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	<form display="yes">

		<distribution-code display="yes">II </distribution-code>

		<congress display="yes">109th CONGRESS</congress>

		<session display="yes">1st Session</session>

		<legis-num>S. 437</legis-num>

		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>

		<action display="yes">

			<action-date date="20050217">February 17, 2005</action-date>

			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S131">Mr. Levin</sponsor> (for himself

			 and <cosponsor name-id="S284">Ms. Stabenow</cosponsor>) introduced the

			 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

			 <committee-name committee-id="SLIA00">Committee on Indian

			 Affairs</committee-name></action-desc>

		</action>

		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>

		<official-title display="yes">To expedite review of the Grand River Band

		  of Ottawa Indians of Michigan to secure a timely and just determination of

		  whether that group is entitled to recognition as a Federal Indian

		  tribe.</official-title>

	</form>

	<legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" style="OLC">

		<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="S1" section-type="section-one">

			<enum>1.</enum>

			<header>Short title; table of contents</header>

			<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5D3158A02354B76BBB8018D14427816">

				<enum>(a)</enum>

				<header>Short title</header>

				<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the

			 <quote><short-title>Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians of

			 Michigan Referral Act</short-title></quote>.</text>

			</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5D4A5915E184A08B94EE687C914D5F0">

				<enum>(b)</enum>

				<header>Table of contents</header>

				<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents of this

			 Act is as follows:</text>

				<toc>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="S1" level="section">Sec. 1. Short title;

				table of contents.</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="idC8C676A2851A4D83B7EBC2D0A1DDDFA9" level="section">Sec. 2. Definitions.</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="idEE2F45F0C9244D80B896DD83AF5D1868" level="title">TITLE I—Referral to the Secretary</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="ID82419dd165674bc6b27a440f16a91608" level="section">Sec. 101. Purpose.</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="ID095062c4c8574a648d1467b7960a3295" level="section">Sec. 102. Report.</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="IDb3f30a8f2ad447059f97075520db9d64" level="section">Sec. 103. Action by Congress.</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="id0621285E59C449B3B09890802C7EEEDD" level="title">TITLE II—Membership; jurisdiction; land</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="IDea4b4b13f27344b5af0d41541afb25f2" level="section">Sec. 201. Recognition.</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="ID5255df9cdfac42258c2cf3168c084dfc" level="section">Sec. 202. Membership.</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="IDabfa98256ad847f0af2c291ea62b874c" level="section">Sec. 203. Federal services and benefits.</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="ID55bc00f4c8dc4b668656ac9dc5918782" level="section">Sec. 204. Rights of the Tribe.</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="IDbcc716451e02463796e2ace8e3143eeb" level="section">Sec. 205. Tribal funds.</toc-entry>

					<toc-entry bold="off" idref="IDd91d811d91e84d7e9ad3ff4355b11d7a" level="section">Sec. 206. Jurisdiction of trust land.</toc-entry>

				</toc>

			</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8C676A2851A4D83B7EBC2D0A1DDDFA9" section-type="subsequent-section">

			<enum>2.</enum>

			<header>Definitions</header>

			<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act:</text>

			<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBA5D42C4D324965892033673BB33816">

				<enum>(1)</enum>

				<header>Band; Tribe</header>

				<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>Band</term>

			 and <term>Tribe</term> mean the Grand River Band of the Ottawa Indians of

			 Michigan.</text>

			</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4649A115733548DB9667A573E5A07965">

				<enum>(2)</enum>

				<header>Date of recognition</header>

				<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>date of

			 recognition</quote> means the date on which recognition of the Tribe by the

			 Secretary was published in the Federal Register under section 201.</text>

			</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2154C181CC44D5A9AD1CB8058A77AAB">

				<enum>(3)</enum>

				<header>Indian tribe</header>

				<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Indian

			 tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in

			 <external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ISDA/4">section 4</external-xref>

			 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education

			 Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text>

			</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02F766DF66324BCEA1326FB5C06B763B">

				<enum>(4)</enum>

				<header>Secretary</header>

				<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term

			 <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>

			</paragraph></section><title commented="no" id="idEE2F45F0C9244D80B896DD83AF5D1868" style="OLC">

