[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 118 (Friday, August 19, 1994)]
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         PASCUA YAQUI INDIANS OF ARIZONA AMENDMENT ACT OF 1994

  Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 575, H.R. 734, a 
bill to provide for the extension of Federal benefits to the Pascua 
Yaqui Indians; that the committee amendment be agreed to; that the bill 
be read three times, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table; further, that any statements thereon appear in the Record at 
the appropriate place as though read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  So the bill (H.R. 734), as amended, was deemed read the third time 
and passed, as follows:

       Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 734) entitled ``An Act to amend the Act entitled `An 
     Act to provide for the extension of certain Federal benefits, 
     services, and assistance to the Pascua Yaqui Indians of 
     Arizona, and for other purposes''', do pass with the 
     following amendment:
       Page 3, after line 2, insert:

     SEC. 2. STUDY.

       The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the extension of 
     certain Federal benefits, services, and assistance to the 
     Pascua Yaqui Indians of Arizona, and for other purposes'' (25 
     U.S.C. 1300f et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC 4. STUDY.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
     conduct one or more studies to determine--
       ``(1) whether the lands held in trust on the date of 
     enactment of this section by the United States for the Pascua 
     Yaqui Tribe are adequate for the needs of the tribe for the 
     foreseeable future;
       ``(2) if such lands are not adequate--
       ``(A) whether suitable additional lands are available for 
     acquisition by exchange or purchase; and
       ``(B) the cost and location of the suitable additional 
     lands;
       ``(3) whether the Pascua Yaqui Tribe has sufficient water 
     rights and allocations to meet the needs of the tribe for the 
     foreseeable future;
       ``(4) if such water rights and allocations are not 
     adequate--
       ``(A) whether additional water can be acquired; and
       ``(B) the potential sources and associated costs of such 
     additional water;
       ``(5) whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian 
     Health Service have limited funding to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe 
     based on a determination of the tribal enrollment in 1978, 
     rather than the current enrollment;
       ``(6) if funding has been based on 1978 enrollment, how the 
     funding levels can be adjusted to ensure that the Pascua 
     Yaqui Tribe receives a fair and equitable portion of Bureau 
     of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service funding;
       ``(7) the genealogy of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe; and
       ``(8) the economic development opportunities available to 
     the tribe as a result of the North American Free Trade 
     Agreement.
       ``(b) Tribal Participation.--The Secretary shall provide 
     for the participation of members of the Pascua Yaqui tribe to 
     carry out subsection (a).
       ``(c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on 
     which funds are made available to carry out this section, the 
     Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to Congress 
     that contains the results of each study conducted pursuant to 
     subsection (a).
       ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to 
     carry out this section.''.

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