Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

Office of Special Trustee for American Indians federal trust programs For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, $33,907,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds for trust management improvements may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Provided further, That funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 1998, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not commence to run on any claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from which the beneficiary can determine whether there has been a loss.111 STAT. 1560