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[CITE: 25USC1775]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
               CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
 
   SUBCHAPTER IX--MOHEGAN NATION (CONNECTICUT) LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
 
Sec. 1775. Findings and purposes


(a) Findings

    Congress finds the following:
        (1) The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut received 
    recognition by the United States pursuant to the administrative 
    process under part 83 of title 25 of the Code of Federal 
    Regulations.
        (2) The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut is the successor 
    in interest to the aboriginal entity known as the Mohegan Indian 
    Tribe.
        (3) The Mohegan Tribe has existed in the geographic area that is 
    currently the State of Connecticut for a long period preceding the 
    colonial period of the history of the United States.
        (4) Certain lands were sequestered as tribal lands by the Colony 
    of Connecticut and subsequently by the State of Connecticut.
        (5) The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut v. State of 
    Connecticut, et al. (Civil Action No. H-77-434, pending before the 
    United States District Court for the Southern District of 
    Connecticut) relates to the ownership of certain lands within the 
    State of Connecticut.
        (6) Such action will likely result in economic hardships for 
    residents of the State of Connecticut, including residents of the 
    town of Montville, Connecticut, by encumbering the title to lands in 
    the State, including lands that are not currently the subject of the 
    action.
        (7) The State of Connecticut and the Mohegan Tribe have executed 
    agreements for the purposes of resolving all disputes between the 
    State of Connecticut and the Mohegan Tribe and providing a 
    settlement for the action referred to in paragraph (5).
        (8) In order to implement the agreements referred to in 
    paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 1775a of this title that address 
    matters of jurisdiction with respect to certain offenses committed 
    by and against members of the Mohegan Tribe and other Indians in 
    Indian country and matters of gaming-related development, it is 
    necessary for the Congress to enact legislation.
        (9) The town of Montville, Connecticut, will--
            (A) be affected by the loss of a tax base from, and 
        jurisdiction over, lands that will be held in trust by the 
        United States on behalf of the Mohegan Tribe; and
            (B) serve as the host community for the gaming operations of 
        the Mohegan Tribe.

        (10) The town of Montville and the Mohegan Tribe have entered 
    into an agreement to resolve issues extant between them and to 
    establish the basis for a cooperative government-to-government 
    relationship.

(b) Purposes

    The purposes of this subchapter are as follows:
        (1) To facilitate the settlement of claims against the State of 
    Connecticut by the Mohegan Tribe.
        (2) To facilitate the removal of any encumbrance to any title to 
    land in the State of Connecticut that would have resulted from the 
    action referred to in subsection (a) of this section.

(Pub. L. 103-377, Sec. 2, Oct. 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 3501.)


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 103-377 provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
this subchapter] may be cited as the `Mohegan Nation of Connecticut Land 
Claims Settlement Act of 1994'.''
