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[CITE: 25USC1742]

 
                            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. 1742. Definitions

    For purposes of this part--
        (1) The term ``Miccosukee Tribe'' means the Miccosukee Tribe of 
    Indians of Florida, a tribe of American Indians recognized by the 
    United States and organized under section 476 of this title and 
    recognized by the State of Florida pursuant to chapter 285, Florida 
    Statutes.
        (2) The term ``State of Florida'' means the State of Florida, 
    its agencies, political subdivisions, constitutional officers, 
    officials of its agencies and subdivisions, and the South Florida 
    Water Management District.
        (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.
        (4) The term ``lands or natural resources'' means any real 
    property or natural resources, or any interest in or right involving 
    any real property or natural resources including but not limited to 
    minerals and mineral rights, timber and timber rights, water and 
    water rights, and rights to hunt and fish.
        (5) The term ``lawsuit'' means the action in the United States 
    District Court for the Southern District of Florida, entitled 
    Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida against State of Florida, et 
    al., Case No. 79-253-CIV-JWK.
        (6) The term ``Lease Agreement'' means that perpetual lease 
    granted by the State of Florida to the Miccosukee Tribe, involving a 
    specifically described area in South Florida, title to which is held 
    by the State of Florida and in which the Miccosukee Tribe is granted 
    certain express rights and interests.
        (7) The term ``settlement funds'' means those amounts of money 
    which the State of Florida has agreed to pay to the Miccosukee Tribe 
    under the Settlement Agreement in partial consideration for the 
    settlement of the lawsuit and the extinguishment of rights to all 
    potential or unsettled claims which the Miccosukee Tribe may have to 
    lands or natural resources in the State of Florida.
        (8) The term ``Settlement Agreement'' means those documents 
    entitled ``Settlement Agreement between the Miccosukee Tribe and the 
    State of Florida'' executed on April 16, 1982, by representatives of 
    the State of Florida and representatives of the Miccosukee Tribe and 
    filed with the secretary of state of the State of Florida which 
    incorporate the Lease Agreement described in paragraph (6) of this 
    section.
        (9) The term ``transfer'' includes but is not limited to any 
    sale, grant, lease, allotment, partition, or conveyance, any 
    transaction the purpose of which was to effect a sale, grant, lease, 
    allotment, partition, or conveyance, or any event or events that 
    resulted in a change of possession or control of lands or natural 
    resources.

(Pub. L. 97-399, Sec. 3, Dec. 31, 1982, 96 Stat. 2012.)
