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Version 35 · Passed Senate amended · Aug 6, 1993
Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 - Restores and extends Federal recognition, rights, and services to the Catawba Nation (Tribe). Repeals the Termination Act (of 1959). (Sec. 5) Authorizes settlement appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to collect on behalf of the Tribe the additional Settlement Agreement funds from Federal, State, local, and private sources. (Sec. 6 through 11) Provides for: (1) ratification of prior transfers and extinguishment of aboriginal title, rights, and claims; (2) tribal membership; (3) transitional and provisional government; and (4) tribal and reservation governance (including discretionary organization under the Indian Reorganization Act), jurisdiction, and trust funds. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a Catawba Land Acquisition Trust Fund; (2) a Catawba Economic Development Trust Fund; (3) a Catawba Education Trust Fund; (4) a Catawba Social Services and Elderly Assistance Trust Fund; and (5) a Catawba Per Capita Payment Trust Fund. (Sec. 12) Provides for: (1) the conveyance of the Catawba Reservation by South Carolina to the United States as trustee; and (2) the expansion of the Reservation as prescribed by the Settlement Agreement. (Sec. 13) Authorizes the Tribe to acquire and dispose of non-Reservation properties. (Sec. 14) Makes the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act inapplicable to the Tribe. Permits games of chance as provided for in the Settlement Agreement and State legislation. (Sec. 15) Makes the Tribe eligible to operate an enterprise zone or general purpose foreign trade zone. (Sec. 16) States that any income or transaction otherwise taxable shall remain taxable under the Internal Revenue Code.
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Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D–SC
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Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Voice Vote.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10809-10816)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 103-124.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 103-124.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Approved for reporting with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 103-341.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8093)
Introduced in Senate
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