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[S. 1857 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1857

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

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


                                 An Act


 
        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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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