			<enum>I</enum>

			<header>Referral to the Secretary</header>

			<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID82419dd165674bc6b27a440f16a91608" section-type="subsequent-section">

				<enum>101.</enum>

				<header>Purpose</header>

				<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc17b7cf32dc44511bd2de938a5c404ba">

					<enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this title is

			 to obtain an expedited review of the petition of the Band in order to secure a

			 timely and just determination of whether the Band is entitled to recognition as

			 a Federal Indian tribe under the rules that govern the recognition of a new

			 group as an Indian tribe.</text>

				</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID095062c4c8574a648d1467b7960a3295" section-type="subsequent-section">

				<enum>102.</enum>

				<header>Report</header>

				<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26D9C11A5BF94B599DFF6E05B1F42B85">

					<enum>(a)</enum>

					<header>In general</header>

					<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than August 31,

			 2005, the Secretary shall review the petition of the Band and submit to

			 Congress a report describing the findings of the Secretary regarding

			 whether—</text>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID62fad371f3cf44488f3d14e4ed2f6258">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the majority of members of

			 the Band are descendants of, and political successors to, signatories

			 of—</text>

						<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CB9C9ADC01B43889C146FEB17B9477B">

							<enum>(A)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the treaty made and concluded

			 at Chicago, in the State of Illinois, between Lewis Cass and Solomon Sibley,

			 Commissioners of the United States, and the Ottawa, Chippewa, and Pottawatamie,

			 Nations of Indians on August 29, 1821 (7 Stat. 218);</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF1B0E4F5BBC47EBB5ED291481280D92">

							<enum>(B)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the treaty made and concluded

			 at the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, between Henry R.

			 Schoolcraft, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the Ottawa and

			 Chippewa nations of Indians, by their chiefs and delegates on March 28, 1836 (7

			 Stat. 491); and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB56E974C492D465A8D868743932B5276">

							<enum>(C)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the articles of agreement and

			 convention made and concluded at the city of Detroit, in the State of Michigan,

			 July 31, 1855, between George W. Manypenny and Henry C. Gilbert, commissioners

			 on the part of the United States, and the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of

			 Michigan, parties to the treaty of March 28, 1836;</text>

						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4b7e967e17354cd09f24a7704fcd3d05">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the history of the Band

			 parallels the history of Indian tribes the members of which are descendants of

			 the signatories to the treaties described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of

			 paragraph (1), including—</text>

						<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D6692D802A54813BECC861C5BCB7B48">

							<enum>(A)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Grand Traverse Band of

			 Ottawa and Chippewa Indians;</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC7B66C3C68B4E7BB66A78B07DA0CD3A">

							<enum>(B)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of

			 Chippewa Indians;</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E77ADA68CFC4EE28357BD0C0AF5834D">

							<enum>(C)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Bay Mills Band of

			 Chippewa Indians;</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13B03490B75F4C4E8EC49AD42F519170">

							<enum>(D)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Little Traverse Bay Band

			 of Odawa Indians; and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id168045D9855741B39778E942E597246D">

							<enum>(E)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Little River Band of

			 Ottawa Indians;</text>

						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1edb956b62534f22b56c7652a42fb92e">

						<enum>(3)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the majority of members of

			 the Band continue to reside in the ancestral homeland of the Band (which is now

			 the Western lower quadrant of the State of Michigan), as recognized in the

			 treaties described in paragraph (1);</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe2a6f40311cb43eea7cd9ecd49bf0b43">

						<enum>(4)</enum>

						<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id56EE8C40846B4AB6A31E11D60750DC19"><enum>(A)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Band filed for

			 reorganization of the tribal government of the Band in 1935 under the Act of

			 June 18, 1934 (commonly referred to as the <quote>Indian Reorganization

			 Act</quote>) (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.);</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBE372840F9D4547BAF29961C051F964" indent="up1">

							<enum>(B)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commissioner of Indian

			 Affairs attested to the continued social and political existence of the Band

			 and concluded that the Band was eligible for reorganization; and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07A435FFDEC14E2A8F0A3ECA4F1DA75E" indent="up1">

							<enum>(C)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">due to a lack of Federal

			 appropriations to implement the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act,

			 the Band was denied the opportunity to reorganize;</text>

						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc23209154b2443228f36761e37305da4">

