[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2127 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2127

 For the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for settlement of 
               certain claims against the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 15, 2002

  Mr. Inouye introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 For the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for settlement of 
               certain claims against the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS.

    (a) Authorization for Payment.--Subject to subsection (b), the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the Pottawatomi Nation in 
Canada, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $1,830,000 from 
amounts appropriated under section 1304 of title 31, United States 
Code.
    (b) Payment in Accordance With Stipulation for Recommendation of 
Settlement.--The payment appropriated under subsection (a) shall be 
made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Stipulation for 
Recommendation of Settlement dated May 22, 2000, entered into between 
the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada and the United States (in this Act 
referred to as the ``Stipulation for Recommendation of Settlement'') 
and included in the report of the Chief Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims regarding Congressional Reference No. 94-1037X 
submitted to the Senate on January 4, 2001, pursuant to the provisions 
of sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, United States Code.
    (c) Full Satisfaction of Claims.--The payment made under subsection 
(a) shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of the Pottawatomi 
Nation in Canada against the United States referred to or described in 
the Stipulation for Recommendation of Settlement.
    (d) Nonapplicability.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 
1401 et seq.) shall not apply to the payment appropriated under 
subsection (a).
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