[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 190 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 190

To amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of 
  the Everglades National Park in the State of Florida and for other 
  purposes'', approved May 30, 1934, to clarify certain rights of the 
                Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

    Mr. Hastings of Florida (for himself and Mrs. Meek of Florida) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of 
  the Everglades National Park in the State of Florida and for other 
  purposes'', approved May 30, 1934, to clarify certain rights of the 
                Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.

    The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of the 
Everglades National Park in the State of Florida and for other 
purposes'', approved May 30, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 410-410c), is amended by 
adding at the end the following new sections:
    ``Sec. 5. The Miccosukee Tribe may use the Permit Area in 
accordance with the Permit, except that--
            ``(1) condition 7 of the Permit, relating to removal of 
        improvements, shall not apply;
            ``(2) condition 15 of the Permit, relating to revocation of 
        the Permit, shall not apply;
            ``(3) notwithstanding any condition of the Permit, the 
        approval of, the consent of, or a permit from the Director 
        shall not be required if the Miccosukee Tribe has met all other 
        requirements of Federal law related to such approval, consent, 
        or permit; and
            ``(4) the Miccosukee Tribe may exercise jurisdiction over 
        the Permit Area to the same extent as the Miccosukee Tribe 
        exercises jurisdiction over the Miccosukee Indian Reservation.
    ``Sec. 6. For purposes of this Act--
            ``(1) the term `Director' means the Director, National Park 
        Service, and includes the Superintendent of the Everglades 
        National Park;
            ``(2) the term `Miccosukee Tribe' means the Miccosukee 
        Tribe of Indians of Florida, a tribe of American Indians 
        recognized by the United States and organized under section 16 
        of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 987; 25 U.S.C. 476);
            ``(3) the term `Permit' means the Special Use Permit issued 
        by the National Park Service to the Miccosukee Tribe, approved 
        by the Secretary of the Interior on February 1, 1973;
            ``(4) the term `Permit Area' means the property described 
        in the Permit; and
            ``(5) the term `Seminole Indians' includes the Miccosukee 
        Tribe.''.
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