[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 18, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S8862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RELIEF OF THE POTTAWATOMI NATION IN CANADA

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 565, S. 2127.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2127) for the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation 
     in Canada for settlement of certain claims against the United 
     States.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements 
relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2127) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2127

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

     SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS.

       (a) Authorization for Payment.--Subject to subsection (b), 
     the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the Pottawatomi 
     Nation in Canada, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     $1,830,000 from amounts appropriated under section 1304 of 
     title 31, United States Code.
       (b) Payment in Accordance With Stipulation for 
     Recommendation of Settlement.--The payment appropriated under 
     subsection (a) shall be made in accordance with the terms and 
     conditions of the Stipulation for Recommendation of 
     Settlement dated May 22, 2000, entered into between the 
     Pottawatomi Nation in Canada and the United States (in this 
     Act referred to as the ``Stipulation for Recommendation of 
     Settlement'') and included in the report of the Chief Judge 
     of the United States Court of Federal Claims regarding 
     Congressional Reference No. 94-1037X submitted to the Senate 
     on January 4, 2001, pursuant to the provisions of sections 
     1492 and 2509 of title 28, United States Code.
       (c) Full Satisfaction of Claims.--The payment made under 
     subsection (a) shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of 
     the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada against the United States 
     referred to or described in the Stipulation for 
     Recommendation of Settlement.
       (d) Nonapplicability.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution 
     Act (25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) shall not apply to the payment 
     appropriated under subsection (a).

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