[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3851 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3851

        To encourage the negotiated settlement of tribal claims.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2002

Mr. Kildee (for himself, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Hayworth, and Mr. 
  Gallegly) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
        To encourage the negotiated settlement of tribal claims.

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

SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT OF TRIBAL CLAIMS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
purposes of determining the date on which an Indian tribe received a 
reconciliation report for purposes of applying a statute of 
limitations, any such report provided to or received by an Indian tribe 
in response to section 304 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management 
Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4044) shall be deemed to have been 
received by the Indian tribe on December 31, 1999.
    (b) Statement of Purpose.--Subsection (a) is solely intended to 
provide recipients of reconciliation reports with the opportunity to 
postpone the filing of claims, or to facilitate the voluntary dismissal 
of claims, to encourage settlement negotiations with the United States.
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