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 Ill STAT. 1626 PUBLIC LAW 105-83 —NOV. 14, 1997 25 USC 1750d. 25 USC 1750e. (2) upon finding that the Settlement Agreement is legally sufficient and that the State of Florida has the necessary authority to fulfill the Agreement— (A) sign the Settlement Agreement on behalf of the United States; and (B) ensure that an individual other than the Secretary who is a representative of the Bureau of Indian Affairs also signs the Settlement Agreement; (3) upon finding that all necessary conditions precedent to the transfer of Miccosukee land to the Florida Department of Transportation as provided in the Settlement Agreement have been or will be met so that the Agreement has been or will be fulfilled, but for the execution of that land transfer and related land transfers— (A) transfer ownership of the Miccosukee land to the Florida Department of Transportation in accordance with the Settlement Agreement, including in the transfer solely and exclusively that Miccosukee land identified in the Settlement Agreement for transfer to the Florida Department of Transportation; and (B) in conjunction with the land transfer referred to in subparagraph (A), transfer no land other than the land referred to in that subparagraph to the Florida Department of Transportation; and (4) upon finding that all necessary conditions precedent to the transfer of Florida lands from the State of Florida to the United States have been or will be met so that the Agreement has been or will be fulfilled but for the execution of that land transfer and related land transfers, receive and accept in trust for the use and benefit of the Miccosukee Tribe ownership of all land identified in the Settlement Agreement for transfer to the United States. SEC. 706. MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION LANDS. —The lands transferred and held in trust for the Miccosukee Tribe under section 705(4) shall be Miccosukee Indian Reservation lands. SEC. 707. MISCELLANEOUS, (a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing in this Act or the Settlement Agreement shall— (1) affect the eligibility of the Miccosukee Tribe or its members to receive any services or benefits under any program of the Federal Government; or (2) diminish the trust responsibility of the United States to the Miccosukee Tribe and its members. (b) No REDUCTIONS IN PAYMENTS. —No payment made pursuant to this Act or the Settlement Agreement shall result in any reduction or denial of any benefits or services under any program of the Federal Government to the Miccosukee Tribe or its members, with respect to which the Tribe or the members of the Tribe are entitled or eligible because of the status of— (1) the Miccosukee Tribe as a federally recognized Indian tribe; or (2) any member of the Miccosukee Tribe as a member of the Tribe. (c) TAXATION. — (1) IN GENERAL.— (A) MONEYS. — None of the moneys paid to the Miccosukee Tribe under this Act or the Settlement Agreement shall be taxable under Federal or State law.

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