Title I: Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona - Declares all Federal interest in specified lands in Yuma County, Arizona, shall be held in trust by the United States for the Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona as part of its reservation.
Retains the garbage disposal dedication of specified lands for as long as they are used for landfill or related purposes. Applies Executive Order 11988 (1977) relating to flood plan management and control to such lands.
Reserves Federal rights-of-way over specified lands. Provides for the reversion of such rights to the Cocopah Tribe if such rights are abandoned.
States that title to specified private lands which are contiguous to be the West Cocopah Reservation shall become part of such Reservation upon the Tribe's acquisition of title.
Title II: Claims of the Navajo Indian Tribe - Confers jurisdiction upon the United States Claims Court regarding specified Navajo Indian Tribe claims against the United States. Declares that such jurisdiction does not affect the finality of Navajo Indian Tribe claims brought against the United States as third parties in other judicial proceedings.
Committee Hearings Held.
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: 98-1095.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-1095.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 615.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate and held at the desk by unanimous consent.
Measure laid before Senate.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Pocket Vetoed by President.
Pocket Vetoed by President.
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