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[H.J. Res. 72 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.J.Res.72

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                            Joint Resolution


 
 Granting the consent of the Congress to the Red River Boundary Compact.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT.

    (a) In General.--The consent of Congress is given to the Red River 
Compact entered into between the States of Texas and Oklahoma and the 
new boundary established by the compact.
    (b) New Compact.--The compact referred to in subsection (a) sets 
the boundary between the States of Texas and Oklahoma as the vegetation 
line on the south bank of the Red River (except for the Texoma area 
where the boundary is established pursuant to procedures provided for 
in the compact) and is the compact--
        (1) agreed to by the State of Texas in House Bill 1355 approved 
    by the Governor of Texas on May 24, 1999; and
        (2) agreed to by the State of Oklahoma in Senate Bill 175 
    approved by the Governor of Oklahoma on June 4, 1999.
    (c) Compact.--The Acts referred to in subsection (b) are recognized 
by Congress as an interstate compact pursuant to section 10 of Article 
I of the United States Constitution.
    (d) Construction.--The compact shall not in any manner alter--
        (1) any present or future rights and interests of the Kiowa, 
    Comanche, and Apache Tribes, the Chickasaw Nation, and the Choctaw 
    Nation of Oklahoma and their members or Indian successors-in 
    interest;
        (2) any tribal trust lands;
        (3) allotted lands that may be held in trust or lands subject 
    to a Federal restriction against alienation;
        (4) any boundaries of lands owned by the tribes and nations 
    referred to in paragraph (1), including lands referred to in 
    paragraphs (2) and (3), that exist now or that may be established 
    in the future under Federal law; and
        (5) the sovereign rights, jurisdiction, or other governmental 
    interests of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes, the Chickasaw 
    Nation, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and their members or 
    Indian successors-in interest presently existing or which may be 
    acknowledged by Federal and tribal law.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This joint resolution shall take effect on August 31, 2000.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.