Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 5.djvu/787

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PUBLIC LAW 103-413—OCT. 25, 1994 108 STAT. 4277 Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for inclusion in the Self- Governance compacts. The Secretary shall include such formula in the annual report submitted to the Congress under subsection (b), together with the views of the affected Indian tribes. " SEC. 406. DISCLAIMERS. 25 USC 458ff. "(a) OTHER SERVICES, CONTRACTS, AND FUNDS.— Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit or reduce in any way the services, contracts, or funds that any other Indian tribe or tribal organization is eligible to receive under section 102 or any other applicable Federal law. "(b) FEDERAL TRUST RESPONSIBILITIES. — Nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish the Federal trust responsibility to Indian tribes, individual Indians, or Indians with trust allotments. "(c) APPLICATION OF OTHER SECTIONS OF ACT.— All provisions of sections 6, 102(c), 104, 105(f), 110, and 111 of this Act shall apply to agreements provided under this title. "SEC. 407. REGULATIONS. 25 USC 458gg. "(a) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this title, at the request of a majority of the Indian tribes with agreements under this title, the Secretary shall initiate procedures under subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, to negotiate and promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this title. "(b) COMMITTEE.—^A negotiated rulemaking committee established pursuant to section 565 of title 5, United States Code, to carry out this section shall have as its members only Federal and tribal government representatives, a majority of whom shall be representatives of Indian tribes with agreements under this title. "(c) ADAPTATION OF PROCEDURES. —The Secretary shall adapt the negotiated rulemaking procedures to the unique context of Self-Governance and the government-to-government relationship between the United States and the Indian tribes. "(d) EFFECT. —The lack of promulgated regulations shall not limit the effect of this title.