A bill to provide for the use and distribution of certain funds awarded to the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma.
Title I: Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma - Directs the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma and the Secretary of the Interior to update tribal membership rolls according to prescribed guidelines for the purpose of distributing specified judgment funds to such Tribe.
Requires the Secretary to publish notice in the appropriate media regarding the per capita distribution of the judgment funds and the application procedures for the distribution.
Requires the Secretary to allocate the judgment funds between the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma and the Absentee Wyandottes according to prescribed guidelines.
Requires that the Wyandotte Tribe allocation be divided: (1) 80 percent for per capita distribution; and (2) 20 percent for specified uses for the benefit of the Tribe.
States that such 20 percent allocation may be distributed by the Wyandotte Tribe without seeking the Secretary's approval. Exempts the Secretary from further trust responsibility regarding the 20 percent allocation.
Exempts the judgment funds distribution from: (1) Federal, State or local income taxes; or (2) any consideration as a resource for purposes of public assistance eligibility criteria.
Repeals specified law regarding the use and distribution of specified judgment funds.
Title II: Fort Berthold Reservation Mineral Restoration Act - Fort Berthold Reservation Mineral Restoration Act - Declares that mineral rights in specified lands are held in trust by the United States for the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Requires any exploration or development regarding such mineral rights to comply with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army.
Authorizes the United States to renew or extend leases or contracts concerning such mineral interests under certain conditions.
Declares that revenues from such mineral interests which accrue to the United States after enactment of this Act are held in trust for the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements to transfer to the United States specified lands held in trust for the Three Affiliated Tribes or any individual Indian. Conditions such transfer upon approval by the affected beneficiaries. Authorizes both Secretaries to enter into agreements to hold certain lands no longer needed for the Garrison Dam and Reservoir Project in trust for the Three Affiliated Tribes.
Directs the Three Affiliated Tribes to reimburse the United States a fixed sum of $300,000 if net proceeds from mineral interest development exceed $300,000.
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.
Reported to House by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-1067.
Reported to House by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-1067.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 601.
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 and held at the desk by unanimous consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Considered by Senate.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2824 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2824 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Enacted as Public Law 98-602
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House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 98-602.
Became Public Law No: 98-602.