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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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[CITE: 25USC1750a]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
               CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--FLORIDA INDIAN (MICCOSUKEE) LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
 
                      Part B--Miccosukee Settlement
 
Sec. 1750a. Definitions

    In this part:

      (1) Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvements Trust 
                                    Fund

        The term ``Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvements Trust 
    Fund'' means the agency of the State of Florida holding legal title 
    to and responsible for trust administration of certain lands of the 
    State of Florida, consisting of the Governor, Attorney General, 
    Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Education, Controller, 
    Secretary of State, and Treasurer of the State of Florida, who are 
    Trustees of the Board.

              (2) Florida Department of Transportation

        The term ``Florida Department of Transportation'' means the 
    executive branch department and agency of the State of Florida 
    that--
            (A) is responsible for the construction and maintenance of 
        surface vehicle roads, existing pursuant to section 20.23, 
        Florida Statutes; and
            (B) has the authority to execute the Settlement Agreement 
        pursuant to section 334.044, Florida Statutes.

                             (3) Lawsuit

        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 v. State of Florida and 
    Florida Department of Transportation, et al., docket No. 6285-Civ-
    Paine.

                        (4) Miccosukee lands

        The term ``Miccosukee lands'' means lands that are--
            (A) held in trust by the United States for the use and 
        benefit of the Miccosukee Tribe as Miccosukee Indian Reservation 
        lands; and
            (B) identified pursuant to the Settlement Agreement for 
        transfer to the Florida Department of Transportation.

                     (5) Miccosukee Tribe; Tribe

        The terms ``Miccosukee Tribe'' and ``Tribe'' mean 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.

                            (6) Secretary

        The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.

                 (7) Settlement Agreement; Agreement

        The terms ``Settlement Agreement'' and ``Agreement'' mean the 
    assemblage of documents entitled ``Settlement Agreement'' (with 
    incorporated exhibits) that--
            (A) addresses the lawsuit; and
            (B)(i) was signed on August 28, 1996, by Ben G. Watts 
        (Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation) and 
        Billy Cypress (Chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe); and
            (ii) after being signed, as described in clause (i), was 
        concurred in by the Board of Trustees of the Internal 
        Improvements Trust Fund of the State of Florida.

                        (8) State of Florida

        The term ``State of Florida'' means--
            (A) all agencies or departments of the State of Florida, 
        including the Florida Department of Transportation and the Board 
        of Trustees of the Internal Improvements Trust Fund; and
            (B) the State of Florida as a governmental entity.

(Pub. L. 105-83, title VII, Sec. 703, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1624.)
