[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3437 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3437

 To prohibit agreements negotiated between Indian tribes and States to 
   settle disputes involving lands or water rights which require the 
appropriation of funds by the United States Congress from taking effect 
unless representatives of the Secretary of the Interior participate in 
         the negotiations and the United States is represented.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 1993

   Mr. Thomas of Wyoming (for himself, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Young of 
 Alaska, Mr. Hansen, Mrs. Vucanovich, and Mr. Calvert) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit agreements negotiated between Indian tribes and States to 
   settle disputes involving lands or water rights which require the 
appropriation of funds by the United States Congress from taking effect 
unless representatives of the Secretary of the Interior participate in 
         the negotiations and the United States is represented.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That no agreement 
negotiated between an Indian tribe and a State, or a political 
subdivision thereof, to settle a dispute involving lands or water 
rights which requires the appropriation of funds by the United States 
Congress may take effect unless representatives of both the Secretary 
of the Interior and of the United States are participants in those 
portions of the negotiations which seek to fix the nature and amount of 
Federal funds to be appropriated.

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