A bill to settle certain claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.
Zuni Land Conservation Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Zuni Indian Tribe of New Mexico to jointly formulate a resource development plan for the Zuni Indian Reservation, including plans for: (1) sustained development of renewable resources; (2) a program of watershed rehabilitation; (3) a computerized system of resource management and monitoring; (4) the funding and training for Zuni professional positions to implement the overall plan; (5) cooperative programs with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other private or public agencies to provide technical assistance; and (6) the identification and acquisition of lands necessary for sustained resource development.
Establishes the Zuni Indian Resource Development Trust Fund within the Treasury. Makes the Secretary the trustee of such Fund.
Permits Trust Fund expenditures only for: (1) any loans, debts, or expenses incurred by the Tribe for the purchase of land or for obtaining or defending rights of access to a specified area; (2) the formulation of a Zuni resource development plan; (3) all costs, attorneys fees, and expenses incurred by the Tribe in the prosecution of certain civil actions; and (4) all invoices submitted to the Tribe for which proper vouchers have been received prior to September 30, 1990, and subsequently approved by the Secretary.
States that all sums paid under this Act shall be offset against any judgment entered in favor of the tribe in docket numbers 327-81L and 224-84L, but not against any judgment entered in docket number 161-79L, of the U.S. Court of Claims.
Authorizes appropriations to establish the Trust Fund.
Amends Federal law declaring specified lands in Arizona part of the Zuni Indian Reservation to make specific tracts of additional private lands in an area known as Zuni Heaven available for acquisition by the Secretary or the Tribe for inclusion as part of the Reservation.
Laid on the table. See S. 2203 for further action.
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs discharged.
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs discharged.
Considered by unanimous consent.
The House struck all after the enacting clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H.R. 4143. Agreed to without objection.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
On passage Passed without objection.
The title of the measure was amended to that of similar measure H.R. 4143. Agreed to without objection.
A similar measure H.R. 4143 was laid on the table without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Senate agreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Enacted as Public Law 101-486
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Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 101-486.
Became Public Law No: 101-486.