PUBLIC LAW 105-387—NOV. 13, 1998 112 STAT. 3475 (i) by striking ", plus accrued interest,"; and (ii) by inserting "plus interest received (other than funds otherwise distributed to the Sisseton and Wahpeton Tribes of Sioux Indians in accordance with the Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 1998)," after "docket numbered 359,"; and (B) in the table contained in that subsection, by striking the item relating to "All other Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux". (2) ROLL.— Section 201(b) of PuWic Law 92-555 (25 U.S.C. 1300d-3(b)) is amended by striking "The Secretary" and inserting "Subject to the Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 1998, the Secretary". SEC. 8. JURISDICTION; PROCEDURE. Courts. (a) ACTIONS AUTHORIZED.—In any action brought by or on i3ood-27. behalf of a lineal descendant or any group or combination of those lineal descendants to challenge the constitutionality or validity of distributions under this Act to any covered Indian tribe, any covered Indian tribe, separately, or jointly with another covered Indian tribe, shall have the right to intervene in that action to— (1) defend the validity of those distributions; or (2) assert any constitutional or other claim challenging the distributions made to lineal descendants under this Act. (b) JURISDICTION AND VENUE. — (1) EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.—Subject to paragraph (2), only the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and for the districts in North Dakota and South Dakota, shall have original jurisdiction over any action brought to contest the constitutionality or validity under law of the distributions authorized under this Act. (2) CONSOLIDATION OP ACTIONS.— After the filing of a first action under subsection (a), all other actions subsequently filed under that subsection shall be consolidated with that first action. (3) JURISDICTION BY THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS. —I f appropriate, the United States Court of Federal Claims shall have jurisdiction over an action referred to in subsection (a). (c) NOTICE TO COVERED TRIBES. — In an action brought under this section, not later than 30 days after the service of a summons and complaint on the Secretary that raises a claim identified in subsection (a), the Secretary shall send a copy of that summons and complaint, together with any responsive pleading, to each covered Indian tribe by certified mail with return receipt requested. (d) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.— No action raising a claim referred to in subsection (a) may be filed after the date that is 365 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (e) SPECIAL RLTLE.— (1) FINAL JUDGMENT FOR LINEAL DESCENDANTS.— (A) IN GENERAL. — If an action that raises a claim referred to in subsection (a) is brought, and a final judgment is entered in favor of 1 or more lineal descendants referred to in that subsection, section 4(a) and subsections (a) and (b) of section 7 shall not apply to the distribution of the funds described in subparagraph (B).
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