[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 327 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        H.R.327

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and five


                                 An Act


 
  To allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts 
   affecting land within the Gila River Indian Community 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 GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY 
              RESERVATION CONTRACTS.

    (a) Amendments.--Subsection (f) of the first section of the Act of 
August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(f)), 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 subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in Public Law 107-159 (116 Stat. 122).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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