[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 944 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 944

   To amend Public Law 105-188 to provide for the mineral leasing of 
                   certain Indian lands in Oklahoma.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 3, 1999

  Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend Public Law 105-188 to provide for the mineral leasing of 
                   certain Indian lands in Oklahoma.

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

SECTION 1. MINERAL LEASING OF CERTAIN INDIAN LANDS IN OKLAHOMA.

    Public Law 105-188 (112 Stat. 620 and 621) is amended--
            (1) in the title, by inserting ``and certain former Indian 
        reservations in Oklahoma'' after ``Fort Berthold Indian 
        Reservation''; and
            (2) in section 1--
                    (A) by striking the section heading and inserting 
                the following:

``SECTION 1. LEASES OF CERTAIN ALLOTTED LANDS.'';

                and
                    (B) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking clause (i) 
                and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) is located within--
                                    ``(I) the Fort Berthold Indian 
                                Reservation in North Dakota; or
                                    ``(II) a former Indian reservation 
                                located in Oklahoma of--
                                            ``(aa) the Comanche Indian 
                                        Tribe;
                                            ``(bb) the Kiowa Indian 
                                        Tribe;
                                            ``(cc) the Apache Tribe;
                                            ``(dd) the Fort Sill Apache 
                                        Tribe of Oklahoma;
                                            ``(ee) the Wichita and 
                                        Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, 
                                        Keechi, Waco, and Tawakonie) 
                                        located in Oklahoma;
                                            ``(ff) the Delaware Tribe 
                                        of Western Oklahoma; or
                                            ``(gg) the Caddo Indian 
                                        Tribe; and''.
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