108 STAT. 4572
PUBLIC LAW 103-435—NOV. 2, 1994
District, and any party who may subsequently acquire any right,
title, or interest of any kind whatsoever in or to the Subject Lands
by or through the School District, shall be subject to, be bound
by, and comply with all terms and conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (b)(1).
SEC. 12. INDIAN AGRICULTURE AMENDMENT.
(a) LEASING OF INDIAN AGRICULTURAL LANDS.— Section 105 of
the American Indian Agriculture Resource Management Act (25
U.S.C. 3715) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (3);
(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(4) and inserting "; and"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(5) shall approve leases and permits of tribally owned
agricultural lands at rates determined by the tribal governing
body. "; and
(2) in subsection (c), amending paragraph (1) to read as
follows:
"(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting
or altering the authority or right of an individual cdlottee or Indian
tribe in me legal or beneficial use of his, her, or its own land
or to enter into an agricultural lease of the surface interest of
his, her, or its allotment or land under any other provision of
law.".
(b) TRIBAL IMMUNITY.— The American Indian Agriculture
Resource Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
25 USC 3746.
"SEC. 306. TRIBAL IMMUNITY.
"Nothing in this Act shall be construed to afifect, modify, diminish, or otherwise impair the sovereign impiunity fix)m suit enjoyed
by Indian tribes.".
SEC. 13. SAN CARLOS APACHE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF
1992.
Section 3711(b)(1) of title XXXVII of the San Carlos Apache
25 USC 390 note. Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4752) is
amended by striking "December 31, 1994" and inserting "December
31, 1995".
SEC. 14. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUY INDIAN ACT AND MENTOR-
PROTEGE PROGRAM.
Section 23 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 861; 25 U.S.C.
47; conmionly referred to as the "Buy Indian Act"), is amended
by adding at the end the following: "Participation in the Mentor-
Rx)tege Program established under section 831 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2301
note) or receipt of assistance pursuant to any developmental assistance agreement authorized under such program shall not render
Indian labor or Indian industry ineligible to receive any assistance
authorized under this section. For the purposes of this section—
"(1) no determination of affihation or control (either direct
or indirect) may be found between a protege firm and its
mentor firm on the basis that the mentor firm has agreed
to fiimish (or has furnished) to its protege firm pursuant to
a mentor-protege agreement any form of developmental assist-
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