						<enum>(5)</enum>

						<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id811D3C9661CC4D2D913114CF6D091016"><enum>(A)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Band continued political

			 and social existence as a viable tribal government during the participation of

			 the Band in the Northern Michigan Ottawa Association in 1948, which

			 subsequently pursued a successful land claim with the Indian Claims Commission;

			 and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88D42C670A264038A5AF0E61216A6B22" indent="up1">

							<enum>(B)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Band carried out tribal

			 governmental functions through the Northern Michigan Ottawa Association while

			 retaining control over local decisions;</text>

						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID81ca2df358ff4f069a59cc204ea166f1">

						<enum>(6)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Government, the

			 government of the State of Michigan, and local governments have had continuous

			 dealings with recognized political leaders of the Band from 1836 to the

			 present; and</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0c3dcde0003c42d0ab0a005a9339b30b">

						<enum>(7)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Band was included in the

			 Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act (Public Law 105–143; 111 Stat. 2652)

			 and was required to submit a fully documented petition not later than December

			 15, 2000, to qualify for land claim funds set aside for the Band, which the

			 Secretary segregated and holds in trust for the Band pending recognition as the

			 respective share of funds of the Band under that Act.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A388A721D834CF7944967724114F9C8">

					<enum>(b)</enum>

					<header>Consultation</header>

					<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section,

			 the Secretary shall consult with and request information from—</text>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34227A73B4214F9BA60EA27990BD9A59">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">elected leaders of the Band;

			 and</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB460D984EFD42BD88E4BDC08E75FE96">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">anthropologists,

			 ethno-historians, and genealogists associated with the Band;</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92BE252AB46D4FE39102D649B697ABCE">

						<enum>(3)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attorneys of the Band;

			 and</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0065C5F5E0144691A5CA970F838B1E06">

						<enum>(4)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other experts, as the

			 Secretary determines appropriate.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD18818E0EC1B4B89B237ACE5D01D31BD">

					<enum>(c)</enum>

					<header>Conclusion</header>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22AC4291E13A43F38F14AB462DA38E1D">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<header>Positive report</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than August 31,

			 2005, if the Secretary determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the

			 Band satisfies each condition of subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to

			 Congress a positive report indicating that determination.</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9772FF4DF9E5476A8E6CEA9EEF0BF2CA">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<header>Negative report</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than August 31,

			 2005, if the Secretary determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the

			 Band fails to satisfy a condition of subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit

			 to Congress a negative report indicating that determination.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDBF61FBC570433487F255748494F08C">

					<enum>(d)</enum>

					<header>Failure to submit report</header>

					<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary fails to

			 submit to Congress a report in accordance with subsection (c)—</text>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F278768630C43E69BFBA27E50CE494A">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than November 30,

			 2005, the Secretary shall recognize the Band as an Indian tribe; and</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id695866698C00442C832C8F0DE0DF043F">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">title II shall apply to the

			 Band.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb3f30a8f2ad447059f97075520db9d64" section-type="subsequent-section">

				<enum>103.</enum>

				<header>Action by Congress</header>

				<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaad2855191d946f4bd4a41ed57aa8552">

					<enum>(a)</enum>

					<header>Action by deadline</header>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7992181647064826A0CB0B5DB2A0E04A">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<header>In general</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If Congress acts on the

			 report of the Secretary under section 102(c) by the date that is 60 days after

			 the date of receipt of the report, the Secretary shall carry out the actions

			 described in this subsection.</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID922d021629174309bc7d26f844806ea3">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<header>Positive report</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary submitted a

			 positive report under section 102(c)(1)—</text>

						<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3E3F6D5EBD84CDA86B0F64C7F2B0EE3">

							<enum>(A)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than November 30,

			 2005, the Secretary shall recognize the Band as an Indian tribe; and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B91273D0ECA440FA29515A9D62619E1">

							<enum>(B)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">title II shall apply to the

			 Band.</text>

						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcc5ed0186aa542749623d98bc3b4489f">

						<enum>(3)</enum>

						<header>Negative report</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary submitted a

			 negative report under section 102(c)(2), the Secretary shall—</text>

						<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04D4D1650C5D495B855A9B568721368A">

							<enum>(A)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">return the petition of the

