[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 50 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 KLAMATH TRIBE JUDGMENT FUND REPEAL ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 272, S. 1223.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1223) to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund 
     Act.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs, with an 
amendment, as follows:
  (The part of the bill intended to be inserted is shown in Italics.)

                                S. 1223

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund 
     Repeal Act''.

     SEC. 2. REPEAL.

       Public Law 89-224 (commonly know as the ``Klamath Tribe 
     Judgment Fund Act'') (79 Stat. 897) is repealed.

     SEC. 3. DISBURSEMENT OF REMAINING FUNDS.

       Notwithstanding any provision of Public Law 89-224 (79 
     Stat. 897) (as in effect on the day before the date of 
     enactment of this Act) relating to the distribution or use of 
     funds, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall disburse to the 
     Klamath Tribe the balance of any funds that, on or before the 
     date of enactment of this Act, were appropriated or deposited 
     into the trust accounts for remaining legal fees and 
     administration and per capita trust accounts, as identified 
     by the Secretary of the Interior, under that Act (as in 
     effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act).
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee-reported amendment be agreed to the bill, as amended, be 
considered read a third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider 
be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1223), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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