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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Sep 9, 1996
Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 - Ratifies the Settlement Agreement between the United States and the Hopi Tribe executed on December 14, 1995. Sets forth the conditions to be met prior to taking lands into trust for the Tribe pursuant to the Settlement Agreement. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire: (1) private lands; and (2) through condemnation, with funds provided by the Tribe, certain interspersed lands that are owned by the State of Arizona in order to have both the private and the State lands taken into trust for the Tribe. Prohibits the Secretary, pursuant to the provisions of this Act and the Settlement Agreement, from placing lands, any portion of which are located within or contiguous to a five-mile radius of an incorporated town in Northern Arizona, into trust for the Tribe without specific statutory authority. Authorizes the Tribe, if the United States fails to discharge the obligation of voluntarily relocating Navajos residing on Hopi Partitioned Lands, to bring an action to quiet possession relating to use of such Lands after February 2002 by an eligible Navajo family that fails to enter into an accommodation. Authorizes an appropriation to the Department of the Interior of $250,000 for FY 1998 to be used for making a payment to the State of Arizona. Requires the Secretary to make such a payment to the State of Arizona after an initial acquisition of land from the State has been made by the Secretary. Amends Federal law to authorize leases by the Hopi Tribe to Navajo Indians residing on Hopi Partitioned Lands that may be for a 75-year term and extended at the conclusion of the lease term. Amends Public Law 93-531 to reauthorize the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing Program through FY 2000.
People & committees
Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R–AZ
Legislative record
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Became Public Law No: 104-301.
Became Public Law No: 104-301.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed without objection.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Mr. Gilchrest asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H12165-12167)
Committee on Resources discharged.
Committee on Resources discharged.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate. (consideration: CR S11462-11468)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 582.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 104-363.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 104-363.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8160-8161)
Introduced in Senate
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