To allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts affecting the land within the Gila River Indian Community Reservation.

Amends specified Federal law to allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts, including leases (as under current law), affecting the land within the Gila River Indian Community Reservation.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4577 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4577

 To allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts 
 affecting the land within the Gila River Indian Community Reservation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2004

 Mr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts 
 affecting the land within the Gila River Indian Community Reservation.

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

SECTION 1. BINDING ARBITRATION FOR GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY 
              RESERVATION CONTRACTS.

    (a) Amendments.--Subsection (f) of the first section of the Act 
entitled ``An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands 
for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, 
business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases'', 
approved August 9, 1955, (69 Stat. 539; 25 U.S.C. 415(f)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``Any lease'' and all that follows 
                through ``affecting land'' and inserting ``Any 
                contract, including a lease, affecting land''; and
                    (B) by striking ``such lease or contract'' and 
                inserting ``such contract''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Such leases or 
        contracts entered into pursuant to such Acts'' and inserting 
        ``Such contracts''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in ``An Act to amend the Act entitled `An Act to 
authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, 
educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes 
requiring the grant of long-term leases', approved August 9, 1955, to 
provide for binding arbitration clauses in leases and contracts related 
to reservation lands of the Gila River Indian Community'', approved 
January 23, 2002 (Public Law 107-159).
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