S10441-10447) Floor 2003-05-15 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 100. Calendars 2003-05-15 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Campbell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-49. Committee 2003-05-15 Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Campbell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-49. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress slia00 Indian Affairs Committee 2003-04-10 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2003-03-05 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3175-3178) IntroReferral 2003-03-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3175) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000077 Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] BEN CAMPBELL R CO NIGHTHORSE N I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2003-03-11 False 2003-05-12T04:00:00Z S. 523, Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14435 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered to be reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on April 10, 2003</p> 2003-05-12T04:00:00Z S. 523, Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14435 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered to be reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on April 10, 2003 2003-11-03T06:00:00Z S. 523, Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14897 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 29, 2003</p> 2003-11-03T06:00:00Z S. 523, Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14897 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 29, 2003 Public Law 108-204 Native Americans Agricultural colleges Agriculture and Food Alaska Animals Arizona Authorization California Cemeteries and funerals Colorado Commemorations Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continental shelf Easements Economics and Public Finance Education Energy Environmental Protection Expert witnesses Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to education Federal-Indian relations Fisheries Gas in submerged lands Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government publicity Government trust funds Governmental investigations Habitat conservation Higher education Historic sites History Housing and Community Development Indian claims Indian education Indian housing Indian lands Indian water rights Infrastructure Land transfers Land use Law Legal fees Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mineral reserves Minnesota Minorities Mississippi Montana National forests Nebraska New Mexico Oil and gas leases Oil and gas royalties Oil shales Oklahoma Oregon Petroleum in submerged lands Petroleum reserves Public Lands and Natural Resources Relocation Reservoirs South Dakota Submarine oil well drilling Surveying Utah Washington State Waste water treatment Water Resources Development Water supply Water treatment plants Wildlife conservation Native Americans 00 2003-03-05 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Specifies the required distribution and use of funds appropriated on September 19, 1989, in satisfaction of an award granted to the Quinault Indian Nation under Dockets 772-71, 773-71, 774-71, and 775-71 before the United States Claims Court.]]> 01 2003-05-15 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2003-11-28T22:42:25Z Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 - Title I: Technical Amendments and Other Provisions Relating To Native Americans - Subtitle A: Technical Amendments - (Sec. 101) Amends the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act to reauthorize appropriations for: (1) the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act through FY 2006; and (2) the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 (relocation housing) for FY 2003 through 2008.

(Sec. 103) Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to declare that each Indian tribe shall retain inherent sovereign power to adopt governing documents under procedures not specified in such Act.

(Sec. 104) Amends the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act concerning certain Oregon land conveyed by the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior to hold in trust for them. Declares that real property taken into trust shall be treated as on-reservation land for the purpose of processing acquisitions of real property into trust.

(Sec. 105) Amends Federal law (the Pueblo de Cochiti Settlement) to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to implement certain modifications regarding the use of settlement funds as described in the First Amendment to Operation and Maintenance Agreement for Implementation of Cochiti Wetlands Solution.

(Sec. 106) Amends the Four Corners Interpretive Center Act to reauthorize specified appropriations for three additional years through FY 2008.

(Sec. 107) Amends the Chippewa Cree Tribe of The Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999 to extend from three years to six years the time period for certain courts to ratify the Water Rights compact between the Tribe and the State of Montana.

(Sec. 108) Amends Federal law: (1) with respect to certain corrections to legal descriptions or recording information for specified lands declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; (2) to require the Secretary of the Army to make improvements to the Celilo Village, Oregon; (3) to prohibit the devise of interest in Indian land that is less than 2.5 acres to more than one tribal member unless each tribal member already holds an interest in that land; and (4) to require that any interest in trust or restricted land within the reservation that is less than 2.5 acres, that would otherwise pass by intestate succession (including a life estate in the land), or that is devised to more than one tribal member who already holds an interest in that land, revert to the Indian tribe, to be held in the name of the United States in trust for it.

Subtitle B: Other Provisions Relating to Native Americans - (Sec. 121) Declares that the land held by the Barona Band of Mission Indians of California shall be considered to be a portion of the reservation of the Band held in trust by the United States, subject to any easements or similar restrictions which may be granted to the city of San Diego, California, for a pipeline for conveying water from the San Vicente Reservoir to the Barona Indian Reservation, or for conservation, wildlife or habitat protection, or related purposes.