			 Band to the list maintained by the Office of Federal Acknowledgment; and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48D33EB24C874D3B83F83B04448C4776">

							<enum>(B)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grant the Band any

			 opportunity available to the Band to prove the status of the Band as an Indian

			 tribe.</text>

						</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55e1e7231e224416b6e021f94b0b6320">

					<enum>(b)</enum>

					<header>Failure to act by deadline</header>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94B2EFEDD2FC4B49911F8B611048E952">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<header>In general</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If Congress fails to act on

			 the report of the Secretary under section 102(c) by the date that is 60 days

			 after the date of receipt of the report, the Secretary shall carry out the

			 actions described in this subsection.</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDae681598cb314602a27fa4026f1ac509">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<header>Positive report</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary submitted a

			 positive report under section 102(c)(1)—</text>

						<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43898D93E9B142D3AF445767641961FC">

							<enum>(A)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than November 30,

			 2005, the Secretary shall recognize the Band as an Indian tribe; and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id233FBAF43A0547DAACDF1831F01C45B3">

							<enum>(B)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">title II shall apply to the

			 Band.</text>

						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc4865b8ceb5b45e3954e7671d088205d">

						<enum>(3)</enum>

						<header>Negative report</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary submitted a

			 negative report under section 102(c)(2), the Secretary shall—</text>

						<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60D8D49BD49A45B29E5C2D2039025E80">

							<enum>(A)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">return the petition of the

			 Band to the list maintained by the Office of Federal Acknowledgment; and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AF2ACE7C0464489BD4924C0BD06E733">

							<enum>(B)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grant the Band any

			 opportunity available to the Band to prove the status of the Band as an Indian

			 tribe.</text>

						</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></title><title commented="no" id="id0621285E59C449B3B09890802C7EEEDD" style="OLC">

			<enum>II</enum>

			<header>Membership; jurisdiction; land</header>

			<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDea4b4b13f27344b5af0d41541afb25f2" section-type="subsequent-section">

				<enum>201.</enum>

				<header>Recognition</header>

				<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID18c61607491b4189b2963b457ab61c27">

					<enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than November 30,

			 2005, if subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) of section 103 applies, the Secretary

			 shall—</text>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98813BAAB5CB4D4EAAAD674452C9BD10">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recognize the Tribe;

			 and</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CC765926220444E8C653CDFA089B073">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publish notice of the

			 recognition by the Secretary in the Federal Register.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5255df9cdfac42258c2cf3168c084dfc" section-type="subsequent-section">

				<enum>202.</enum>

				<header>Membership</header>

				<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcad2bf4061814bcfa6b683790b4dc946">

					<enum>(a)</enum>

					<header>List of present membership</header>

					<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after

			 the date of recognition, the Tribe shall submit to the Secretary a list of all

			 individuals that were members of the Tribe on the date of recognition.</text>

				</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6a2998275eff431fad2ed2ba586e82a5">

					<enum>(b)</enum>

					<header>List of individuals eligible for membership</header>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9101936983e84673b380114a913cc4c2">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<header>In general</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the date that

			 is 18 months after the date of recognition, the Tribe shall submit to the

			 Secretary a membership roll listing all individuals enrolled for membership in

			 the Tribe.</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0140DE5AB3C4965956249195EFFB65D">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<header>Qualifications</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The qualifications for

			 inclusion on the membership roll of the Tribe shall be determined by the Tribe,

			 in consultation with the Secretary, based on the membership clause in the

			 governing document of the Tribe.</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID14968596004143358f6f124d98e95569">

						<enum>(3)</enum>

						<header>Publication of notice</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On receiving the membership

			 roll under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish notice of the membership

			 roll in the Federal Register.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID429c8fcf63f242df83647cfef803a81c">

					<enum>(c)</enum>

					<header>Maintenance of rolls</header>

					<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Tribe shall ensure that

			 the membership roll of the Tribe is maintained.</text>

				</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDabfa98256ad847f0af2c291ea62b874c" section-type="subsequent-section">

				<enum>203.</enum>

				<header>Federal services and benefits</header>

				<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F273D1339104F99B80FC2BB86E80A7F">

