[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4202 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4202

 To amend section 6901 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for 
certain lands taken into trust for Indian tribes to be included in the 
                    definition of entitlement land.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 1996

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 6901 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for 
certain lands taken into trust for Indian tribes to be included in the 
                    definition of entitlement land.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.

    Paragraph (1) of section 6901 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``means land owned by the United States 
        Government--'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``means--
                    ``(A) land owned by the United States Government--
                '';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as 
        clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and moving such 
        clauses (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the right;
            (3) by striking the period at the end and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) land held in trust by the United States 
                Government for the benefit of an Indian tribe (as 
                defined in section 4 of the Indian Self Determination 
                and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)) which--
                            ``(i) is not, or part of, an Indian 
                        reservation; and
                            ``(ii) is taken into trust on or after 
                        January 1, 1997.''.
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