Volume 116 · 79
Public Law 107–153
To encourage the negotiated settlement of tribal claims.
Approved March 19, 2002
Statutory text
An Act
To encourage the negotiated settlement of tribal claims.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT OF TRIBAL CLAIMS.
In General.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of determining the date on which an Indian tribe received a reconciliation report for purposes of applying a statute of limitations, any such report provided to or received by an Indian tribe in response to section 304 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C 4044 note) shall be deemed to have been received by the Indian tribe on December 31, 1999.
Statement of Purpose.—
Subsection (a) is solely intended to provide recipients of reconciliation reports with the opportunity to postpone the filing of claims, or to facilitate the voluntary dismissal of claims, to encourage settlement negotiations with the United States.
Approved March 19, 2002.