Declares that such land shall neither be considered to have been taken into trust for gaming, nor be used for gaming.

(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, on the request of the Chugach Alaska or Sealaska Corporation, to convey all artifacts, physical remains, and copies of specified field records to those corporations that have received title to a cemetery site or historical place conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

(Sec. 123) Cancels the balance of all outstanding assistance loans to the Ogala Sioux Tribe, and the Pueblo of Santo Domingo, and the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma for expert witness fees and expenses.

(Sec. 124) Defines the term "bidding or royalty credit" as a transferable legal instrument or other written documentation, or an entry in an account managed by the Secretary of the Interior, that may be used in lieu of any other monetary payment for a bonus bid for a lease sale on the Outer Continental Shelf, or a royalty due on oil or gas production, for any lease located on the Outer Continental Shelf outside a certain zone defined and governed by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire any nontribal interest in or to land and subsurface rights (including mineral rights) within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation by issuing bidding or royalty credits in an amount equal to the value of the interest acquired by the Secretary.

(Sec. 126) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a water source, quantity, and quality feasibility study to identify ways to meet the current and future domestic and commercial water supply and distribution needs of the Quinault Indian Nation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

(Sec. 127) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of developing a water treatment and distribution system for the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska.

(Sec.129) Authorizes the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer any interest of the Community that is not held in trust by the United States.

(Sec. 130) Declares that title to land to be acquired by the United States in accordance with specified Federal law for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians shall be taken in the name of the United States.

Declares a restrictive covenant to be unenforceable against the United States if the land to which it is attached was held in trust by the United States for, or owned by, the Band before the date on which the restrictive covenant attached to the land.

(Sec. 131) Amends the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994 to consider the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College a land-grant college established for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts in accordance with the First Morrill Act.

(Sec. 132) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 with respect to conditions on the conveyance to the Ute Tribe of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2 on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation Land. Repeals the prohibition against reversion of the land to the United States for management in trust status. Declares that: (1) such land shall not be subject to any Federal restriction on alienation; and (2) no purchase, grant, lease, exploration or development agreement, or other conveyance of the land (or any interest in the land), or other agreement relating to the land that is authorized by the governing body of the Tribe shall be subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior or any other Federal official.

Title II: Pueblo of Santa Clara and Pueblo of San Ildefonso - (Sec. 202) Declares the right, title, and interest of the United States in certain tracts of land in Rio Arriba County and in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico, to be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, respectively (including mineral rights).

(Sec.204) Directs the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a survey of the boundary lines between the properties.

(Sec. 205) Declares the lands held in trust to be part of the Santa Clara Indian Reservation and the San Ildefonso Indian Reservation.

Requires trust lands to be used only for traditional or customary uses or stewardship conservation. Prohibits trust lands from being used for any new commercial developments.

(Sec. 207) Prohibits use of land taken into trust under this Act for gaming.

Title III: Distribution of Quinault Permanent Fisheries Funds - (Sec. 301) Specifies the distribution and use of funds appropriated on September 19, 1989, in satisfaction of an award granted to the Quinault Indian Nation under Dockets 772-71, 773-71, 774-71, and 775-71 before the United States Claims Court. Requires distribution and deposit of such funds into three accounts (for Principal Amount, for Investment Income, and for Income on Judgment Funds), to be established by the Tribe, maintained separately, and audited annually. Requires use of the Account for Principal Amount to establish a Permanent Fisheries Fund.

(Sec. 302) Exempts the United States from any trust responsibility or liability for funds upon their disbursement to the Tribe.

]]> 35 2003-07-30 Passed Senate amended 2003-11-28T22:41:00Z Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 - Title I: Technical Amendments and Other Provisions Relating To Native Americans - Subtitle A: Technical Amendments - (Sec. 101) Amends the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act to reauthorize appropriations for: (1) the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act through FY 2006; and (2) the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 (relocation housing) for FY 2003 through 2008.

(Sec. 103) Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to declare that each Indian tribe shall retain inherent sovereign power to adopt governing documents under procedures not specified in such Act.

