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Draft of H.R. 7919 (Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill, House of Representatives) (09/19/1980)
House of Representatives draft of the bill. Section 4 corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1723. Section 6(h) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725(h). This version of the bill does contain a Section 16 (the section that we now…
S. 2829 (Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill, Senate) (09/17/1980)
This draft of the Senate bill includes both an older and a newer version of the bill. Section 4 here corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1723. Section 6(h) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725(h). This version of the bill…
H.R. 7919 (Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill, House of Representatives) (08/01/1980)
House of Representatives draft of the bill. Section 4 corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1723. Section 6(g) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725(h). This version of the bill does not yet contain the section that we now know…
Proposed Amendment to S. 2829 in the Nature of a Substitute (S. 2829 is the Senate Bill relating to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement) (Undated)
Section 4 corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1723. Section 6(h) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725(h). Section 16(b) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1735(b).
Letter to Senator John Melcher from Cecil Andrus (Secretary of the Interior), providing clarifications and amendments to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill S. 2829, as reported by the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs (09/22/1980)
Concerning Section 6(h) (which we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725(h)), the Department of Interior "[has] no objection to a proposed amendment . . . which would insert after 'civil, criminal, or regulatory jurisdiction of the State of Maine,' the…
Statement of Attorneys Wayne Libhart and James Erwin of Maine, submitted to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and included as part of the hearing record for Bill H.R. 7919 (Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill) (08/25/1980)
Of particular interest, this statement discusses extinguishment, jurisdiction issues, and concerns about hunting and fishing rights.
Documentary supplement to the remarks that Maine Attorney General Richard Cohen gave at the House of Representatives hearing regarding the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill H.R. 7919 (only table of contents included here) (08/25/1980)
Vol. I (Exhibit A) of supplementary documents includes federal correspondence regarding jurisdiction over Eastern Seaboard Indian groups, 1792-1937. Vol. 2 (Exhibit B) of supplementary documents includes federal correspondence regarding jurisdiction…
Letter to Peter Taylor (Special Counsel, Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs) and Timothy Woodcock (Senate Minority Counsel, Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs) from John Paterson (Maine Deputy Attorney General), suggesting edits to the mark-up draft of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill S. 2829. (09/02/1980)
Suggests one edit to the language of Section 6(h) (what ultimately became 25 U.S.C. 1725(h)).