[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 114 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10523-S10524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   PROVIDING FOR MINERAL LEASING OF CERTAIN INDIAN LANDS IN OKLAHOMA

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of calendar No. 244, S. 944.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.

       A bill (S. 944) to amend Public Law 105-188 to provide for 
     the mineral leasing of certain Indian Lands in Oklahoma.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, and any statements related to the bill be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 944) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 944

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

     SECTION 1. MINERAL LEASING OF CERTAIN INDIAN LANDS IN 
                   OKLAHOMA.

       Public Law 105-188 (112 Stat. 620 and 621) is amended--
       (1) in the title, by inserting ``and certain former Indian 
     reservations in Oklahoma'' after ``Fort Berthold Indian 
     Reservation''; and
       (2) in section 1--
       (A) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
     following:

     ``SECTION 1. LEASES OF CERTAIN ALLOTTED LANDS.'';

     and
       (B) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking clause (i) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(i) is located within--

       ``(I) the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota; 
     or
       ``(II) a former Indian reservation located in Oklahoma of--

       ``(aa) the Comanche Indian Tribe;
       ``(bb) the Kiowa Indian Tribe;
       ``(cc) the Apache Tribe;
       ``(dd) the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;

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       ``(ee) the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, 
     Waco, and Tawakonie) located in Oklahoma;
       ``(ff) the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma; or
       ``(gg) the Caddo Indian Tribe; and''.

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