[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2277 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2277

To amend the Act of November 2, 1966 (80 Stat. 1112), to allow binding 
arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts affecting the land 
        within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 1, 2004

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Act of November 2, 1966 (80 Stat. 1112), to allow binding 
arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts affecting the land 
        within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation.

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

SECTION 1. BINDING ARBITRATION FOR SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN 
              RESERVATION CONTRACTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2(c) of the Act of November 2, 1966 (25 
U.S.C. 416a(c)), is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``Any lease'' and all that follows 
                through ``affecting land'' and inserting ``Any 
                contract, including a lease, affecting land''; and
                    (B) by striking ``such lease or contract'' and 
                inserting ``such contract''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Such leases or 
        contracts entered into pursuant to such Acts'' and inserting 
        ``Such contracts''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the Indian Tribal Economic Development and 
Contract Encouragement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-179).
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