[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4345 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 4345

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                                 AN ACT

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to clarify the process 
   of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans, and for other 
                               purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4345

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to clarify the process 
   of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

  TITLE I--TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT

SEC. 101. ALASKA NATIVE VETERANS.

    Section 41 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1629g) is amended as follows:
            (1) Subsection (a)(3)(I)(4) is amended by striking ``and 
        Reindeer'' and inserting ``or''.
            (2) Subsection (a)(4)(B) is amended by striking ``; and'' 
        and inserting ``; or''.
            (3) Subsection (b)(1)(B)(i) is amended by striking ``June 
        2, 1971'' and inserting ``December 31, 1971''.
            (4) Subsection (b)(2) is amended by striking the matter 
        preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
    ``(2) The personal representative or special administrator, 
appointed in an Alaska State court proceeding of the estate of a 
decedent who was eligible under subsection (b)(1)(A) may, for the 
benefit of the heirs, select an allotment if the decedent was a veteran 
who served in South East Asia at any time during the period beginning 
August 5, 1964, and ending December 31, 1971, and during that period 
the decedent--''.

SEC. 102. LEVIES ON SETTLEMENT TRUST INTERESTS.

    Section 39(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1629e(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(8) A beneficiary's interest in a settlement trust and the 
distributions thereon shall be subject to creditor action (including 
without limitation, levy attachment, pledge, lien, judgment execution, 
assignment, and the insolvency and bankruptcy laws) only to the extent 
that Settlement Common Stock and the distributions thereon are subject 
to such creditor action under section 7(h) of this Act.''.

 TITLE II--NATIONAL LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM FOR AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKAN 
                   NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN YOUTH

SEC. 201. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM FOR AMERICAN 
              INDIAN, ALASKAN NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN YOUTH.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Education for the Washington Workshops Foundation 
$2,200,000 for administration of a national leadership symposium for 
American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian youth on the 
traditions and values of American democracy.
    (b) Content of Symposium.--The symposium administered under 
subsection (a) shall--
            (1) be comprised of youth seminar programs which study the 
        workings and practices of American national government in 
        Washington, DC, to be held in conjunction with the opening of 
        the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; and
            (2) envision the participation and enhancement of American 
        Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian youth in the 
        American political process by interfacing in the first-hand 
        operations of the United States Government.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 12, 2000.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.