[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23168]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



AUTHORIZING THE CLERK TO MAKE CORRECTIONS IN ENGROSSMENT OF H.R. 5308, 
             FIVE NATIONS CITIZENS LAND REFORM ACT OF 2000

  Mr. WALDEN of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that in 
the engrossment of the bill (H.R. 5308) to amend laws relating to the 
lands of the citizens of the Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Cherokee, 
Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations, historically referred to as the Five 
Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes, the Clerk be authorized to 
make the following correction that I have placed at the desk.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Walden of Oregon:
       At the end of section 403, add the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) Other construction not valid.--Nothing in this 
     subsection is intended to or shall be construed to create, 
     affect, or imply the existence or nonexistence of authority 
     of any federally recognized Indian tribe over--
       ``(A) any other federally recognized Indian tribe;
       ``(B) the members of any other federally recognized Indian 
     tribe; or
       ``(C) any land in which any other federally recognized 
     Indian tribe or any member of any other federally recognized 
     Indian tribe has or is determined by the Secretary or a court 
     of competent jurisdiction to have any interest.''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Oregon?
  There was no objection.

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