(Sec. 104) Amends the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act concerning certain Oregon land conveyed by the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior to hold in trust for them. Declares that real property taken into trust shall be treated as on-reservation land for the purpose of processing acquisitions of real property into trust.

(Sec. 105) Amends Federal law (the Pueblo de Cochiti Settlement) to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to implement certain modifications regarding the use of settlement funds as described in the First Amendment to Operation and Maintenance Agreement for Implementation of Cochiti Wetlands Solution.

(Sec. 106) Amends the Four Corners Interpretive Center Act to reauthorize specified appropriations for three additional years through FY 2008.

(Sec. 107) Amends Federal law: (1) with respect to certain corrections to legal descriptions or recording information for specified lands declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and (2) to require the Secretary of the Army to make improvements to the Celilo Village, Oregon.

Subtitle B: Other Provisions Relating to Native Americans - (Sec. 121) Declares that the land held by the Barona Band of Mission Indians of California shall be considered to be a portion of the reservation of the Band held in trust by the United States, subject to any easements or similar restrictions which may be granted to the city of San Diego, California, for a pipeline for conveying water from the San Vicente Reservoir to the Barona Indian Reservation, or for conservation, wildlife or habitat protection, or related purposes.

Declares that such land shall neither be considered to have been taken into trust for gaming, nor be used for gaming.

(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, on the request of the Chugach Alaska or Sealaska Corporation, to convey all artifacts, physical remains, and copies of specified field records to those corporations that have received title to a cemetery site or historical place conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

(Sec. 123) Defines the term "bidding or royalty credit" as a transferable legal instrument or other written documentation, or an entry in an account managed by the Secretary of the Interior, that may be used in lieu of any other monetary payment for a bonus bid for a lease sale on the Outer Continental Shelf, or a royalty due on oil or gas production, for any lease located on the Outer Continental Shelf outside a certain zone defined and governed by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

(Sec. 124) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a water source, quantity, and quality feasibility study to identify ways to meet the current and future domestic and commercial water supply and distribution needs of the Quinault Indian Nation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

(Sec. 125) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of developing a water treatment and distribution system for the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec.126) Authorizes the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer any interest of the Community that is not held in trust by the United States.

(Sec. 127) Declares that title to land to be acquired by the United States in accordance with specified Federal law for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians shall be taken in the name of the United States.

Declares a restrictive covenant to be unenforceable against the United States if the land to which it is attached was held in trust by the United States for, or owned by, the Band before the date on which the restrictive covenant attached to the land.

(Sec. 128) Amends the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994 to consider the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College a land-grant college established for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts in accordance with the First Morrill Act.

(Sec. 129) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 with respect to conditions on the conveyance to the Ute Tribe of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2 on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation Land. Repeals the prohibition against reversion of the land to the United States for management in trust status. Declares that: (1) such land shall not be subject to any Federal restriction on alienation; and (2) no purchase, grant, lease, exploration or development agreement, or other conveyance of the land (or any interest in the land), or other agreement relating to the land that is authorized by the governing body of the Tribe shall be subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior or any other Federal official.

Title II: Pueblo of Santa Clara and Pueblo of San Ildefonso - (Sec. 202) Declares the right, title, and interest of the United States in certain tracts of land in Rio Arriba County and in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico, to be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso (including mineral rights).

(Sec. 204) Directs the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a survey of the boundary lines between the properties.

(Sec. 205) Declares the lands held in trust to be part of the Santa Clara Indian Reservation and the San Ildefonso Indian Reservation.

Requires trust lands to be used only for traditional or customary uses or stewardship conservation. Prohibits trust lands from being used for any new commercial developments.

(Sec. 207) Prohibits use of land taken into trust under this Act for gaming.

Title III: Distribution of Quinault Permanent Fisheries Funds - (Sec. 301) Specifies the distribution and use of funds appropriated on September 19, 1989, in satisfaction of an award granted to the Quinault Indian Nation under Dockets 772-71, 773-71, 774-71, and 775-71 before the United States Claims Court. Requires distribution and deposit of such funds into three accounts (for Principal Amount, for Investment Income, and for Income on Judgment Funds), to be established by the Tribe, maintained separately, and audited annually. Requires use of the Account for Principal Amount to establish a Permanent Fisheries Fund.

