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108 STAT. 4574 PUBLIC LAW 103-435—NOV. 2, 1994 referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the "Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation". SEC. 18. EXPENDITURE OF JUDGMENT FUNDS. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any distribution plan approved pursuant to the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), the Secretary of the Interior may reprogram, in accordance with the letter of Charles Dawes, the Chief of the Ottowa Tribe of Oklahoma, to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, dated September 21, 1993, and the accompanying Resolution that was approved by the Business Committee of the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma August 19, 1993, the specific changes in the Secretarial Plan that became effective on June 14, 1983, for the use of funds that were awarded in satisfaction of judgments in final awards by the Indian Claims Commission for claims with the following docket numbers: 133- A, 133-B, 133-C, 302, and 338. ' 25 USC 166. SEC. 19. APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT. The activities of the Department of the Interior associated with the Department's consultation with Indian tribes and organizations related to the management of funds held in trust by the United States for Indian tribes shall be exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). SEC. 20. POKAGON POTAWATOMI MEMBERSfflP LIST. The Act entitled "An Act to restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians", approved September 21, 1994 (Public Law 103-323) is amended— 25 USC 1300J-8. (l)by redesignating section 9 as section 10; and (2) by inserting after section 8 the following new section: 25 USC 1300j-7a. "SEC. 9. MEMBERSHIP LIST. "(a) LIST OF MEMBERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 1994. —Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Bands shall submit to the Secretary a list of all individuals who, as of September 21, 1994, were members of the respective Bands. " (b) LIST OF INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Bands shall submit to the Secretary membership rolls that contain the names of all individuals eligible for membership in such Bands. Each such Band, in consultation with the Secretary, shall determine whether an individual is eligible for membership in the Band on the basis of provisions in the governing documents of the Band that determine the qualifications for inclusion in the membership roll of the Band. Federal "(2) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. — At such time as the rolls ^^^**[.' have been submitted to the Secretary, the Secretary shall immepu ica ion. diately publish in the Federal Register a notice of such rolls. "(3) MAINTENANCE OF ROLLS.— The Bands shall ensure that the rolls are maintained and kept current.". SEC. 21. ODAWA AND OTTAWA MEMBERSHIP LISTS. The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Act (Public Law 103-324) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: