116 STAT. 2848 PUBLIC LAW 107-331—DEC. 13, 2002 25 USC 1779c. 10 North in Range 26 East, and Townships 10 and 11 North in Range 27 East, in the State of Oklahoma. (2) DRYBED LANDS.—The term "Drybed Lands" means those lands which, on the date of enactment of this title, lie above and contiguous to the mean high water mark of the Arkansas River in the State of Oklahoma. The term "Drybed Lands" is intended to have the same meaning as the term "Upland Claim Area" as used by the Bureau of Land Management Cadastral Survey Geographic Team in its preliminary survey of the Arkansas River. The term "Drybed Lands" includes any lands so identified in the "Holway study." (3) INDIAN NATION; INDIAN NATIONS. —The term "Indian Nation" means the Cherokee Nation, Choctaw Nation, or Chickasaw Nation, and the term "Indian Nations" means all 3 tribes collectively. (4) RIVERBED.— The term "Riverbed" means the Drybed Lands and the Wetbed Lands and includes all minerals therein. (5) SECRETARY.—The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (6) WETBED LANDS.— The term "Wetbed Lands" means those Riverbed lands which lie below the mean high water mark of the Arkansas River in the State of Oklahoma as of the date of the enactment of this title, exclusive of the Drybed Lands. The term "Wetbed Lands" is intended to have the same meaning as the term "Present Channel Claim Areas" as utilized by the Bureau of Land Management Cadastral Survey Geographic Team in its preliminary survey of the Arkansas River. SEC. 605. SETTLEMENT AND CLAIMS; APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. (a) EXTINGUISHMENT OF CLAIMS.— Pursuant to their respective tribal resolutions, and in exchange for the benefits conferred under this title, the Indian Nations shall, on the date of enactment of this title, enter into a consent decree with the United States that waives, releases, and dismisses all the claims they have asserted or could have asserted in their cases numbered 218-89L and 630- 89L pending in the United States Court of Federal Claims against the United States, including but not limited to claims arising out of any and all of the Indian Nations' interests in the Disclaimed Drybed Lands and arising out of construction, maintenance and operation of the McClellan-Kerr Navigation Way. The Indian Nations and the United States shall lodge the consent decree with the Court of Federal Claims within 30 days of the enactment of this title, and shall move for entry of the consent decree at such time as all appropriations by Congress pursuant to the authority of this title have been made and deposited into the appropriate tribal trust fund account of the Indian Nations as described in section 606. Upon entry of the consent decree, all the Indian Nations' claims and all their past, present, and future right, title, and interest to the Disclaimed Drybed Lands, shall be deemed extinguished. No claims may be asserted in the future against the United States pursuant to sections 1491, 1346(a)(2), or 1505 of title 28, United States Code, for actions taken or failed to have been taken by the United States for events occurring prior to the date of the extinguishment of claims with respect to the Riverbed.
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