§ 1751. — Congressional findings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1751]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
SUBCHAPTER IV--CONNECTICUT INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
Sec. 1751. Congressional findings
The Congress finds that--
(a) there is pending before the United States District Court for
the District of Connecticut a civil action entitled ``Western Pequot
Tribe of Indians against Holdridge Enterprises Incorporated, et al.,
Civil Action Numbered H76-193 (D. Conn.),'' which involves Indian
claims to certain public and private lands within the town of
Ledyard, Connecticut;
(b) the pendency of this lawsuit has placed a cloud on the
titles to much of the land in the town of Ledyard, including lands
not involved in the lawsuit, which has resulted in severe economic
hardships for the residents of the town;
(c) the Congress shares with the State of Connecticut and the
parties to the lawsuit a desire to remove all clouds on titles
resulting from such Indian land claims;
(d) the parties to the lawsuit and others interested in the
settlement of Indian land claims within the State of Connecticut
have reached an agreement which requires implementing legislation by
the Congress of the United States and the Legislature of the State
of Connecticut;
(e) the Western Pequot Tribe, as represented as of October 18,
1983, by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council, is the sole
successor in interest to the aboriginal entity generally known as
the Western Pequot Tribe which years ago claimed aboriginal title to
certain lands in the State of Connecticut; and
(f) the State of Connecticut is contributing twenty acres of
land owned by the State of Connecticut to fulfill this subchapter.
The State of Connecticut will construct and repair three sections of
paved or gravel roadways within the reservation of the Tribe. The
State of Connecticut has provided special services to the members of
the Western Pequot Tribe residing within its borders. The United
States has provided few, if any, special services to the Western
Pequot Tribe and has denied that it had jurisdiction over or
responsibility for said Tribe. In view of the provision of land by
the State of Connecticut, the provision of paved roadways by the
State of Connecticut, and the provision of special services by the
State of Connecticut without being required to do so by Federal law,
it is the intent of Congress that the State of Connecticut not be
required to otherwise contribute directly to this claims settlement.
(Pub. L. 98-134, Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1983, 97 Stat. 851.)
Codification
In subsec. (e), ``October 18, 1983'' substituted for ``the time of
the passage of this Act'', meaning the date of approval of Pub. L. 98-
134.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 98-134 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this
subchapter] may be cited as the `Mashantucket Pequot Indian Claims
Settlement Act'.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1752 of this title.
