[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 734 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 734

  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.''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1993

    Mr. Pastor (for himself, Mr. Kolbe, and Ms. English of Arizona) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.''.

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

SECTION 1. SOVEREIGNTY OF PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of the first section of 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(a)) is amended by 
inserting after the first sentence the following: ``The Pascua Yaqui 
Tribe, a historic Indian tribe, is acknowledged as a federally 
recognized Indian tribe possessing all the attributes of inherent 
sovereignty which have not been specifically taken away by Acts of 
Congress and which are not inconsistent with such tribal status.''.
    (b) Extension of Enrollment Deadline.--Section 3 of such Act (25 
U.S.C. 1300f-2) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (B) by striking ``and''; and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (C) as paragraph (D) and 
        inserting after paragraph (B) the following new paragraph (C):
            ``(C) all those persons of Yaqui blood who are citizens of 
        the United States and who, within three years after the date of 
        enactment of this paragraph, apply for enrollment in the Pascua 
        Yaqui Tribe pursuant to the membership criteria and procedures 
        provided for in the official governing documents of the Pascua 
        Yaqui Tribe; and''.

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