[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2489 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2489

 To confer jurisdiction on the United States Claims Court with respect 
            to land claims of Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 1993

 Mr. Skeen (for himself and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To confer jurisdiction on the United States Claims Court with respect 
            to land claims of Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. JURISDICTION.

    Notwithstanding sections 2401 and 2501 of title 28, United States 
Code, and section 12 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1052), or 
any other law which would interprose or support a defense of 
untimeliness, jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States 
Claims Court to hear, determine, and render judgment on any claim by 
Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe of New Mexico against the United States 
with respect to any lands or interests therein the State of New Mexico 
or any adjoining State held by aboriginal title or otherwise which were 
acquired from the tribe without payment of adequate compensation by the 
United States. As a matter of adequate compensation, the United States 
Claims Court may award interest at a rate of 5 percent per year to 
accrue from the date on which such lands or interests therein were 
acquired from the tribe by the United States. Such jurisdiction is 
conferred only with respect to claims accruing on or before August 13, 
1946, and all such claims must be filed within three years after the 
date of enactment of this Act. Such jurisdiction is conferred 
notwithstanding any failure of the tribe to exhaust any available 
administrative remedy.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN DEFENSES NOT APPLICABLE.

    Any award made to any Indian tribe other than the Pueblo of Isleta 
Indian Tribe of New Mexico before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, under any judgment of the Indian Claims 
Commission or any other authority, with respect to any lands that are 
the subject of a claim submitted by the tribe under section 1 shall not 
be considered a defense, estoppel, or set-off to such claim, and shall 
not otherwise affect the entitlement to, or amount of, any relief with 
respect to such claim.

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