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[H.R. 483 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.483

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and one


                                 An Act


 
 Regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated 
            Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR 99-YEAR LEASES.

    The first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the 
leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, 
residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-
term leases'', approved August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``, the reservation of the Confederated Tribes 
    of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon,'' after ``Spanish 
    Grant'')''; and
        (2) by inserting ``lands held in trust for the Confederated 
    Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon'' before ``, lands 
    held in trust for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma''.

SEC. 2. USE OF CERTAIN TRUST LANDS AND RESOURCES FOR ECONOMIC 
              DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Approval of Agreement.--The use of tribal lands, resources, and 
other assets described in the document entitled ``Long-Term Global 
Settlement and Compensation Agreement'', dated April 12, 2000 
(hereafter referred to as the ``GSA''), entered into by the Department 
of the Interior, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon (in this section referred to as the ``Tribes''), 
and the Portland General Electric Company, and in the Included 
Agreements, as attached to the GSA on April 12, 2000, and delivered to 
the Department of the Interior on that date, is approved and ratified. 
The authorization, execution, and delivery of the GSA is approved. In 
this section, the GSA and the Included Agreements are collectively 
referred to as the ``Agreement''. Any provision of Federal law which 
applies to tribal land, resources, or other assets (including proceeds 
derived therefrom) as a consequence of the Tribes' status as a 
federally recognized Indian tribe shall not--
        (1) render the Agreement unenforceable or void against the 
    parties; or
        (2) prevent or restrict the Tribes from pledging, encumbering, 
    or using funds or other assets that may be paid to or received by 
    or on behalf of the Tribes in connection with the Agreement.
    (b) Authority of Secretary.--
        (1) In general.--Congress hereby deems that the Secretary of 
    the Interior had and has the authority--
            (A) to approve the Agreement; and
            (B) to implement the provisions of the Agreement under 
        which the Secretary has obligations as a party thereto.
        (2) Other agreements.--Any agreement approved by the Secretary 
    prior to or after the date of the enactment of this Act under the 
    authority used to approve the Agreement shall not require 
    Congressional approval or ratification to be valid and binding on 
    the parties thereto.
    (c) Rules of Construction.--
        (1) Scope of section.--This section shall be construed as 
    addressing only--
            (A) the validity and enforceability of the Agreement with 
        respect to provisions of Federal law referred to in section 
        2(a) of this Act; and
            (B) approval for provisions of the Agreement and actions 
        that are necessary to implement provisions of the Agreement 
        that the parties may be required to obtain under Federal laws 
        referred to in section 2(a) of this Act.
        (2) Authority.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to imply 
    that the Secretary of the Interior did not have the authority under 
    Federal law as in effect immediately before the enactment of this 
    Act to approve the use of tribal lands, resources, or other assets 
    in the manner described in the Agreement or in the implementation 
    thereof.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect as of April 12, 2000.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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