S. 606 (es) 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. [Engrossed in Senate] ...

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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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