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[CITE: 25USC941a]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
SUBCHAPTER XLIII-A--CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; RESTORATION 
                      OF FEDERAL TRUST RELATIONSHIP
 
Sec. 941a. Definitions

    For purposes of this subchapter:
        (1) The term ``Tribe'' means the Catawba Indian Tribe of South 
    Carolina as constituted in aboriginal times, which was party to the 
    Treaty of Pine Tree Hill in 1760 as confirmed by the Treaty of 
    Augusta in 1763, which was party also to the Treaty of Nation Ford 
    in 1840, and which was the subject of the Termination Act, and all 
    predecessors and successors in interest, including the Catawba 
    Indian Tribe of South Carolina, Inc.
        (2) The term ``claim'' or ``claims'' means any claim which was 
    asserted by the Tribe in either Suit, and any other claim which 
    could have been asserted by the Tribe or any Catawba Indian of a 
    right, title or interest in property, to trespass or property 
    damages, or of hunting, fishing or other rights to natural 
    resources, if such claim is based upon aboriginal title, recognized 
    title, or title by grant, patent, or treaty including the Treaty of 
    Pine Tree Hill of 1760, the Treaty of Augusta of 1763, or the Treaty 
    of Nation Ford of 1840.
        (3) The term ``Executive Committee'' means the body of the Tribe 
    composed of the Tribe's executive officers as selected by the Tribe 
    in accordance with its constitution.
        (4) The term ``Existing Reservation'' means that tract of 
    approximately 630 acres conveyed to the State in trust for the Tribe 
    by J.M. Doby on December 24, 1842, by deed recorded in York County 
    Deed Book N, pp. 340-341.
        (5) The term ``General Council'' means the membership of the 
    Tribe convened as the Tribe's governing body for the purpose of 
    conducting tribal business pursuant to the Tribe's constitution.
        (6) The term ``Member'' means individuals who are currently 
    members of the Tribe or who are enrolled in accordance with this 
    subchapter.
        (7) The term ``Reservation'' or ``Expanded Reservation'' means 
    the Existing Reservation and the lands added to the Existing 
    Reservation in accordance with section 941j of this title, which are 
    to be held in trust by the Secretary in accordance with this 
    subchapter.
        (8) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.
        (9) The term ``service area'' means the area composed of the 
    State of South Carolina and Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, 
    Mecklenburg, Rutherford, and Union counties in the State of North 
    Carolina.
        (10) The term ``Settlement Agreement'' means the document 
    entitled ``Agreement in Principle'' between the Tribe and the State 
    of South Carolina and attached to the copy of the State Act and 
    filed with the Secretary of State of the State of South Carolina, as 
    amended to conform to this subchapter and printed in the 
    Congressional Record.
        (11) The term ``State'' means, except for section 941d(a) 
    through (f) of this title, the State of South Carolina.
        (12) The term ``State Act'' means the Act enacted into law by 
    the State of South Carolina on June 14, 1993, and codified as S.C. 
    Code Ann., sections 27-16-10 through 27-16-140, to implement the 
    Settlement Agreement.
        (13) The term ``Suit'' or ``Suits'' means Catawba Indian Tribe 
    of South Carolina v. State of South Carolina, et al., docketed as 
    Civil Action No. 80-2050 and filed in the United States District 
    Court for the District of South Carolina; and Catawba Indian Tribe 
    of South Carolina v. The United States of America, docketed as Civil 
    Action No. 90-553L and filed in the United States Court of Federal 
    Claims.
        (14) The term ``Termination Act'' means the Act entitled ``An 
    Act to provide for the division of the tribal assets of the Catawba 
    Indian Tribe of South Carolina among the members of the Tribe and 
    for other purposes'', approved September 21, 1959 (73 Stat. 592; 25 
    U.S.C. 931-938).
        (15) The term ``transfer'' includes (but is not limited to) any 
    voluntary or involuntary sale, grant, lease, allotment, partition, 
    or other conveyance; any transaction the purpose of which was to 
    effect a sale, grant, lease, allotment, partition, or conveyance; 
    and any act, event or circumstance that resulted in a change in 
    title to, possession of, dominion over, or control of land, water, 
    minerals, timber, or other natural resources.
        (16) The term ``Trust Funds'' means the trust funds established 
    by section 941i of this title.

(Pub. L. 103-116, Sec. 3, Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1120.)

                       References in Text

    The Agreement in Principle, referred to in par. (10), is set out at 
Cong. Rec., vol. 139, part 16, p. 22583.
    The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the division of the tribal 
assets of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina among the members 
of the Tribe and for other purposes'', approved September 21, 1959, 
referred to in par. (14), is Pub. L. 86-322, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 
592, which was classified generally to subchapter XLIII (Sec. 931 et 
seq.) of this chapter prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-116, Sec. 4(c), 
Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1121.
