[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 734 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 575

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 734

                          [Report No. 103-338]

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                                 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''.

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              August 16 (legislative day, August 11), 1994

                       Reported with an amendment
                                                       Calendar No. 575
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 734

                          [Report No. 103-338]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 3 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

              August 16 (legislative day, August 11), 1994

               Reported by Mr. Inouye, with an amendment
                  [Insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 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''.

    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 3 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''.

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.''.