[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1654 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1654

                 To make certain technical corrections.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 10 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

  Mr. Inouye introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
                 To make certain technical corrections.

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

SECTION 1. NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVED WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT 
              ACT OF 1992.

    (a) Environmental Costs.--Section 7(e) of the Northern Cheyenne 
Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-
374, 106 Stat. 1186 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new sentences: ``All costs of environmental compliance 
and mitigation associated with the Compact, including mitigation 
measures adopted by the Secretary, are the sole responsibility of the 
United States. All moneys appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
under this subsection are in addition to amounts appropriated pursuant 
to the authorization under section 7(b)(1) of this Act, and shall be 
immediately available.''.
    (b) Authorizations.--The first sentence of section 4(c) of the 
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 
(Public Law 102-374; 106 Stat. 1186 et seq.) is amended to read as 
follows: ``Except for authorizations contained in subsections 
7(b)(1)(A), 7(b)(1)(B) and 7(e), the authorization of appropriations 
contained in this Act shall not be effective until such time as the 
Montana water court enters and approves a decree as provided in 
subsection (d) of this section.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
considered to have taken effect on September 30, 1992.

SEC. 2. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1992.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 3704(d) of the San Carlos Apache Tribe 
Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575) is amended by 
deleting ``reimbursable'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``nonreimbursable''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
considered to have taken effect on October 30, 1992.

SEC. 3. TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

    The part of the text contained under the heading ``BUREAU OF INDIAN 
AFFAIRS'', and the subheading ``operation of indian programs'', in 
title I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1994, which reads ``Provided further, That any 
funds provided under this head or previously provided for tribally 
controlled community colleges which are distributed prior to July 1, 
1994 which have been or are being invested or administered in 
compliance with section 331 of the Higher Education Act shall be deemed 
to be in compliance for current and future purposes with title III of 
the Tribally Controlled Community Colleges Assistance Act.'' is amended 
by deleting ``section 331 of the Higher Education Act'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``section 332(c)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965''.

SEC. 4. WHITE EARTH RESERVATION LAND SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1985.

    Section 7 of the White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 
1985 (25 U.S.C. 331, note) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following:
    ``(f)(1) The Secretary is authorized to make a one-time deletion 
from the second list published under subsection (c) or any subsequent 
list published under subsection (e) of any allotments or interests 
which the Secretary has determined do not fall within the provisions of 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 4, or subsection (c) of section 5, or 
which the Secretary has determined were erroneously included in such 
list by reason of misdescription or typographical error.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of 
deletions made from the second list published under subsection (c) or 
any subsequent list published under subsection (e).
    ``(3) The determination made by the Secretary to delete an 
allotment or interest under paragraph (1) may be judicially reviewed in 
accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, within 90 
days after the date on which notice of such determination is published 
in the Federal Register under paragraph (2). Any legal action 
challenging such a determination that is not filed within such 90-day 
period shall be forever barred. Exclusive jurisdiction over any legal 
action challenging such a determination is vested in the United States 
District Court for the District of Minnesota.''.

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