HR 3534 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act

Introduced Dec 19, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Brad Carson D-OK

Latest action · Oct 3, 2002 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 632.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedDec 19, 2001
Passed HouseOct 1, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act - Declares that, pursuant to tribal resolutions and in exchange for the benefits conferred by this Act, the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations (Indian Nations) shall enter into a consent decree with the United States that extinguishes, upon payment of specified funds, all claims the Indian Nations have pending in the United States Court of Federal Claims in two specified cases against the United States. Describes the content of such cases as including the Indian Nations' interests in the Disclaimed Drybed Lands and the construction, maintenance and operation of the McClellan-Kerr Navigation Way on the Arkansas River, Oklahoma.

Approves and ratifies transfers of interests in the Disclaimed Drybed Lands by parties other than the Indian Nations that have occurred in violation of the Trade and Intercourse Act, to the extent that such transfers are otherwise valid under law.

Sets forth retained rights in related lands, minerals, and waterways.

Entitles the United States to setoff against claims of the Indian Nations in the event the Court of Federal Claims does not enter into a consent decree as set forth in this Act.

Exempts the United States and the Indian Nations from being made parties to any quiet title lawsuit or other lawsuit to determine ownership of or an interest in the Disclaimed Drybed lands after the execution of this Act.

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.

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.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 19, 2001 to Jun 11, 2002; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Dec 19, 2001
R-OK	Steve Largent	Original	Dec 19, 2001
R-OK	Wes Watkins	Original	Dec 19, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner		May 8, 2002
R-OK	John Sullivan		Jun 11, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Dec 19, 2001Hearings Apr 17, 2002Markup Jun 26, 2002Reported Sep 4, 2002

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 3, 2002Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 632.
Oct 2, 2002Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Oct 1, 2002Mr. Hansen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Oct 1, 2002Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6879-6883)
Oct 1, 2002DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3534.
Oct 1, 2002Passed/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)
Oct 1, 2002Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 4, 2002Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-632.
Sep 4, 2002Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 381.
Jun 26, 2002Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 26, 2002Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 24, 2002Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Apr 17, 2002Committee Hearings Held.
Dec 20, 2001Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Dec 19, 2001Introduced in House
Dec 19, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

In the Congressional Record 4

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S11725	Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO, James M. Inhofe R-OK	Nov 20, 2002
Senate	Debate and remarks S9861	Harry Reid D-NV	Oct 3, 2002
Senate	Debate and remarks S9860	Harry Reid D-NV	Oct 2, 2002
House	Debate and remarks H6879–H6883Text printed H6880–H6882	Brad Carson D-OK, James V. Hansen R-UT, Wes Watkins R-OK	Oct 1, 2002

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 107-632

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Aug 28, 2002H.R. 3534, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 26, 2002</p>
Aug 28, 2002H.R. 3534, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 26, 2002

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-105	H.R. 103, H.R. 3476 and H.R. 3534104 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Apr 17, 2002

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for the settlement of certain land claims of Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations to the Arkansas Riverbed in Oklahoma.
Short Titles as Introduced: Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act
Short Titles as Passed House: Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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