SETTLEMENT PAYMENT.

SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT PAYMENT. (a)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) for the benefit of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (hereinafter referred to as the “Tribe”), out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,300,000. (2) Such sum represents the value of a settlement reached between the Tribe and the United States in a dispute over the uncompensated taking by the United States of land owned or occupied by the Tribe or its historical predecessor-in-interest in the 19th Century. (b) The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of, and shall finally dispose of, all rights, claims or demands which the Tribe has asserted, or could have asserted, against the United States under the provisions of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 10491. (c) Upon payment of the funds as provided in subsection (a), the Secretary shall hold, manage and invest such funds, less— (1) the amount paid to the Tribe pursuant to section 2(b), and (2) any amount paid as attorney fees or expenses pursuant to section 4, as tribal trust funds until disposed of as provided by section 2 of this Act.