(Sec. 302) Exempts the United States from any trust responsibility or liability for funds upon their disbursement to the Tribe.

]]> 12 2003-11-17 Reported to Senate without amendment, 1st committee reporting 2006-10-26T14:38:20Z (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 30, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 - Title I: Technical Amendments and Other Provisions Relating To Native Americans - Subtitle A: Technical Amendments - (Sec. 101) Amends the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act to reauthorize appropriations for: (1) the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act through FY 2006; and (2) the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 (relocation housing) for FY 2003 through 2008.

(Sec. 103) Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to declare that each Indian tribe shall retain inherent sovereign power to adopt governing documents under procedures not specified in such Act.

(Sec. 104) Amends the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act concerning certain Oregon land conveyed by the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior to hold in trust for them. Declares that real property taken into trust shall be treated as on-reservation land for the purpose of processing acquisitions of real property into trust.

(Sec. 105) Amends Federal law (the Pueblo de Cochiti Settlement) to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to implement certain modifications regarding the use of settlement funds as described in the First Amendment to Operation and Maintenance Agreement for Implementation of Cochiti Wetlands Solution.

(Sec. 106) Amends the Four Corners Interpretive Center Act to reauthorize specified appropriations for three additional years through FY 2008.

(Sec. 107) Amends Federal law: (1) with respect to certain corrections to legal descriptions or recording information for specified lands declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and (2) to require the Secretary of the Army to make improvements to the Celilo Village, Oregon.

Subtitle B: Other Provisions Relating to Native Americans - (Sec. 121) Declares that the land held by the Barona Band of Mission Indians of California shall be considered to be a portion of the reservation of the Band held in trust by the United States, subject to any easements or similar restrictions which may be granted to the city of San Diego, California, for a pipeline for conveying water from the San Vicente Reservoir to the Barona Indian Reservation, or for conservation, wildlife or habitat protection, or related purposes.

Declares that such land shall neither be considered to have been taken into trust for gaming, nor be used for gaming.

(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, on the request of the Chugach Alaska or Sealaska Corporation, to convey all artifacts, physical remains, and copies of specified field records to those corporations that have received title to a cemetery site or historical place conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

(Sec. 123) Defines the term "bidding or royalty credit" as a transferable legal instrument or other written documentation, or an entry in an account managed by the Secretary of the Interior, that may be used in lieu of any other monetary payment for a bonus bid for a lease sale on the Outer Continental Shelf, or a royalty due on oil or gas production, for any lease located on the Outer Continental Shelf outside a certain zone defined and governed by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

(Sec. 124) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a water source, quantity, and quality feasibility study to identify ways to meet the current and future domestic and commercial water supply and distribution needs of the Quinault Indian Nation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

(Sec. 125) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of developing a water treatment and distribution system for the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec.126) Authorizes the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer any interest of the Community that is not held in trust by the United States.

(Sec. 127) Declares that title to land to be acquired by the United States in accordance with specified Federal law for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians shall be taken in the name of the United States.

Declares a restrictive covenant to be unenforceable against the United States if the land to which it is attached was held in trust by the United States for, or owned by, the Band before the date on which the restrictive covenant attached to the land.

(Sec. 128) Amends the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994 to consider the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College a land-grant college established for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts in accordance with the First Morrill Act.

(Sec. 129) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 with respect to conditions on the conveyance to the Ute Tribe of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2 on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation Land. Repeals the prohibition against reversion of the land to the United States for management in trust status. Declares that: (1) such land shall not be subject to any Federal restriction on alienation; and (2) no purchase, grant, lease, exploration or development agreement, or other conveyance of the land (or any interest in the land), or other agreement relating to the land that is authorized by the governing body of the Tribe shall be subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior or any other Federal official.

Title II: Pueblo of Santa Clara and Pueblo of San Ildefonso - (Sec. 202) Declares the right, title, and interest of the United States in certain tracts of land in Rio Arriba County and in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico, to be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso (including mineral rights).

(Sec. 204) Directs the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a survey of the boundary lines between the properties.

