Provides that a subordination of specified mineral interests of the Osage Tribe of Indians shall vest in the United States immediately upon payment of $7,400,000 by the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior.
States that such sum was agreed upon as compensation to the Osage Tribe for the acquisition of such subordination for the construction of works relating to Skiatook Lake, as part of a project for the improvement of the Verdigris River and tributaries in Oklahoma and Kansas under the Flood Control Act of 1962.
Directs the Secretary of the Army to make such payment. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire such subordination.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to disburse such payment to the Osage Tribe. Provides that payments to the Osage Tribe under this Act shall not be subject to attorney fees.
Executive Comment Received From Interior.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-382 (Part I).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-382 (Part I).
House Committee on Public Works and Transportation Discharged by Suspension of Rules.
House Committee on Public Works and Transportation Discharged by Suspension of Rules.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 97-142.
Became Public Law No: 97-142.
Enacted as Public Law 97-142
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