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[CITE: 25USC1750e]

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


(a) Rule of construction

    Nothing in this part or the Settlement Agreement shall--
        (1) affect the eligibility of the Miccosukee Tribe or its 
    members to receive any services or benefits under any program of the 
    Federal Government; or
        (2) diminish the trust responsibility of the United States to 
    the Miccosukee Tribe and its members.

(b) No reductions in payments

    No payment made pursuant to this part or the Settlement Agreement 
shall result in any reduction or denial of any benefits or services 
under any program of the Federal Government to the Miccosukee Tribe or 
its members, with respect to which the Tribe or the members of the Tribe 
are entitled or eligible because of the status of--
        (1) the Miccosukee Tribe as a federally recognized Indian tribe; 
    or
        (2) any member of the Miccosukee Tribe as a member of the Tribe.

(c) Taxation

                           (1) In general

        (A) Moneys

            None of the moneys paid to the Miccosukee Tribe under this 
        part or the Settlement Agreement shall be taxable under Federal 
        or State law.

        (B) Lands

            None of the lands conveyed to the Miccosukee Tribe under 
        this part or the Settlement Agreement shall be taxable under 
        Federal or State law.

           (2) Payments and conveyances not taxable events

        No payment or conveyance referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
    considered to be a taxable event.

(Pub. L. 105-83, title VII, Sec. 707, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1626.)

                       References in Text

    This part, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'' and 
was translated as reading ``this title'', meaning title VII of Pub. L. 
105-83 to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
