text: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
  
      Congress finds that--
          (1) among its purposes, the Act entitled ``An Act to provide 
      for the equalization of allotments on the Agua Caliente (Palm 
      Springs) Reservation in California, and for other purposes'', 
      approved September 21, 1959, commonly known as the ``Agua Caliente 
      Equalization Act of 1959'' (25 U.S.C. 951 et seq.) (referred to in 
      this section as the ``Act'') was intended to provide for a 
      reasonable degree of equalization of the value of allotments made 
      to members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians;
          (2) the Act was enacted in response to litigation in Federal 
      courts in Segundo, et al. v. United States, 123 F. Supp. 554 
      (1954);
          (3) the case referred to in paragraph (2) was appealed under 
      the case name United States v. Pierce, 235 F. 2d 885 (1956) and 
      that case affirmed the entitlement of certain members of the Band 
      to allotments of approximately equal value to lands allotted to 
      other members of the Band;
          (4)(A) to achieve the equalization referred to in paragraph 
      (3), section 3 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 953) provided for the 
      allotment or sale of all remaining tribal lands, with the exception 
      of several specifically designated parcels, including 2 parcels in 
      the Mineral Springs area known as parcel A and parcel B;
          (B) section 3 of the Act restricted the distribution of any net 
      rents, profits, or other revenues derived from parcel B to members 
      of the Band and their heirs entitled to equalization of the value 
      of the allotments of those members;
          (C) from 1959 through 1984, each annual budget of the Band, as 
      approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, provided for expenditure 
      of all revenues derived from both parcel A and parcel B solely for 
      tribal governmental purposes; and
          (D) as a result of the annual budgets referred to in 
      subparagraph (C), no net revenues from parcel B were available for 
      distribution to tribal members entitled to equalization under 
      section 3 of the Act referred to in paragraph (1);
          (5) by letter of December 6, 1961, the Director of the 
      Sacramento Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs informed the 
      regional solicitor of the Bureau of Indian Affairs that the 
      equalization of allotments on the Agua Caliente Reservation with 
      respect to those members of the Band who were eligible for 
      equalization had been completed using all available excess tribal 
      land in a manner consistent with--
              (A) the decree of the court in the case referred to in 
          paragraph (2); and
              (B) the Act;
          (6) in 1968, the files of the Department of the Interior with 
      respect to the case referred to in paragraph (3), the closure of 
      which was contingent upon completion of the equalization program, 
      were retired to the Federal Record Center, where they were 
      subsequently destroyed;
          (7) on March 16, 1983, the Secretary of the Interior published 
      notice in the Federal Register that full equalization had been 
      achieved within the meaning of section 7 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 
      957);
          (8) section 7 of the Act states that ``allotments in accordance 
      with the provisions of this Act shall be deemed complete and full 
      equalization of allotments on the Agua Caliente Reservation''; and
          (9) the regulations governing the equalization of allotments 
      under the Act referred to in paragraph (1) were rescinded by the 
      Secretary, effective March 31, 1983.
  
  SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act:
          (1) Band.--The term ``Band'' means the Agua Caliente Band.
          (2) Parcel b.--The term ``parcel B'' means the parcel of land 
      in the Mineral Springs area referred to as ``parcel B'' in section 
      3(b) of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the equalization 
      of allotments on the Agua Caliente (Palm Springs) Reservation in 
      California, and for other purposes'', approved September 21, 1959, 
      commonly known as the ``Agua Caliente Equalization Act of 1959'' 
      (25 U.S.C. 953(b)).
          (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
      the Interior.
  
  SEC. 3. EQUALIZATION OF ALLOTMENTS.
  
      (a) In General.--The full equalization of allotments within the 
  meaning of section 7 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
  equalization of allotments on the Agua Caliente (Palm Springs) 
  Reservation in California, and for other purposes'', approved September 
  21, 1959, commonly known as the ``Agua Caliente Equalization Act of 
  1959'' (25 U.S.C. 957) is deemed to have been completed.
      (b) Expiration of Entitlement.--By reason of the achievement of the 
  full equalization of allotments described in subsection (a), the 
  entitlement of holders of equalized allotments to distribution of net 
  revenues from parcel B under section 3(b) of the Act entitled ``An Act 
  to provide for the equalization of allotments on the Agua Caliente 
  (Palm Springs) Reservation in California, and for other purposes'', 
  approved September 21, 1959, commonly known as the ``Agua Caliente 
  Equalization Act of 1959'' (25 U.S.C. 953(b)) shall be deemed to have 
  expired.
  
  SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION.
  
      (a) In General.--The fourth undesignated paragraph in section 3(b) 
  of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the equalization of 
  allotments on the Agua Caliente (Palm Springs) Reservation in 
  California, and for other purposes'', approved September 21, 1959, 
  commonly known as the ``Agua Caliente Equalization Act of 1959'' (25 
  U.S.C. 953(b)), is amended by striking ``east: Provided,'' and all that 
  follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting ``east.''.
      (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
  apply as if this section had been enacted on March 31, 1983.
      (c) Subsequent Distributions.--Any per capita distribution of 
  tribal revenues of the Band made after the date of enactment of this 
  Act shall be made to all members of the Band in equal amounts.
  
                                 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  
                              Vice President of the United States and    
                                                 President of the Senate.
target: Deems:  (1) the full equalization of allotments under the Agua Caliente Equalization Act of 1959 to have been completed; and (2) the entitlement of holders of equalized allotments to distribution of net revenues from parcel B under such Act to have expired. 
  Amends Federal law relating to the Agua Caliente (Palm Springs) Reservation in California to repeal the restriction on the distribution of net rents, profits, and other revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.  Makes such repeal applicable as if enacted on March 31, 1983.  Provides for any per capita distribution of tribal revenues to be made to all members of the Band in equal amounts.
feat_title: To remove the restriction on the distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.