(Sec. 205) Declares the lands held in trust to be part of the Santa Clara Indian Reservation and the San Ildefonso Indian Reservation.

Requires trust lands to be used only for traditional or customary uses or stewardship conservation. Prohibits trust lands from being used for any new commercial developments.

(Sec. 207) Prohibits use of land taken into trust under this Act for gaming.

Title III: Distribution of Quinault Permanent Fisheries Funds - (Sec. 301) Specifies the distribution and use of funds appropriated on September 19, 1989, in satisfaction of an award granted to the Quinault Indian Nation under Dockets 772-71, 773-71, 774-71, and 775-71 before the United States Claims Court. Requires distribution and deposit of such funds into three accounts (for Principal Amount, for Investment Income, and for Income on Judgment Funds), to be established by the Tribe, maintained separately, and audited annually. Requires use of the Account for Principal Amount to establish a Permanent Fisheries Fund.

(Sec. 302) Exempts the United States from any trust responsibility or liability for funds upon their disbursement to the Tribe.

]]> 81 2004-02-11 Passed House without amendment 2004-03-31T20:28:05Z (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 30, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 - Title I: Technical Amendments and Other Provisions Relating To Native Americans - Subtitle A: Technical Amendments - (Sec. 101) Amends the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act to reauthorize appropriations for: (1) the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act through FY 2006; and (2) the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 (relocation housing) for FY 2003 through 2008.

(Sec. 103) Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to declare that each Indian tribe shall retain inherent sovereign power to adopt governing documents under procedures not specified in such Act.

(Sec. 104) Amends the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act concerning certain Oregon land conveyed by the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior to hold in trust for them. Declares that real property taken into trust shall be treated as on-reservation land for the purpose of processing acquisitions of real property into trust.

(Sec. 105) Amends Federal law (the Pueblo de Cochiti Settlement) to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to implement certain modifications regarding the use of settlement funds as described in the First Amendment to Operation and Maintenance Agreement for Implementation of Cochiti Wetlands Solution.

(Sec. 106) Amends the Four Corners Interpretive Center Act to reauthorize specified appropriations for three additional years through FY 2008.

(Sec. 107) Amends Federal law: (1) with respect to certain corrections to legal descriptions or recording information for specified lands declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and (2) to require the Secretary of the Army to make improvements to the Celilo Village, Oregon.

Subtitle B: Other Provisions Relating to Native Americans - (Sec. 121) Declares that the land held by the Barona Band of Mission Indians of California shall be considered to be a portion of the reservation of the Band held in trust by the United States, subject to any easements or similar restrictions which may be granted to the city of San Diego, California, for a pipeline for conveying water from the San Vicente Reservoir to the Barona Indian Reservation, or for conservation, wildlife or habitat protection, or related purposes.

Declares that such land shall neither be considered to have been taken into trust for gaming, nor be used for gaming.

(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, on the request of the Chugach Alaska or Sealaska Corporation, to convey all artifacts, physical remains, and copies of specified field records to those corporations that have received title to a cemetery site or historical place conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

(Sec. 123) Defines the term "bidding or royalty credit" as a transferable legal instrument or other written documentation, or an entry in an account managed by the Secretary of the Interior, that may be used in lieu of any other monetary payment for a bonus bid for a lease sale on the Outer Continental Shelf, or a royalty due on oil or gas production, for any lease located on the Outer Continental Shelf outside a certain zone defined and governed by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

(Sec. 124) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a water source, quantity, and quality feasibility study to identify ways to meet the current and future domestic and commercial water supply and distribution needs of the Quinault Indian Nation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

(Sec. 125) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of developing a water treatment and distribution system for the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec.126) Authorizes the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer any interest of the Community that is not held in trust by the United States.

(Sec. 127) Declares that title to land to be acquired by the United States in accordance with specified Federal law for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians shall be taken in the name of the United States.

Declares a restrictive covenant to be unenforceable against the United States if the land to which it is attached was held in trust by the United States for, or owned by, the Band before the date on which the restrictive covenant attached to the land.

(Sec. 128) Amends the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994 to consider the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College a land-grant college established for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts in accordance with the First Morrill Act.

