Section 11 of Pub. L. 100–95 provided that:

“(a) In General.—Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act [enacting this subchapter] shall take effect upon the date of enactment [Aug. 18, 1987].

“(b) Exception.—Section 4 [25 U.S.C. 1771b] shall take effect upon the date on which the title of all of the private settlement lands provided for in this Act to the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. is transferred. The fact of such transfer, and the date thereof, shall be certified and recorded by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”

Section 1 of Pub. L. 100–95 provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc., Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1987’.”