To provide relief to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for settlement of certain claims against the United States.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada in settlement and full satisfaction of certain claims.

Excludes such payment from the provisions of the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2928 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2928

To provide relief to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for settlement of 
               certain claims against the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide relief to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for settlement of 
               certain claims against the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS.

    (a) Authorization for Payment.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
pay to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada $1,830,000 from amounts 
appropriated under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code.
    (b) Payment in Accordance With Stipulation for Recommendation of 
Settlement.--The payment under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of 
        the Stipulation for Recommendation of Settlement dated May 22, 
        2000, entered into between the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada and 
        the United States (referred to in this section as the 
        ``Stipulation for Recommendation of Settlement''); and
            (2) be included in the report of the Chief Judge of the 
        United States Court of Federal Claims regarding Congressional 
        Reference No. 94-1037X, submitted to the Senate on January 4, 
        2001, in accordance with sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, 
        United States Code.
    (c) Full Satisfaction of Claims.--The payment under subsection (a) 
shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of the Pottawatomi Nation 
in Canada against the United States that are referred to or described 
in the Stipulation for Recommendation of Settlement.
    (d) Nonapplicability.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 
1401 et seq.) does not apply to the payment under subsection (a).
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