Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Amends the act's long title.

Removes new language from GS 1E-2 referencing agreements between the Catawba Indian Nation and a county being valid as a matter of state law.

Removes Sections 5-18 and Sections 20-24 of the first edition, regarding various recognitions and authorizations granted to the Catawba Indian Nation. Removes references to the Catawba Indian Nation from the first edition in the following: GS 20-4.01 (including the Catawba Indian Nation in the definition of state for GS Chapter 20); GS 70-13 (concerning consultation on archaeological investigations); GS 70-32 (concerning consultation when skeletal remains are found); GS 70-51 (concerning notification and consultation in archaeological investigations); GS 104-33 (exclusion from the provisions of Article 3, concerning Jurisdiction over National Park System Lands); GS 105-275 (excluding from taxation proper on lands held for the Catawba Indian Nation); GS 108D-62 (concerning enrollment in the children and families specialty plan); GS 113-276 (exemptions to fishing, hunting, and trapping licenses); GS 115C-210.1 (concerning appointment of members to the State Advisory Council on Indian Education); GS 115C-270.21(agreements with the State Board of Education on criteria to teach Catawba language and culture classes); GS 143-254.2 (exclusion from the statute concerning the Wildlife Resources Commission’s enforcement powers); GS 143-652.2 (adding a member of the Catawba Indian Nation to the North Carolina Boxing and Combat Sports Commission; GS 143B-135.5 (adding a member of the Catawba Indian Nation to the American Indian Heritage Commission); and GS 164-7 (specifying that the general statutes do not repeal statutes related to Catawba lands that were in force on the effective date of the general statutes). Removes the provision allowing the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue the specified license plate. Removes new GS 105-449.114A, specifying that the Catawba Indian Nation possesses sovereign legal rights over its members and its trust lands. Removes amendments to GS 108A-87 regarding the Catawba Indian Nation assumption of responsibility for any social services, and GS 143B-1406 making the Catawba Indian Nation eligible for public safety answering points.

Provides that nothing in the act will be interpreted to invalidate any agreement between a county and the Catawba Indian Nation existing as of the act's effective date.

Renumbers sections accordingly.