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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Oct 7, 2002
Indian Technical Corrections Act - Amends Federal law regarding the lease, sale, or surrender of allotted or unallotted Indian lands to: (1) declare that leases of restricted lands for less than seven years do not require approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease the Northern Border Pipeline Company tribally-owned land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for interstate gas pipelines.Amends the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 to require the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to study and report on the effects of the relocation program.Authorizes specified Indian Health Service demonstration projects, including ones related to fetal alcohol syndrome, illegal narcotics traffic, and certain rural health facilities.Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize the Eagle Butte Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to carry out a program to increase salaries and grant bonuses to health care professionals.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to terminate the outstanding balances on expert assistance loans made to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma.Declares that specified Indian lands be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of Indian tribes.Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey specified cemetery articles to corporations that have received title.Authorizes the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer real property that is not held in trust by the United States.Tribal Governments and Forest Service Collaboration Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial, technical, educational, and related forestry and resource management assistance to specified Indian tribes.Places all right, title, and interest of the United States in specified lands to be held by the United States in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico.
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Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D–HI
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10047-10050)
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