Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations of Oklahoma Claims Act of 1992

Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations of Oklahoma Claims Act of 1992 - Directs the Treasury to pay, to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee Nations such sums as shall be determined in valuation proceedings brought in the U.S. Court of Claims or the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma for damages resulting from the use and occupation by the United States of that portion of the bed and banks of the Arkansas River owned by each such Nation pursuant to treaties with the United States as confirmed by the decision in Choctaw Nation against Oklahoma.

 
HR 4209 RFS
102d CONGRESS
2d Session
 H. R. 4209
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 6 (legislative day, AUGUST 5), 1992
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To amend the Act entitled `An Act conferring jurisdiction on certain courts
of the United States to hear and render judgment in connection with certain
claims of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma', approved December 23, 1982.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  This Act may be cited as the `Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations of
  Oklahoma Claims Act of 1992'.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION.
  The Act entitled `An Act conferring jurisdiction on certain courts of
  the United States to hear and render judgment in connection with certain
  claims of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma', approved December 23, 1982,
  (Public Law 97-385) is amended--
  (1) in subsection (a)--
  (A) by striking `and' the second place it appears;
  (B) by striking `jurisdiction is hereby conferred' through `Arkansas
  River Navigation System', and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
  `the navigational easement of the United States, and the decisions in
  United States against Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, 480 U.S. 700 (1987),
  and Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma against United States, 937 F2d 1539 (10th
  Cir. 1991), the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, to such extent and
  in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to
  the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee Nations, respectively, such sums as
  shall be determined in valuation proceedings brought in the United States
  Claims Court or the United States District  Court for the Eastern District
  of Oklahoma for damages resulting from the use and occupation by the United
  States of that portion of the bed and banks of the Arkansas River owned by
  each such respective Nation pursuant to treaties with the United States as
  confirmed by the decision in Choctaw Nation against Oklahoma, 397 U.S. 620
  (1970)';
  (C) by striking `Cherokee domain' and inserting in lieu thereof the
  following: `each such Nation's respective domain';
  (D) by striking `consent of said Cherokee Nation' and inserting in lieu
  thereof the following: `consent of such Nation';
  (E) by striking `and also on any claim which the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma'
  and inserting in lieu thereof the following: `and also on any claim which
  each such Nation';
  (F) by striking `Cherokee Nation tribal lands' and inserting in lieu
  thereof the following: `such Nation's tribal lands';
  (G) by striking `said Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma therefor' and inserting
  in lieu thereof the following: `such Nation therefor';
  (H) by striking `being held by said Cherokee Nation' and inserting in lieu
  thereof the following: `being held by such Nation';
  (I) by striking `said Cherokee Nation in fee simple' and inserting in lieu
  thereof the following: `such Nation in fee simple'; and
  (J) by striking the subsection designation; and
  (2) by striking subsection (b).
Passed the House of Representatives August 4, 1992.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.