(Sec. 129) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 with respect to conditions on the conveyance to the Ute Tribe of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2 on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation Land. Repeals the prohibition against reversion of the land to the United States for management in trust status. Declares that: (1) such land shall not be subject to any Federal restriction on alienation; and (2) no purchase, grant, lease, exploration or development agreement, or other conveyance of the land (or any interest in the land), or other agreement relating to the land that is authorized by the governing body of the Tribe shall be subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior or any other Federal official.

Title II: Pueblo of Santa Clara and Pueblo of San Ildefonso - (Sec. 202) Declares the right, title, and interest of the United States in certain tracts of land in Rio Arriba County and in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico, to be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso (including mineral rights).

(Sec. 204) Directs the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a survey of the boundary lines between the properties.

(Sec. 205) Declares the lands held in trust to be part of the Santa Clara Indian Reservation and the San Ildefonso Indian Reservation.

Requires trust lands to be used only for traditional or customary uses or stewardship conservation. Prohibits trust lands from being used for any new commercial developments.

(Sec. 207) Prohibits use of land taken into trust under this Act for gaming.

Title III: Distribution of Quinault Permanent Fisheries Funds - (Sec. 301) Specifies the distribution and use of funds appropriated on September 19, 1989, in satisfaction of an award granted to the Quinault Indian Nation under Dockets 772-71, 773-71, 774-71, and 775-71 before the United States Claims Court. Requires distribution and deposit of such funds into three accounts (for Principal Amount, for Investment Income, and for Income on Judgment Funds), to be established by the Tribe, maintained separately, and audited annually. Requires use of the Account for Principal Amount to establish a Permanent Fisheries Fund.

(Sec. 302) Exempts the United States from any trust responsibility or liability for funds upon their disbursement to the Tribe.

]]> 49 2004-03-02 Public Law 2004-03-31T20:28:18Z (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 30, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 - Title I: Technical Amendments and Other Provisions Relating To Native Americans - Subtitle A: Technical Amendments - (Sec. 101) Amends the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act to reauthorize appropriations for: (1) the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act through FY 2006; and (2) the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 (relocation housing) for FY 2003 through 2008.

(Sec. 103) Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to declare that each Indian tribe shall retain inherent sovereign power to adopt governing documents under procedures not specified in such Act.

(Sec. 104) Amends the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act concerning certain Oregon land conveyed by the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe to the Secretary of the Interior to hold in trust for them. Declares that real property taken into trust shall be treated as on-reservation land for the purpose of processing acquisitions of real property into trust.

(Sec. 105) Amends Federal law (the Pueblo de Cochiti Settlement) to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to implement certain modifications regarding the use of settlement funds as described in the First Amendment to Operation and Maintenance Agreement for Implementation of Cochiti Wetlands Solution.

(Sec. 106) Amends the Four Corners Interpretive Center Act to reauthorize specified appropriations for three additional years through FY 2008.

(Sec. 107) Amends Federal law: (1) with respect to certain corrections to legal descriptions or recording information for specified lands declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and (2) to require the Secretary of the Army to make improvements to the Celilo Village, Oregon.

Subtitle B: Other Provisions Relating to Native Americans - (Sec. 121) Declares that the land held by the Barona Band of Mission Indians of California shall be considered to be a portion of the reservation of the Band held in trust by the United States, subject to any easements or similar restrictions which may be granted to the city of San Diego, California, for a pipeline for conveying water from the San Vicente Reservoir to the Barona Indian Reservation, or for conservation, wildlife or habitat protection, or related purposes.

Declares that such land shall neither be considered to have been taken into trust for gaming, nor be used for gaming.

(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, on the request of the Chugach Alaska or Sealaska Corporation, to convey all artifacts, physical remains, and copies of specified field records to those corporations that have received title to a cemetery site or historical place conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

(Sec. 123) Defines the term "bidding or royalty credit" as a transferable legal instrument or other written documentation, or an entry in an account managed by the Secretary of the Interior, that may be used in lieu of any other monetary payment for a bonus bid for a lease sale on the Outer Continental Shelf, or a royalty due on oil or gas production, for any lease located on the Outer Continental Shelf outside a certain zone defined and governed by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

(Sec. 124) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a water source, quantity, and quality feasibility study to identify ways to meet the current and future domestic and commercial water supply and distribution needs of the Quinault Indian Nation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

(Sec. 125) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of developing a water treatment and distribution system for the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec.126) Authorizes the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer any interest of the Community that is not held in trust by the United States.

