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[CITE: 25USC1741]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
               CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--FLORIDA INDIAN (MICCOSUKEE) LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
 
        Part A--Florida Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1982
 
Sec. 1741. Congressional findings and declaration of policy

    Congress finds and declares that--
        (1) there is pending before the United States District Court for 
    the Southern District of Florida a lawsuit by the Miccosukee Indian 
    Tribe which involves certain lands within the State of Florida;
        (2) the pendency of such lawsuit may result in economic 
    hardships for residents of the State of Florida by clouding the 
    titles to lands in the State, including lands not now involved in 
    the lawsuits;
        (3) the pendency of such lawsuit also has clouded the easement 
    rights of the South Florida Water Management District in lands 
    necessary for use as a water flowage and storage area, which is part 
    of a federally authorized project for flood control and water 
    management in central and southern Florida, and which is being used 
    to provide and regulate a water supply for the residents of South 
    Florida;
        (4) the State of Florida and the Miccosukee Indian Tribe have 
    executed agreements for the purposes of resolving tribal land claims 
    and settling such lawsuit, which agreements require implementing 
    legislation by the Congress of the United States and the Legislature 
    of the State of Florida; and
        (5) Congress shares with the parties to such agreements a desire 
    to settle such Indian claims in the State of Florida without 
    additional cost to the United States.

(Pub. L. 97-399, Sec. 2, Dec. 31, 1982, 96 Stat. 2012.)


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 97-399 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this 
part] may be cited as the `Florida Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 
1982'.''
