3.0.0 1158 2023-01-11T13:20:18Z 2023-01-11T13:20:18Z House H HR 2011-03-17 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. REHBERG:H.R. 1158.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution:``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make allneedful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice anyClaims of the United States, or of any particular State.''The specific Constitutional Authority cited here is notintended and should not be construed to be exclusive of anyother general or specific Constitutional Authority that isotherwise applicable.[Page H1986]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Discharged from 2011-07-20T13:55:03Z Hearings by 2011-06-22T19:15:22Z Referred to 2011-03-21T17:23:03Z hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Discharged from 2011-07-20T13:54:32Z Referred to 2011-03-21T17:22:54Z Reported by 2011-12-01T23:15:21Z Markup by 2011-07-20T13:55:26Z Referred to 2011-03-17T13:04:50Z H. Rept. 112-299 Montana Mineral Conveyance Act 112 647 S 2011-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Northern Cheyenne Land Consolidation Act 112 2110 S 2012-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2011-12-01 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 199. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00199 2011-12-01 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-299. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2011-12-01 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-299. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2011-07-20 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2011-07-20 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2011-07-20 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged. Committee 2011-07-20 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged. Committee 2011-06-22 hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2011-03-21 hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. Committee 2011-03-21 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2011-03-17 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2011-03-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000571 Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] DENNY REHBERG R MT N Public Lands and Natural Resources Coal Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Mining Montana Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2011-03-17 Introduced in House 2011-04-04T16:47:04Z Montana Mineral Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership (the Great Northern Properties) conveys to the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe all its mineral interests underlying specified aggregate tracts of land in Montana within the Tribe's reservation (the Cheyenne tracts), to convey to Great Northern Properties all interest of the United States in and to the coal underlying specified unleased federal tracts in Montana outside of the Tribe's reservation.

Requires the Northern Cheyenne Tribe to waive each legal claim relating to the failure of the United States to acquire in trust for the Tribe the private mineral interests underlying the Cheyenne tracts as part of the Tribe's reservation.

Instructs the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Great Northern Properties to jointly notify the Secretary in writing when they have agreed on a formula for the sharing of revenue from the coal produced from the federal tracts.

]]> 17 2011-12-01 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2012-01-10T17:58:25Z Montana Mineral Conveyance Act - (Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership (the Great Northern Properties) conveys to the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe all its mineral interests underlying specified aggregate tracts of land in Montana within the Tribe's reservation (the Cheyenne tracts), to convey to Great Northern Properties all interest of the United States in and to the coal underlying specified unleased federal tracts in Montana outside of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits the mineral interests underlying the Cheyenne tracts conveyed to the Tribe from being subject to taxation by the state of Montana.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Northern Cheyenne Tribe to waive all legal claims arising from the continuing failure of the United States to acquire for the Tribe the mineral rights underlying the Cheyenne tracts as part of the Tribe's reservation as directed by Congress in 1900.

Instructs the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Great Northern Properties to jointly notify the Secretary in writing when they have agreed on a formula for the sharing of revenue from the coal produced from the federal tracts. Requires, after such condition is satisfied and within 90 days of the Secretary receiving such written notification, the completion of the mineral conveyances under this Act in a single transaction.

Allows the Secretary or Great Northern Properties, if any part of such conveyances is invalidated by a federal district court and the court's judgment is not vacated or reversed on appeal, to rescind each such conveyance. Requires, if such a rescission is carried out, the Tribe's waiver to be considered as being rescinded.

(Sec. 6) Specifies this Act's effect on the eligibility of the Tribe or its members to receive other federal benefits or services.

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