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U.S. OVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 37
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session SENATE 116-6
TO REPEAL THE KLAMATH TRIBE JUDGMENT FUND ACT
MARCH 13, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 46]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 46) to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The bill, S. 46, repeals Public Law 89-224, commonly referred to
as the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act.1 The bill is intended to
promote the Klamath Tribes' ability to exercise its sovereign au-
thority and discretion over tribal funds. This legislation provides
greater flexibility for the Klamath Tribes to access and use monies
they were awarded following successful litigation against the
United States.
BACKGROUND
On August 13, 1954, Congress passed Public Law 83-587, other-
wise known as the Klamath Termination Act (1954 Act). The 1954
Act established procedures for the sale of a portion of the reserva-
tion land belonging to members of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes
and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians (collectively, Klamath
1An Act to provide for the disposition of judgment funds of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes
and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians, and for other purposes, Pub. L. No. 89-224, 79 Stat. 897,
897-898 (1965) (codified at 25 U.S.C. §565 et seq.).
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