AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

SEC. 505. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 816 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d), as so redesignated by section 502 of this Act, is amended— 101 STAT. 976 (1) in subsection (a) by striking “1979 through 1986” and inserting “1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991”, and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), there are authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991 for the purpose of providing financial assistance to other Native American Pacific Islanders (including American Samoan Natives) under section 803(a). “(2) No funds may be appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year unless the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for such fiscal year exceeds 105 percent of the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for the preceding fiscal year.”.