[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 122 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9345-S9346]
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THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1998

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                      BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 1178

  Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill (H.R. 2107) making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:
       ``Sec. 1  . (a) In this section--
       (1) the term ``Huron Cemetery'' means the lands that form 
     the cemetery that is popularly known as the Huron Cemetery, 
     located in Kansas City, Kansas, as described in subsection 
     (b)(4);
       (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
     Interior; and
       (3) the term ``Wyandot Nation'' means the nation of the 
     Wyandot Indians that consists of the descendants of the 
     Wyandott nation described in the treaty between the United 
     States and the Wyandott Indians, done at Washington on 
     January 31, 1855 (10 Stat. 1159 et seq.), and includes--
       (A) the Wyandot Nation of Kansas, Inc.; and
       (B) the Wayandotte Tribe of Oklahoma.
       (b)(1) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall take 
     such action as may be necessary to ensure that the lands 
     comprising the Huron Cemetery (as described in paragraph (4)) 
     are held in trust for the Wyandot Nation to be used only for 
     a burial ground for the Wyandot Nation in accordance with 
     this subsection.
       (2) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall take 
     such action as may be necessary to ensure that the lands of 
     the Huron Cemetery are used only--
       (A) for religious and cultural uses of the Wyandot Nation 
     that are compatible with the use of the lands as a cemetery; 
     and
       (B) as a burial ground for members of the Wyandot Nation.
       (3) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall 
     take such action as may be necessary to ensure that members 
     of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas, Inc. may use the

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     Huron Cemetery for the purposes specified in paragraph (2) on 
     the condition that if space is available in the Huron 
     Cemetery, no member of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma may be 
     denied the right to be buried in that cemetery.
       (4) The description of the lands of the Huron Cemetery is 
     as follows:
       The tract of land in the NW \1/4\ of sec. 10, T. 11 S., R. 
     25 E., of the sixth principal meridian, in Wyandotte County, 
     Kansas (as surveyed and marked on the ground on August 15, 
     1888, by William Millor, Civil Engineer and Surveyor), 
     described as follows:
       ``Commencing on the Northwest corner of the Northwest 
     Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 10;
       ``Thence South 28 poles to the `true point of beginning';
       ``Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and 18 links;
       ``Thence South 18 degrees and 30 minutes West 28 poles;
       ``Thence West 11 and one-half poles;
       ``Thence North 19 degrees 15 minutes East 31 poles and 15 
     feet to the `true point of beginning', containing 2 acres or 
     more.''.

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