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PUBLIC LAW 106-568—DEC. 27, 2000 114 STAT. 2915 (C) if under applicable provisions of Federal law, the Cherokee Nation is not eligible to apply for and administer such programs or services. (4) DUPLICATION OF SERVICES NOT ALLOWED. —The Tribe shall not be eligible to apply for or administer any Federal programs or services on behalf of Indians recipients if such , recipients are receiving or are eligible to receive the same federally funded programs or services from the Cherokee Nation. (5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— Nothing in this section shall restrict the Tribe and the Cherokee Nation from entering into cooperative agreements to provide such programs or services and such funding agreements shall be honored by Federal agencies, unless otherwise prohibited by law. SEC. 705. ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRIBAL ROLL. 25 USC 1041c. (a) APPROVAL OF BASE ROLL.—Not later than 180 days after Deadline, the date of the enactment of this Act, the Tribe shall submit to the Secretary for approval its base membership roll, which shall include only individuals who are not members of any other federally recognized Indian tribe or who have relinquished membership in such tribe and are eligible for membership under subsection (b). (b) BASE ROLL ELIGIBILITY. —An individual is eligible for enrollment on the base membership roll of the Tribe if that individual— (1) is on, or eligible to be on, the membership roll of Cherokee Shawnees maintained by the Tribe prior to the date of the enactment of this Act which is separate from the membership roll of the Cherokee Nation; or (2) is a lineal descendant of any person— (A) who was issued a restricted fee patent to land pursuant to Article 2 of the Treaty of May 10, 1854, between the United States and the Tribe (10 Stat. 1053); or (B) whose name was included on the 1871 Register of names of those members of the Tribe who moved to, and located in, the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory pursuant to the Agreement entered into by and between the Tribe and the Cherokee Nation on June 7, 1869. (c) FUTURE MEMBERSHIP. —Future membership th. the Tribe shall be as determined under the eligibility requirements set out in subsection (b)(2) or under such future membership ordin^ce as the Tribe may adopt. SEC. 706. ORGANIZATION OF THE TRIBE; TRIBAL CONSTITUTION. 25 USC 1041d. (a) EXISTING CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNING BODY. —The existing constitution and bylaws of the Cherokee Shawnee and the officers and members of the Shawnee Tribal Business Committee, as constituted on the date of the enactment of this Act, are hereby recognized respectively as the governing documents and governing body of the Tribe. (b) CONSTITUTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Tribe shall have a right to reorganize its tribal government pursuant to section 3 of the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967; 25 U.S.C. 503). SEC. 707. TRIBAL LAND. 25 USC 1041e. (a) LAND ACQUISITION.—