PUBLIC LAW 103-116—OCT. 27, 1993 107 STAT. 112L (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 convey- ance; 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 11 of this Act. SEC. 4. RESTORATION OF FEDERAL TRUST RELATIONSHIP. 25 USC 941b. (a) RESTORATION OF THE FEDERAL TRUST RELATIONSHIP AND APPROVAL, RATIFICATION, AND CONFIRMATION OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.— On the effective date of this Act— (1) the trust relationship between the Tribe and the United States is restored; and (2) the Settlement Agreement and the State Act are approved, ratified, and confirmed by the United States to effectuate the purposes of this Act, and shall be complied with in the same manner and to the same extent as if they had been enacted into Federal law. (b) EuGiBiliTY FOR FEDERAL BENEFITS AND SERVICES. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the effective date of this Act, the Tribe and the Members shall be eligible for all benefits and services furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes and their members because of their status aa Indians. On the effective date of this Act, the Secretary shall enter the Tribe on the list of federally recognized bands and tribes maintained by the Department of the Interior; and its members shall be eligible to special services, educational benefits, medical care, and welfare assistance provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians, and the Tribe shall be eligible to the special services performed by the United States for tribes because of their status as Indian tribes. For the purpose of eligibility for Federal services made available to members of federally recognized Indian, tribes because of their status as Indian tribal members, Members of the Tribe in the Tribe's service area shall be deemed to be residing on or near a reservation. (c) REPEAL OF TERMINATION ACT.—The Termination Act is 25 USC 931-938. repealed.
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