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S. 613 (106th)

Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act of 2000

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15 March 1999

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Became Public Law No: 106-179.

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20 June 2025

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Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act of 1999 - Amends Federal law to remove the applicability of certain restrictions on agreements with non-U.S. citizen individual Indians. Makes a requirement that a contract bear the approval of the Secretary of the Interior inapplicable to any contract in any case in which: (1) the Secretary fails to approve or disapprove the contract within 90 days of its filing with the Secretary or the Indian tribe notifies the Secretary that the contract is not subject to requirements prescribed under existing law; and (2) the Secretary fails to inform the tribe within a certain time period that the Secretary intends to review the contract by the date specified in (1). Directs the Secretary to refuse to approve a contract if it: (1) violates Federal law; or (2) is subject to existing requirements and does not include provisions that provide for remedies in case of breach of contract, that reference a tribal code, ordinance, or court ruling that discloses the tribe's right to assert sovereign immunity as a defense in an action brought against the tribe, or that include an express waiver of such right to sovereign immunity. Prohibits the Secretary from approving any contract not covered under existing provisions. Requires the Secretary to notify tribes if a contract is not so covered. Authorizes tribes to bring actions for recovery of amounts paid to any person in excess of an amount approved by the Secretary in cases where contracts are in violation of existing requirements and determined to be null and void. Requires recovered amounts to be for the use of the tribe for whom they were recovered. Amends the Indian Reorganization Act to remove a requirement that a tribe's choice of legal counsel and fixing of fees be subject to the Secretary's approval.

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