A bill to Encourage the Negotiated Settlement of Tribal Claims.

States that reconciliation reports received by an Indian tribe in response to requirements under the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 shall be deemed to have been received on December 31, 1999, for purposes of applying a statute of limitations in order to provide report recipients with the opportunity to postpone the filing of claims, to facilitate the voluntary dismissal of claims, or to encourage settlement negotiations with the United States.

[107th Congress Public Law 153]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Public Law 107-153
107th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To encourage the negotiated settlement of tribal claims. <<NOTE: Mar. 
                        19, 2002 -  [S. 1857]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT <<NOTE: 25 USC 4044 note.>>  OF TRIBAL CLAIMS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
purposes of determining the date on which an Indian tribe received a 
reconciliation report for purposes of applying a statute of limitations, 
any such report provided to or received by an Indian tribe in response 
to section 304 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act 
of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4044) shall be deemed to have been received by the 
Indian tribe on December 31, 1999.
    (b) Statement of Purpose.--Subsection (a) is solely intended to 
provide recipients of reconciliation reports with the opportunity to 
postpone the filing of claims, or to facilitate the voluntary dismissal 
of claims, to encourage settlement negotiations with the United States.

    Approved March 19, 2002.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1857:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 107-138 (Comm. on Indian Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002):
            Feb. 26, considered and passed Senate.
            Mar. 6, considered and passed House.

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