[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 483 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 483

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2001

Mr. Walden of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Wu, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. DeFazio, 
  and Ms. Hooley of Oregon) introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 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 Long-Term Global Settlement and 
Compensation Agreement and its Included Agreements (in this section 
referred to collectively as the ``Agreement'') dated April 12, 2000, 
between 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 is approved, and 
the authorization, execution, and delivery of the Agreement by the 
parties thereto is ratified and confirmed. The Secretary of the 
Interior shall be deemed authorized to take all actions necessary to 
approve and implement the Agreement. No Federal law regarding tribal 
lands, resources, or other assets shall be deemed--
            (1) to render the Agreement unenforceable or void against 
        the parties; or
            (2) to prevent, prohibit, supersede, impair, restrict, or 
        otherwise hinder any pledge or encumbrance by the Tribes of the 
        sums that may be paid to or received by or on the account of 
        the Tribes in connection with the Agreement.
    (b) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
construed as--
            (1) addressing--
                    (A) any provisions of the Agreement other than 
                those regarding use of tribal lands, resources, or 
                other assets; or
                    (B) the approvals under Federal and State law that 
                the parties may be required to obtain for provisions of 
                the Agreement other than those regarding use of tribal 
                lands, resources, or other assets; or
            (2) implying that Federal law, as in effect as of the date 
        of enactment of this section, does not provide authority for 
        Federal approval of the use of tribal lands, resources, or 
        other assets described in the Agreement, or the implementation 
        thereof.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall be deemed to have taken 
effect on April 12, 2000.
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