[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1780 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1780

 To provide for the settlement of claims of the Menominee Indian Tribe 
                             of Wisconsin.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 1999

    Mr. Green of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the settlement of claims of the Menominee Indian Tribe 
                             of Wisconsin.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT.

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the Menominee Indian 
Tribe of Wisconsin, out of any funds in the Treasury of the United 
States not otherwise appropriated, $32,052,547 for damages sustained by 
the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin by reason of--
            (1) the enactment and implementation of the Act entitled 
        ``An Act to provide for a per capita distribution of Menominee 
        tribal funds and authorize the withdrawal of the Menominee 
        Tribe from Federal jurisdiction''; approved June 17, 1954 (68 
        Stat. 250 et seq., chapter 303); and
            (2) the mismanagement by the United States of assets of the 
        Menominee Indian Tribe held in trust by the United States 
        before April 30, 1961, the effective date of termination of 
        Federal supervision of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

SEC. 2. EFFECT OF PAYMENT.

    Payment of the amount referred to in section 1 shall be in full 
satisfaction of any claims that the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin 
may have against the United States with respect to the damages referred 
to in that section.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENT.

    The payment to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin under 
section 1 shall--
            (1) have the status of a judgment of the United States 
        Court of Federal Claims for the purposes of the Indian Tribal 
        Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401 et 
        seq.);
            (2) be made in accordance with the requirements of that Act 
        on the condition that after payment of attorneys fees and 
        expenses of litigation, of the remaining amount--
                    (A) not less than 30 percent shall be distributed 
                on a per capita basis; and
                    (B) no more than 70 percent shall be set aside and 
                programmed to serve tribal needs, including--
                            (i) educational, economic development, and 
                        health care programs; and
                            (ii) other programs as the circumstances of 
                        the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin may justify; 
                        and
            (3) not be used to purchase land for the purpose of having 
        such land taken into trust for the benefit of the Menominee 
        Tribe of Wisconsin.
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