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PUBLIC LAW 101-42—JUNE 28, 1989 103 STAT. 91 Public Law 101-42 101st Congress An Act To provide for restoration of the Federal trust relationship with, and assistance to, the Coquille Tribe of Indians and the individual members consisting of the Coquille Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes. June 28, 1989 [H.R. 881] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Coquille _ Restoration Act. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 25 USC 715 note. This Act may be cited as the "Coquille Restoration Act". SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 25 USC 715. For the purposes of this Act— (1) "Tribe" means the Coquille Indian Tribe consisting of the Upper Coquille and the Lower Coquille Tribes of Indians; (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior or his designated representative; (3) "Interim Council" means the governing body of the Coquille Tribe which serves pursuant to section 8 of this Act; (4) "Member" means those persons eligible for enrollment under section 7 of this Act and after the adoption of a tribal constitution, those persons added to the roll pursuant to such constitution; (5) "service area" means the area composed of Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, and Lane Counties in the State of Oregon; (6) "State" means the State of Oregon; and (7) "Reservation" means those lands subsequently acquired and held in trust by the Secretary for the benefit of the Tribe. SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF FEDERAL RECOGNITION, RIGHTS, AND 25 USC 715a. PRIVILEGES. (a) FEDERAL RECOGNITION. —Notwithstanding any provision of law. Federal recognition is hereby extended to the Coquille Indian Tribe. Except as otherwise provided herein, all laws and regulations of general application to Indians or nations, tribes, or bands of Indians that are not inconsistent with any specific provision of this Act shall be applicable to the Tribe and its Members. (b) RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.— Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, all rights and privileges of this Tribe and of its Members under any Federal treaty. Executive order, Eigreement or statute or under any other authority, which were diminished or lost under the Act of August 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 724), are hereby restored and provisions of said Act shall be inapplicable to the Tribe and its Members after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law and without regard to the existence of a reserva- tion, the Tribe and its Members shall be eligible, on and after the date of enactment of this Act, for all Federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes or their members. In the case of Federal services available to members of federally recog-