104th Congress > House > Vote 881
Clerk session vote number: 15
Description: Technical Corrections to Native American Laws
Bill summary: Makes technical amendments to the following Acts: (1) an Act to restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians; (2) the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Act; (3) the Indian Dams Safety Act of 1994; (4) an Act extending Federal benefits to the Pascua Yaqui Indians of Arizona; (5) the Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup Act of 1994; (6) the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994; (7) the Indian Self-
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Determination Contract Reform Act of 1994; (8) the Auburn Indian Restoration Act; (9) the Crow Boundary Settlement Act of 1994; (10) the Tlingit and Haida Status Clarification Act; and (11) the Native American Languages Act.
(Sec. 12) Amends the Ponca Restoration Act to include within the tribal service area Sarpy, Burt, Platte, Stanton, Holt, Hall, and Wayne Counties in Nebraska and Woodbury and Pottawattomie Counties in Iowa.
(Sec. 13) Provides for revocation of the incorporation charter of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe under the Indian Reorganization Act.
(Sec. 14) Amends the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy Act of 1992 to extend a specified reporting deadline.
(Sec. 15) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to transfer funds to the Department of the Interior for operation of certain Columbia River fishing sites for the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Warm Springs, and Yakima Tribes.
(Sec. 16) Authorizes: (1) the Ponca Indian Tribe of Nebraska to use specified funds for an adolescent transitional living facility; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to reprogram, in accordance with resolutions approved by the Mescalero Apache Tribal Council, certain funds awarded through judgments by the Indian Claims Commission.
(Sec. 18) Amends the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Act to authorize the Band to amend its base membership roll if certain conditions are met.
(Sec. 19) Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to allow a participating tribe the option to incorporate self-determination provisions of title I into an agreement entered into under titles III or IV.
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Bill titles: To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov
