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[H.R. 1983 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 391
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1983

                          [Report No. 105-692]

To amend the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act to conform that 
 Act with the judgments of the United States Federal Courts regarding 
the rights and sovereign status of certain Indian Tribes, including the 
              Narragansett Tribe, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 1997

Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, and Mr. 
   Kildee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

                           September 9, 1998

              Additional sponsor: Mr. Miller of California

                           September 9, 1998

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act to conform that 
 Act with the judgments of the United States Federal Courts regarding 
the rights and sovereign status of certain Indian Tribes, including the 
              Narragansett Tribe, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Narragansett Justice Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 9(b) of the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act (25 
U.S.C. 1708(b)) is amended by striking ``not''.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 391

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1983

                          [Report No. 105-692]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act to conform that 
 Act with the judgments of the United States Federal Courts regarding 
the rights and sovereign status of certain Indian Tribes, including the 
              Narragansett Tribe, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 9, 1998

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed