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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1987

101 STAT. 828

PUBLIC LAW 100-139—OCT. 26, 1987 < >

(A) submits to the Secretary and to the tribe, by no later than one hundred and eighty days after the date of enact'•!•'ment of this Act, an application for participation in such ip program which is accompanied by evidence establishing t> that such individual is within the group of persons deyi> scribed in section 4(a) of Public Law 96-251; and Afrr (B) is certified by the Secretary as being within such group, (b) BASIS OF CERTIFICATIONS.—In making certifications under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may use— (1) records collected pursuant to Bureau of Indian Affairs Contract Numbered POOC14207638 that are made available to

  • the Secretary by the tribe; and

^• (2) any other documents, records, or other evidence that the ^' Secretary determines to be satisfactory. SEC. 7. ORGANIZATION OF TRIBE; CONSTITUTION, BYLAWS AND GOVERNING BODY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act (25 U.S.C. 712b) is amended to read ' '•«-' as follows: "SEC. 4. (a) The tribe may organize for its common welfare and adopt an appropriate instrument, in writing, to govern the affairs of , ^., the tribe when acting in its governmental capacity. The tribe shall ,;:,';,,. file with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its organic governing document and any amendments thereto. "(b) Not less than one year following enactment of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Distribution of Judgment Funds Act of 1987, the tribe's governing body may propose a new governing document or amendments or revisions to the interim governing document, and the Secretary shall conduct a tribal election as to the adoption of that proposed document within one hundred twenty days from the date it is submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. "(c) The Secretary shall approve the new governing document if approved by a majority of the tribal voters unless he or she deter,,.. mines that such document is in violation of any laws of the United States. "(d) Until the tribe adopts and the Secretary approves a new governing document, its interim governing document shall be the tribal bylaws entitled 'By-Laws of Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians' which bear an 'approved' date of '9-10-78,'.

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