[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 483 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 483


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 31, 2001

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 30, 2001.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.