12 2 STA T .50 2 9PUBLIC LA W 110 –4 5 3—DE C.2 , 200 8TI T LE II —NA TI V EA M E R I C AN TEC H NICAL C O RRECTION SSEC.201 .C OL O RAD OR IV ERI N DIAN T RI B ES. TheS e cr e ta r yof the In ter i or m ay ma k e ,subj ect to amounts p ro v i d ed in subse q uent appropriations A cts, an annua l disburse - ment to the C olorado R iver Indian Tribes .F unds disbursed under this section shall be used to fund the O ffice of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation E ner g y D evelopment and shall not be less than $20 0,000 and not to e x ceed $ 35 0,000 annually. SEC. 202. G ILA RIVER INDIAN CO M M U NIT Y CONTRACTS. Subsection ( f ) of the first section of the Act of August 9 , 1 955 (25 U .S.C. 4 15(f)), is amended by striking ‘ ‘lease, affecting ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘lease or construction contract, affecting’’. SEC. 20 3 . LAND AND INTERESTS O F T H E SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHI P PE W A INDIANS OF MICHIGAN. (a) I NGE NE RAL . — Subject to subsections (b) and (c), not w ith- standing any other provision of law (including regulations), the Sault Ste. M arie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan (including any agent or instrumentality of the Tribe) (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Tribe’’), may transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, without further authori z ation or approval, all or any part of the Tribe’s interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe. (b) E F FE CTO F SECT I ON.— N othing in this section is intended to authorize the Tribe to transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, any lands, or any interest in any lands, that are held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe. (c) L IA B ILIT Y .—The United States shall not be held liable to any party (including the Tribe or any agent or instrumentality of the Tribe) for any term of, or any loss resulting from the term of any transfer, lease, encumbrance, or conveyance of land made pursuant to this Act unless the United States or an agent or instrumentality of the United States is a party to the transaction or the United States would be liable pursuant to any other provision of law. This subsection shall not apply to land transferred or con- veyed by the Tribe to the United States to be held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. (d) EFFECTI V E DATE.—This section shall be deemed to have taken effect on J anuary 1, 2005. SEC. 20 4 . MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS LEASE E X TENSION. Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)) is amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘and except leases of land held in trust for the Morongo B and of Mission Indians which may be for a term of not to exceed 50 years,’’ before ‘‘and except leases of land for grazing purposes which may be for a term of not to exceed ten years’’. SEC. 20 5 . COW CREE K BAND OF UMP Q UA TRIBE OF INDIANS LEASING AUTHORITY. (a) A U T H ORI Z ATION FOR 99- Y EAR LEA S ES.—Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘and lands held in trust for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians,’’
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