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PUBLIC LAW 97-399—DEC. 31, 1982 wise affect the extent to which chapter 373, Florida Statutes, and its successor laws, have force and effect within such lands. (2) Any transfer of lands under this section shall not confer upon the Miccosukee Tribe, or upon the lands within the reservation, any additional water rights. LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS

25 USC 1748.

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SEC. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any action to contest the constitutionality of this Act shall be barred unless the complaint is filed within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act. An action to contest the constitutionality of this Act may only be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. REVOCATION OF SETTLEMENT

25 USC 1749.

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SEC. 10. In the event the Settlement Agreement between the Miccosukee Tribe and the State of Florida is ever invalidated— (1) the transfers, waivers, releases, relinquishments, and other commitments made by the Miccosukee Tribe in paragraph 3 of the Settlement Agreement shall no longer be of any force or effect, (2) section 5 of this Act shall be inapplicable to the lands, interests in lands, or natural resources of the Miccosukee Tribe and its members as if never enacted, and (3) the approvals of prior transfers and the extinguishment of claims and aboriginal title of the Miccosukee Tribe otherwise effected by section 5 shall be void ab initio. Approved December 31, 1982.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 7155: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-938 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): Dec. 6, considered and passed House. Dec. 16, considered and passed Senate.

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