(Sec. 127) Declares that title to land to be acquired by the United States in accordance with specified Federal law for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians shall be taken in the name of the United States.

Declares a restrictive covenant to be unenforceable against the United States if the land to which it is attached was held in trust by the United States for, or owned by, the Band before the date on which the restrictive covenant attached to the land.

(Sec. 128) Amends the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994 to consider the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College a land-grant college established for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts in accordance with the First Morrill Act.

(Sec. 129) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 with respect to conditions on the conveyance to the Ute Tribe of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2 on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation Land. Repeals the prohibition against reversion of the land to the United States for management in trust status. Declares that: (1) such land shall not be subject to any Federal restriction on alienation; and (2) no purchase, grant, lease, exploration or development agreement, or other conveyance of the land (or any interest in the land), or other agreement relating to the land that is authorized by the governing body of the Tribe shall be subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior or any other Federal official.

Title II: Pueblo of Santa Clara and Pueblo of San Ildefonso - (Sec. 202) Declares the right, title, and interest of the United States in certain tracts of land in Rio Arriba County and in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico, to be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso (including mineral rights).

(Sec. 204) Directs the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a survey of the boundary lines between the properties.

(Sec. 205) Declares the lands held in trust to be part of the Santa Clara Indian Reservation and the San Ildefonso Indian Reservation.

Requires trust lands to be used only for traditional or customary uses or stewardship conservation. Prohibits trust lands from being used for any new commercial developments.

(Sec. 207) Prohibits use of land taken into trust under this Act for gaming.

Title III: Distribution of Quinault Permanent Fisheries Funds - (Sec. 301) Specifies the distribution and use of funds appropriated on September 19, 1989, in satisfaction of an award granted to the Quinault Indian Nation under Dockets 772-71, 773-71, 774-71, and 775-71 before the United States Claims Court. Requires distribution and deposit of such funds into three accounts (for Principal Amount, for Investment Income, and for Income on Judgment Funds), to be established by the Tribe, maintained separately, and audited annually. Requires use of the Account for Principal Amount to establish a Permanent Fisheries Fund.

(Sec. 302) Exempts the United States from any trust responsibility or liability for funds upon their disbursement to the Tribe.

]]> Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 Display Title Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to make technical corrections to law relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Reported to Senate Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 S Senate Short Titles as Passed House Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 H House Short Titles as Introduced Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 Short Titles as Enacted Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 Short Titles as Passed Senate Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 S Senate Short Titles as Reported to House Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003 H House 1435 108 SAMDT In the nature of a substitute. 2022-02-03T05:36:48Z 2003-07-30 Amendment SA 1435 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 1435 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/108th-congress/senate-amendment/1435 C000077 Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] BEN CAMPBELL R CO NIGHTHORSE 2003-07-30T04:00:00Z 2003-07-30T04:00:00Z Senate 108 S Senate S 523 Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 2023-01-15T22:48:21Z 6 2003-07-30 0 Senate Amendment SA 1435 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2003-07-30 0 Senate Amendment SA 1435 proposed by Senator Frist for Senator Campbell. (consideration: CR 7/31/2003 S10447-10449; text: CR 7/31/2003 S10447-10449) In the nature of a substitute. Floor 2003-07-30 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1435 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-30 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1435 proposed by Senator Frist for Senator Campbell.(consideration: CR 7/31/2003 S10447-10449; text: CR 7/31/2003 S10447-10449) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-30 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Enrolled Bill Reported in House 2004-01-31T05:00:00Z Referred in House 2003-09-03T04:00:00Z Engrossed in Senate 2003-07-30T04:00:00Z Reported to Senate 2003-05-15T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2003-03-05T05:00:00Z 2004-03-03T04:59:59Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-108publ204/xml/PLAW-108publ204.xml Public Law 2004-03-02 Became Public Law No: 108-204. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.