2014 US Code
Title 25 - Indians (Sections 1 - 4307)
Chapter 19 - Indian Land Claims Settlements (Sections 1701 - 1780p)
Subchapter IX - Mohegan Nation (Connecticut) Land Claims Settlement (Sections 1775 - 1775h)
Sec. 1775g - Effect of revocation of State Agreement
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 25 - INDIANS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 19 - INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS SUBCHAPTER IX - MOHEGAN NATION (CONNECTICUT) LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT Sec. 1775g - Effect of revocation of State Agreement |
Contains | section 1775g |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-377, §9, Oct. 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 3506. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 108 Stat. 3506 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 103-377 |
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If, during the 15-year period beginning on the date on which the Secretary publishes a determination pursuant to section 1775b(b) of this title, the State Agreement is invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction, or if the gaming compact described in section 1775b(a)(1) of this title or any agreement between the State of Connecticut and the Mohegan Tribe to implement the compact is invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction—
(1) the transfers, waivers, releases, relinquishments, and other commitments made by the Mohegan Tribe under section 1(a) of the State Agreement shall cease to be of any force or effect;
(2) section 1775b of this title shall not apply to the lands or interests in lands or natural resources of the Mohegan Tribe or any of its members, and the title to the lands or interests in lands or natural resources shall be determined as if such section were never enacted; and
(3) the approval by the United States of prior transfers and the extinguishment of claims and aboriginal title of the Mohegan Tribe otherwise made under section 1775b of this title shall be void.
(b) Right of Mohegan Tribe to reinstate claim(1) In generalIf a State Agreement or compact or agreement described in subsection (a) of this section is invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Mohegan Tribe or its members shall have the right to reinstate a claim to lands or interests in lands or natural resources to which the Tribe or members are entitled as a result of the invalidation, within a reasonable time, but not later than the later of—
(A) 180 days after the Mohegan Tribe receives written notice of such determination of an invalidation described in subsection (a) of this section; or
(B) if the determination of the invalidation is subject to an appeal, 180 days after the court of last resort enters a judgment.
(2) DefensesNotwithstanding any other provision of law, if a party to an action described in paragraph (1) reinstates the action during the period described in paragraph (1)(B)—
(A) no defense, such as laches, statute of limitations, law of the case, res judicata, or prior disposition may be asserted based on the withdrawal of the action and reinstatement of the action; and
(B) the substance of any discussions leading to the State Agreement may not be admissible in any subsequent litigation, except that, if any such action is reinstated, any defense that would have been available to the State of Connecticut at the time the action was withdrawn—
(i) may be asserted; and
(ii) is not waived by anything in the State Agreement or by subsequent events occurring between the withdrawal action and commencement of the reinstated action.
(Pub. L. 103–377, §9, Oct. 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 3506.)
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