[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1925 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1925

   To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native 
                   Americans, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 2, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native 
                   Americans, 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 FOR 99-YEAR LEASES.

    The second sentence of subsection (a) of the first section of the 
Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 415), is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``lands held in trust for the Confederated 
        Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon,'' after ``lands 
        held in trust for the Cahuilla Band of Indians of 
        California,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``the Cabazon Indian Reservation,'' after 
        ``the Navajo Reservation,''.

SEC. 2. GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT.

    Section 1(c) of the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a 
reservation for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of 
Oregon, and for other purposes,'' approved September 9, 1988 (102 Stat. 
1594), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``10,120.68 acres of land'' and inserting 
        ``10,311.60 acres of land''; and
            (2) in the table contained in that subsection, by striking 
        all after


                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                      ``4                           7      30    Lots 3, 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/          240''
                                                                  4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\;                     
                                                                                                                

        through the end of the table, and inserting the following:


                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                      ``6                           8       1    N\1/2\SW\1/4\                             29.59
                                                                                                                
                        6                           8      12    W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/        21.70
                                                                  4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/                 
                                                                  4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/                 
                                                                  4\SE\1/4\                                     
                                                                                                                
                        6                           8      13    W\1/2\E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\                 5.31
                                                                                                                
                        6                           7       7    E\1/2\E\1/2\                              57.60
                                                                                                                
                        6                           7       8    SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/        22.46
                                                                  4\                                            
                                                                                                                
                        6                           7      17    NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/        10.84
                                                                  4\                                            
                                                                                                                
                        6                           7      18    E\1/2\NE\1/4\                             43.42
                                                                                                    ------------
                                                                                    Total            10,311.60''
                                                                                                                

SEC. 3. SAN CARLOS APACHE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT.

    Section 3711(b) of the San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights 
Settlement Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4752) is amended by striking 
``subsections (c) and (d) of section 3704'' inserting ``section 
3704(d)''.

SEC. 4. YUROK SETTLEMENT RECOGNITION.

    Section 4 of Public Law 98-458 (25 U.S.C. 1407) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or'' at the end; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) are distributed pursuant to--
                    ``(A) the judgment of the United States Claims 
                Court (which was subsequently reorganized as the United 
                States Court of Federal Claims) in Jesse Short et al. 
                v. United States, 486 F2d. 561 (Ct. Cl. 1973); or
                    ``(B) any other judgment of the United States Court 
                of Federal Claims in favor of 1 or more individual 
                Indians,''.

SEC. 5. SELF-DETERMINATION CONTRACT CARRY-OVER EXPENDITURE 
              AUTHORIZATION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds that were 
provided to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska for any of the fiscal years 
1992 through 1998 pursuant to a self-determination contract with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services that the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska 
entered into under section 102 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450f) that were retained by the 
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska to carry out programs and functions of the 
Indian Health Service may be used by the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska to 
purchase or build facilities for the health services programs of the 
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.

SEC. 6. NAVAJO-HOPI LAND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ACT.

    Section 12 of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act (Public 
Law 104-301; 110 Stat. 3653) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), in the first sentence, by 
        inserting ``of surface water'' after ``on such lands''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), striking ``subsection (a)(3)'' both 
        places it appears and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)(C)''.

SEC. 7. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall take such 
action as may be necessary to extend the terms of the projects referred 
to in section 512 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1660b) so that the term of each such project expires on October 1, 
2002.
    (b) Amendment to Indian Health Care Improvement Act.--Section 512 
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1660b) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) In addition to the amounts made available under section 514 
to carry out this section through fiscal year 2000, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this section for each of fiscal years 2001 and 2002.''.

SEC. 8. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF COOS, LOWER UMPQUA, AND SIUSLAW INDIANS 
              RESERVATION ACT.

    Section 7(b) of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Restoration Act 
(Public Law 98-481, 98 Stat. 2253) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(4) In Lane County, Oregon, a parcel described as 
        beginning at the common corner to sections 23, 24, 25, and 26 
        township 18 south, range 12 west, Willamette Meridian; then 
        west 25 links; then north 2 chains and 50 links; then east 25 
        links to a point on the section line between sections 23 and 
        24; then south 2 chains and 50 links to the place of origin, 
        and containing .062 of an acre, more or less, situated and 
        lying in section 23, township 18 south, range 12 west, of 
        Willamette Meridian.''.

