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PUBLIC LAW 108–22—MAY 14, 2003

Public Law 108–22 108th Congress An Act May 14, 2003 [S. 162]

Gila River Indian Community Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2003. Arizona.

To provide for the use and distribution of certain funds awarded to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gila River Indian Community Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2003’’. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I—GILA RIVER JUDGMENT FUND DISTRIBUTION Sec. 101. Distribution of judgment funds. Sec. 102. Responsibility of Secretary; applicable law. TITLE II—CONDITIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY JUDGMENT FUND PLANS Sec. 201. Plan for use and distribution of judgment funds awarded in Docket No. 228. Sec. 202. Plan for use and distribution of judgment funds awarded in Docket No. 236–N. TITLE III—EXPERT ASSISTANCE LOANS Sec. 301. Waiver of repayment of expert assistance loans to Gila River Indian Community. SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that— (1) on August 8, 1951, the Gila River Indian Community filed a complaint before the Indian Claims Commission in Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. United States, Docket No. 236, for the failure of the United States to carry out its obligation to protect the use by the Community of water from the Gila River and the Salt River in the State of Arizona; (2) except for Docket Nos. 236–C and 236–D, which remain undistributed, all 14 original dockets under Docket No. 236 have been resolved and distributed; (3) in Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. United States, 29 Ind. Cl. Comm. 144 (1972), the Indian Claims Commission held that the United States, as trustee, was liable to the Community with respect to the claims made in Docket No. 236–C;

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