[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2188 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2188

      For the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for the 
   proportionate share of tribal funds and annuities under treaties 
  between the Pottawatomi Nation and the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 14 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

 Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Simon) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      For the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for the 
   proportionate share of tribal funds and annuities under treaties 
  between the Pottawatomi Nation and the United States, 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. AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT.

    Notwithstanding the sovereign immunity of the United States, any 
statute of limitations, lapse of time, bar of laches, res judicata, 
collateral estoppel, or any other procedural defense, or any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the 
Pottawatomi Nation in Canada, out of any money in the Treasury of the 
United States not otherwise appropriated, $________, which shall be 
equal to the sum of--
            (1) the proportionate share of the tribal funds and 
        annuities that arise under treaties between the Pottawatomi 
        Nation and the United States that, but for the residence of the 
        Pottawatomi Nation in Canada  and  outside  of  the  
        territorial  limits  of  the United States, would have been 
        compensable under the Indian Claims Commission Act (25 U.S.C. 
        70 et seq.); plus
            (2) interest computed at a rate of 5 percent per year on 
        the amounts calculated under paragraph (1).

SEC. 2. ATTORNEY FEES.

    (a) In General.--Not more than 10 percent of the amount paid to the 
Pottawatomi Nation in Canada pursuant to section 1 may be used to pay 
attorney fees arising from services rendered in connection with claims 
of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada relating to the compensation 
authorized under such section.
    (b) Penalties.--Any person licensed to practice law in the United 
States who knowingly receives a payment in violation of subsection (a) 
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of an infraction under section 
3559(a)(9) of title 18, United States Code, and shall be subject to a 
fine in an amount not to exceed $1,000.

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