SEC. 9. HOOPA VALLEY RESERVATION BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    Section 2(b) of the Hoopa Valley Reservation South Boundary 
Adjustment Act (25 U.S.C. 1300i-1 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``north 72 degrees 30 minutes east'' and 
        inserting ``north 73 degrees 50 minutes east''; and
            (2) by striking ``south 15 degrees 59 minutes east'' and 
        inserting ``south 14 degrees 36 minutes east''.

SEC. 10. CLARIFICATION OF SERVICE AREA FOR CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF 
              SILETZ INDIANS OF OREGON.

    Section 2 of the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a reservation 
for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon'', approved 
September 4, 1980 (94 Stat. 1073 and 1074), is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``The Secretary'' 
        and inserting ``(a) The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Subject to the express limitations under sections 4 and 5, 
for purposes of determining eligibility for Federal assistance 
programs, the service area of the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 
Indians of Oregon shall include Benton, Clackamas, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, 
Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill Counties in 
Oregon.''.

SEC. 11. MICHIGAN INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT.

    Section 111 of the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act (111 
Stat. 2665) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The eligibility'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(b) Treatment of Funds for Purposes of Certain Federal Programs 
and Benefits.--The eligibility''; and
            (2) by inserting before subsection (b), as designated by 
        paragraph (1) of this section, the following:
    ``(a) Treatment of Funds for Purposes of Income Taxes.--None of the 
funds distributed pursuant to this Act, or pursuant to any plan 
approved in accordance with this Act, shall be subject to Federal or 
State income taxes.''.

SEC. 12. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    (a) Authorization.--Section 711(h) of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1665j(h)) is amended by striking ``for 
each'' and all that follows through ``2000,'' and inserting ``for each 
of fiscal years 1996 through 2000,''.
    (b) Reference.--Section 4(12)(B) of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103(12)(B)) 
is amended by striking ``Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act of 1975'' and inserting ``Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)''.

SEC. 13. TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHTS.

    The Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act (106 Stat. 
2237 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 12. TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHTS.

    ``(a) In General.--In accordance with the requirements of section 
2116 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177), the transfer of water 
rights set forth in paragraph (5) of the stipulation and settlement 
agreement between the Jicarilla Apache Tribe and other parties to the 
case referred to in section 8(e)(1)(B)(ii), that was executed on 
October 7, 1997, is approved.
    ``(b) Effective Date.--The approval under subsection (a) shall 
become effective on the date of entry of a partial final decree by the 
court for the case referred to in that subsection that quantifies the 
reserved water rights claims of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe.''.

SEC. 14. NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) Eligibility.--Section 10(a)(1) of the Native Hawaiian Health 
Care Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11709(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``meet 
the requirements of section 338A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 2541)'' and inserting ``meet the requirements of paragraphs (1), 
(3), and (4) of section 338A(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254l(b))''.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--Section 10(b)(1) of the Native Hawaiian 
Health Care Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11709(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``identified in the 
        Native Hawaiian comprehensive health care master plan 
        implemented under section 4'' after ``health care 
        professional'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as 
        subparagraphs (C) through (E), respectively;
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
            ``(B) the primary health services covered under the 
        scholarship assistance program under this section shall be the 
        services included under the definition of that term under 
        section 12(8),'';
            (4) by striking subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(D) the obligated service requirement for each 
        scholarship recipient shall be fulfilled through the full-time 
        clinical or nonclinical practice of the health profession of 
        scholarship recipient, in an order of priority that would 
        provide for practice--
                            ``(i) first, in any 1 of the 5 Native 
                        Hawaiian health care systems, and
                            ``(ii) second, in--
                                    ``(I) a health professional 
                                shortage area or medically underserved 
                                area located in the State of Hawaii, or
                                    ``(II) geographic area or facility 
                                that is--
                                            ``(aa) located in the State 
                                        of Hawaii, and
                                            ``(bb) has a designation 
                                        that is similar to a 
                                        designation described in 
                                        subclause (I) made by the 
                                        Secretary, acting through the 
                                        Public Health Service,'';
            (5) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated, by striking the 
        period and inserting a comma; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(F) the obligated service of a scholarship recipient 
        shall not be performed by the recipient through membership in 
        the National Health Service Corps, and
            ``(G) the requirements of sections 331 through 338 of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d through 254k), 
        section 338C of that Act (42 U.S.C. 254m), other than 
        subsection (b)(5) of that section, and section 338D of that Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 254n) applicable to scholarship assistance provided 
        under section 338A of that Act (42 U.S.C. 254l) shall not apply 
        to the scholarship assistance provided under subsection (a) of 
        this section.''.
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