					<enum>(a)</enum>

					<header>In general</header>

					<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 31,

			 2005, the Tribe and each member of the Tribe shall be eligible for all services

			 and benefits provided by the Federal Government to Indians because of their

			 status as Indians without regard to—</text>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EA71E40690D48F0A1607200C7B1765A">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the existence of a

			 reservation; or</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4F0094D69E440E9A177D53E239CA8BC">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the location of the residence

			 of a member on or near an Indian reservation.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF91DB278253B42539EC213C5D8CBD231">

					<enum>(b)</enum>

					<header>Jurisdiction</header>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87D53CCF413342FA908631D558CE0E42">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<header>In general</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), for

			 the purpose of delivering a Federal service to an enrolled member of the Tribe,

			 the jurisdiction of the Tribe extends to—</text>

						<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B954E2E7AD340559C2C4BBF2571B132">

							<enum>(A)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all land and water designated

			 to the Ottawa in the treaties described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section

			 102(a)(1); and</text>

						</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62DC4B9A5A5B4AEAA6B0046FD5F98B68">

							<enum>(B)</enum>

							<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all land and water described

			 in any other treaty that provides for a right of the Tribe.</text>

						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFCA299660E64E13945279A947920694">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<header>Effect of Federal law</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph

			 (1), the jurisdiction of the Tribe shall be consistent with Federal law.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55bc00f4c8dc4b668656ac9dc5918782" section-type="subsequent-section">

				<enum>204.</enum>

				<header>Rights of the Tribe</header>

				<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3541b6c5febf4976a309d6e7d8a8434e">

					<enum>(a)</enum>

					<header>Abrogated and diminished rights</header>

					<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any right or privilege of the

			 Tribe or any member of the Tribe that was abrogated or diminished before the

			 date of recognition under section 201 is reaffirmed.</text>

				</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe0d42a7e739649778775c8cbecd9d7fa">

					<enum>(b)</enum>

					<header>Existing rights of Tribe</header>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14A04D4557A049E69948C69FC918DDBB">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<header>In general</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act does not diminish

			 any right or privilege of the Tribe or any member of the Tribe that existed

			 prior to the date of recognition.</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4A8973D924E4BD6BD59171FC82319B4">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<header>Legal and equitable claims</header>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided

			 in this Act, nothing in this Act alters or affects any legal or equitable claim

			 of the Tribe to enforce any right or privilege reserved by or granted to the

			 Tribe that was wrongfully denied to or taken from the Tribe prior to the date

			 of recognition.</text>

					</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0FDE7EDB1F84F88A80F0DB9DB648D40">

					<enum>(c)</enum>

					<header>Future applications</header>

					<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act does not address the

			 merits of, or affect the right of the Tribe to submit, any future application

			 regarding—</text>

					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCFD164D198049538FCFEFAB94BEFCC8">

						<enum>(1)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">placing land into trust;

			 or</text>

					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44B37864A8A64E67BD3563C58F21AC5D">

						<enum>(2)</enum>

						<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gaming (as defined in section

			 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).</text>

					</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbcc716451e02463796e2ace8e3143eeb" section-type="subsequent-section">

				<enum>205.</enum>

				<header>Tribal funds</header>

				<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb7688714dd9b4aa2bf84f491150d6ea0">

					<enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 110

			 of the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act (111 Stat. 2663), effective

			 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any funds set aside by the

			 Secretary for use by the Tribe shall be made available to the Tribe.</text>

				</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd91d811d91e84d7e9ad3ff4355b11d7a" section-type="subsequent-section">

				<enum>206.</enum>

				<header>Jurisdiction of trust land</header>

				<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEED6ED8296374011BAE7A6FF01F01AE8">

					<enum>(a)</enum>

					<header>In general</header>

					<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Tribe shall have

			 jurisdiction over all land taken into trust by the Secretary for the benefit of

			 the Tribe, to the maximum extent allowed by law.</text>

				</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA5B12699DC742BB8C64E9C98C849262">

					<enum>(b)</enum>

					<header>Service area</header>

					<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Tribe shall have

			 jurisdiction over all members of the Tribe that reside in the service area of

			 the Tribe in matters pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25

			 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), as if the members resided on a reservation (as defined in

			 that Act).</text>

				</subsection></section></title></legis-body>

</bill>

