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                                                 Union Calendar No. 435
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5680

                          [Report No. 110-692]

  To amend certain laws relating to Native Americans, and for others 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2008

 Mr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

                              June 5, 2008

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                                2, 2008]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend certain laws relating to Native Americans, and for others 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Table of contents.
Sec. 2. Colorado River Indian Tribes.
Sec. 3. Gila River Indian Community contracts.
Sec. 4. Land and interests of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 
                            Indians of Michigan.
Sec. 5. Morongo Band of Mission Indians Lease Extension.
Sec. 6. Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians leasing authority.
Sec. 7. New Settlement Common Stock issued to descendants, left-outs, 
                            and elders.
Sec. 8. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.

SEC. 2. COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES.

    From revenues deposited into the Treasury after the date of the 
enactment of this Act pursuant to section 3 of the Act of August 7, 
1946 (25 U.S.C. 385c) and disbursed pursuant to Public Law 82-136, from 
power operations on the reservation of the Colorado River Indian Tribe 
and earnings derived from such revenues under section 1(b) of the Act 
of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a(b)), the Secretary of the Interior may 
make an annual disbursement to the Colorado River Indian Tribes. Funds 
disbursed under this section--
            (1) shall be used to fund the Office of the Colorado River 
        Indian Tribes Reservation Energy Development;
            (2) shall not affect funds held from any other irrigation 
        project;
            (3) shall not be less than $200,000 and not to exceed 
        $350,000 annually; and
            (4) shall only be disbursed in years that the revenues 
        deposited exceed the amount required to carry out the purposes 
        for which they were deposited under section 3(1) of the Act of 
        August 7, 1946 (25 U.S.C. 385c(1)).

SEC. 3. GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY CONTRACTS.

    Subsection (f) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 
(25 U.S.C. 415(f)), is amended by striking ``lease, affecting'' and 
inserting ``lease or construction contract, affecting''.

SEC. 4. LAND AND INTERESTS OF THE SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA 
              INDIANS OF MICHIGAN.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), the 
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan (including any 
agent or instrumentality of the Tribe) (referred to in this section as 
the ``Tribe''), may transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, 
without further authorization or approval, all or any part of the 
Tribe's interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the 
United States for the benefit of the Tribe.
    (b) Effect of Section.--Nothing in this section is intended to 
authorize the Tribe to transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, 
any lands, or any interest in any lands, that are held in trust by the 
United States for the benefit of the Tribe.
    (c) Liability.--The United States shall not be held liable to any 
party (including the Tribe or any agent or instrumentality of the 
Tribe) for any term of, or any loss resulting from the term of any 
transfer, lease, encumbrance, or conveyance of land made pursuant to 
this Act unless the United States or an agent or instrumentality of the 
United States is a party to the transaction or the United States would 
be liable pursuant to any other provision of law. This subsection shall 
not apply to land transferred or conveyed by the Tribe to the United 
States to be held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall be deemed to have taken 
effect on January 1, 2005.

SEC. 5. MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS LEASE EXTENSION.

    Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 
(25 U.S.C. 415(a)) is amended in the second sentence by inserting ``and 
except leases of land held in trust for the Morongo Band of Mission 
Indians which may be for a term of not to exceed 50 years,'' before 
``and except leases of land for grazing purposes which may be for a 
term of not to exceed ten years''.

SEC. 6. COW CREEK BAND OF UMPQUA TRIBE OF INDIANS LEASING AUTHORITY.

    (a) Authorization for 99-Year Leases.--Subsection (a) of the first 
section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended in 
the second sentence by inserting ``and lands held in trust for the Cow 
Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians,'' after ``lands held in trust 
for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of 
Oregon,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to any lease entered into or renewed after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 7. NEW SETTLEMENT COMMON STOCK ISSUED TO DESCENDANTS, LEFT-OUTS, 
              AND ELDERS.

    Section 7 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, (Public Law 
92-203; 85 Stat. 691), is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (g)(1)(B)(iii) (43 U.S.C. 
        1606(g)(1)(B)(iii)), to read as follows:
    ``(iii) The amendment authorized by clause (i) may provide that 
Settlement Common Stock issued to a Native pursuant to such amendment 
(or stock issued in exchange for such Settlement Common Stock pursuant 
to subsection (h)(3) of this section or section 1626c(d) of this title) 
shall be subject to one or more of the following:
            ``(I) Such stock shall be deemed canceled upon the death of 
        such Native, and no compensation for this cancellation shall be 
        paid to the estate of the deceased Native or to any person 
        holding stock.
            ``(II) Such stock shall carry limited or no voting rights.
            ``(III) Such stock shall not be transferred by gift as 
        provided in subparagraph (h)(1)(C)(iii).''; and
            (2) in subsection (h)(1)(C) (43 U.S.C. 1606(h)(1)(C)), by 
        striking ``Notwithstanding the restrictions'' and inserting 
        ``Expect as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter and''.

SEC. 8. MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA.

    As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall, consistent with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, take into trust for the benefit of 
the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida the land described as Tract 
A and Tract B, Kendale Lakes North Section One, according to the Map or 
Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 93, Page 1, Public Records of 
Miami-Dade County, Florida. After having been taken into trust, the 
land described in this section shall be part of the reservation of the 
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend certain 
        laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 435

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5680

                          [Report No. 110-692]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend certain laws relating to Native Americans, and for others 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              June 5, 2008

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed