[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1946 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1946

   To provide for the repurchase of land taken by eminent domain, by 
         Native American organizations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             March 17 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the repurchase of land taken by eminent domain, by 
         Native American organizations, 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. OPPORTUNITY TO REPURCHASE SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY.

    Section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative Service Act 
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(q) Opportunity of Native Americans To Repurchase Surplus Real 
Property.--
            ``(1) Notice.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
        section, no surplus real property described in paragraph (2) 
        shall be disposed of under this section if, not later than 90 
        days after the date on which the property is declared to be 
        surplus by the United States--
                    ``(A) an organization that held the land in trust 
                for the benefit of Native Americans (as defined in 
                section 16(10) of the National Museum of the American 
                Indian Act (20 U.S.C. 80q-14(10))) has notified the 
                United States that such organization last held title to 
                the real property prior to the date on which the 
                property was acquired by the United States by eminent 
                domain; and
                    ``(B) the organization has made a written offer to 
                purchase the real property at the fair market value of 
                such property on the date of such offer.
            ``(2) Property affected.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Surplus real property referred 
                to in paragraph (1) is surplus real property--
                            ``(i) that has been acquired by the United 
                        States by eminent domain; and
                            ``(ii) title to which was last held by an 
                        organization that held the land in trust for 
                        the benefit of Native Americans prior to the 
                        date on which the property was acquired by 
                        eminent domain.
                    ``(B) Divided property.--This subsection shall 
                apply to real property described in subparagraph (A) 
                and any part of such real property.''.

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