[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 734 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 734

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                          August 19 (legislative day, August 18), 1994.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
734) entitled ``An Act to amend the Act entitled `An Act to provide for 
the extension of certain Federal benefits, services, and assistance to 
the Pascua Yaqui Indians of Arizona, and for other purposes''', do pass 
with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Page 3, after line 2, insert:

SEC. 2. STUDY.

    The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the extension of certain 
Federal benefits, services, and assistance to the Pascua Yaqui Indians 
of Arizona, and for other purposes'' (25 U.S.C. 1300f et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 4. STUDY.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct one 
or more studies to determine--
            ``(1) whether the lands held in trust on the date of 
        enactment of this section by the United States for the Pascua 
        Yaqui Tribe are adequate for the needs of the tribe for the 
        foreseeable future;
            ``(2) if such lands are not adequate--
                    ``(A) whether suitable additional lands are 
                available for acquisition by exchange or purchase; and
                    ``(B) the cost and location of the suitable 
                additional lands;
            ``(3) whether the Pascua Yaqui Tribe has sufficient water 
        rights and allocations to meet the needs of the tribe for the 
        foreseeable future;
            ``(4) if such water rights and allocations are not 
        adequate--
                    ``(A) whether additional water can be acquired; and
                    ``(B) the potential sources and associated costs of 
                such additional water;
            ``(5) whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian 
        Health Service have limited funding to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe 
        based on a determination of the tribal enrollment in 1978, 
        rather than the current enrollment;
            ``(6) if funding has been based on 1978 enrollment, how the 
        funding levels can be adjusted to ensure that the Pascua Yaqui 
        Tribe receives a fair and equitable portion of Bureau of Indian 
        Affairs and Indian Health Service funding;
            ``(7) the genealogy of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe; and
            ``(8) the economic development opportunities available to 
        the tribe as a result of the North American Free Trade 
        Agreement.
    ``(b) Tribal Participation.--The Secretary shall provide for the 
participation of members of the Pascua Yaqui tribe to carry out 
subsection (a).
    ``(c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on which funds 
are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall submit a report to Congress that contains the results of 
each study conducted pursuant to subsection (a).
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.''.

            Attest:






                                                             Secretary.