PUBLIC LAW 97-399—DEC. 31, 1982 hrr
96 STAT. 2013
(4) The term "lands or natural resources" means any real property or natural resources, or any interest in or right involving any real property or natural resources including but not limited to minerals and mineral rights, timber and timber rights, water and water rights, and rights to hunt and fish. (5) The term "lawsuit" means the action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, entitled Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida against State of Florida, et al., Case No. 79-253-CIV-JWK. (6) The term "Lease Agreement" means that perpetual lease granted by the State of Florida to the Miccosukee Tribe, involving a specifically described area in South Florida, title to which is held by the State of Florida and in which the Miccosukee Tribe is granted certain express rights and interests. (7) The term "settlement funds" means those amounts of money which the State of Florida has agreed to pay to the Miccosukee Tribe under the Settlement Agreement in partial consideration for the settlement of the lawsuit and the extinguishment of rights to all potential or unsettled claims which the Miccosukee Tribe may have to lands or natural resources in the State of Florida. (8) The term "Settlement Agreement" means those documents entitled "Settlement Agreement between the Miccosukee Tribe and the State of Florida" executed on April 16, 1982, by representatives of the State of Florida and representatives of the Miccosukee Tribe and filed with the secretary of state of the State of Florida which incorporate the Lease Agreement described in paragraph (6) of this section. (9) The term "transfer" includes but is not limited to any sale, grant, lease, allotment, partition, or conveyance, any transaction the purpose of which was to effect a sale, grant, lease, allotment, partition, or conveyance, or any event or events that resulted in a change of possession or control of lands or natural resources. FINDINGS BY THE SECRETARY
SEC. 4. Section 5 of this Act shall not take effect until the Secretary finds that the following events have occurred: (1) the State of Florida has enacted legislation appropriating sufficient money to pay, and in fact has paid, the settlement funds to the Miccosukee Tribe; (2) the State of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe have executed the Lease Agreement; and (3) the State of Florida has enacted appropriate legislation to carry out its commitments under paragraph lb of the Settlement Agreement between the State of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe and has given the waiver specified in paragraph 4d of such Agreement.
Effective date restriction. 25 USC 1743.
APPROVAL OF PRIOR TRANSFERS AND EXTINGUISHMENT OF CLAIMS AND ABORIGINAL TITLE INVOLVING FLORIDA INDIANS
SEC. 5. (a) If the Secretary finds that the State of Florida has satisfied the conditions set forth in section 4 of this Act, he shall publish such findings and the Settlement Agreement in the Federal Register, and upon such publication—
Publication in Federal Register. 25 USC 1744.
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