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S.606
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
For the relief of Global Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr-
McGee Corporation, and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC (successor to Kerr-McGee
Chemical Corporation), and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Payment of Claims.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay,
out of money not otherwise appropriated--
(1) to the Global Exploration and Development Corporation, a
Florida corporation incorporated in Delaware, $9,500,000;
(2) to Kerr-McGee Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation
incorporated in Delaware, $10,000,000; and
(3) to Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC, a limited liability company
organized under the laws of Delaware, $0.
(b) Condition of Payment.--
(1) Global exploration and development corporation.--The
payment authorized by subsection (a)(1) is in settlement and
compromise of all claims of Global Exploration and Development
Corporation, as described in the recommendations of the United
States Court of Federal Claims set forth in 36 Fed. Cl. 776.
(2) Kerr-mcgee corporation and kerr-mcgee chemical, llc.--The
payment authorized by subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) are in
settlement and compromise of all claims of Kerr-McGee Corporation
and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC, as described in the recommendations
of the United States Court of Federal Claims set forth in 36 Fed.
Cl. 776.
(c) Limitation on Fees.--Not more than 15 percent of the sums
authorized to be paid by subsection (a) shall be paid to or received by
any agent or attorney for services rendered in connection with the
recovery of such sums. Any person violating this subsection shall be
fined not more than $1,000.
SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION
RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION.
(a) Unlawful Conduct.--Section 842 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(p) Distribution of Information Relating to Explosives,
Destructive Devices, and Weapons of Mass Destruction.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
``(A) the term `destructive device' has the same meaning as
in section 921(a)(4);
``(B) the term `explosive' has the same meaning as in
section 844(j); and
``(C) the term `weapon of mass destruction' has the same
meaning as in section 2332a(c)(2).
``(2) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any person--
``(A) to teach or demonstrate the making or use of an
explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass
destruction, or to distribute by any means information
pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or use of
an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass
destruction, with the intent that the teaching, demonstration,
or information be used for, or in furtherance of, an activity
that constitutes a Federal crime of violence; or
``(B) to teach or demonstrate to any person the making or
use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass
destruction, or to distribute to any person, by any means,
information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture
or use of an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass
destruction, knowing that such person intends to use the
teaching, demonstration, or information for, or in furtherance
of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of
violence.''.
(b) Penalties.--Section 844 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``person who violates any of subsections''
and inserting the following: ``person who--
``(1) violates any of subsections'';
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) violates subsection (p)(2) of section 842, shall be fined
under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.'';
and
(2) in subsection (j), by inserting ``and section 842(p)''
after ``this section''.
SEC. 3. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OF MENOMINEE INDIAN TRIBE OF WISCONSIN.
(a) Payment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, out of any funds in the Treasury
of the United States not otherwise appropriated, $32,052,547 for
damages sustained by the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin by reason
of--
(1) the enactment and implementation of the Act entitled ``An
Act to provide for a per capita distribution of Menominee tribal
funds and authorize the withdrawal of the Menominee Tribe from
Federal jurisdiction'', approved June 17, 1954 (68 Stat. 250 et
seq., chapter 303); and
(2) the mismanagement by the United States of assets of the
Menominee Indian Tribe held in trust by the United States before
April 30, 1961, the effective date of termination of Federal
supervision of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
(b) Effect of Payment.--Payment of the amount referred to in
subsection (a) shall be in full satisfaction of any claims that the
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin may have against the United States
with respect to the damages referred to in that subsection.
(c) Requirements for Payment.--The payment to the Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin under subsection (a) shall--
(1) have the status of a judgment of the United States Court of
Federal Claims for the purposes of the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds
Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.); and
(2) be made in accordance with the requirements of that Act on
the condition that, of the amounts remaining after payment of
attorney fees and litigation expenses--
(A) at least 30 percent shall be distributed on a per
capita basis; and
(B) the balance shall be set aside and programmed to serve
tribal needs, including funding for--
(i) educational, economic development, and health care
programs; and
(ii) such other programs as the circumstances of the
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin may justify.
(d) Limitation on Fees.--Not more than 15 percent of the sums
authorized to be paid by subsection (a) shall be paid to or received by
any agent or attorney for services rendered in connection with the
recovery of such sums. Any person violating this subsection shall be
fined not more than $1,000.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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