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Version 17 · Reported to House with amendment(s) · Sep 4, 2002
Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act - Extinguishes all claims for the use of and damage to the Arkansas Riverbed in Oklahoma arising out of the construction and maintenance of the McClellan-Kerr Navigation Way on the Arkansas River, Oklahoma, and the claims asserted by the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations (Indian Nations) in the United States Court of Federal Claims against the United States, upon payment of specified funds.Extinguishes all claims of the Indian Nations to the Disclaimed Drybed Lands, upon payment of specified funds.Sets forth retained rights in related lands, minerals, and waterways.Requires that any lands above the high water mark of the Arkansas River that are declared surplus be taken into trust for the Indian Nation within whose boundary the land is located. Continues existing trust status for specified Wetbed and Drybed lands.Authorizes appropriations for the settlement of claims.Allocates claim settlement funds among the Indian Nations, depositing them in specified trust fund accounts. Makes such funds available for the acquisition of land, as specified. Provides for such funds' investment and the payment of attorney's fees, subject to specified limitations.
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Rep. Carson, Brad [D-OK-2] · D–OK
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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 632.
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6880-6882)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6880-6882)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3534.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6879-6883)
Mr. Hansen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 381.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-632.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-632.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Committee Hearings Held.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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