Pub. L. 106-163, tit. I, sec. 105

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

EnactedYear: 1999Length: 819 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) Chippewa Cree Fund.— There is authorized to be appropriated for the Fund, $21,000,000 to be allocated by the Secretary as follows: (1) Tribal compact administration account.— For Tribal Compact Administration assumed by the Tribe under the Compact and this Act, $3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000. (2) Economic development account.— For tribal economic development, $3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000. (3) Future water supply facilities account.— For the total Federal contribution to the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of a future water supply system for the Reservation, there are authorized to be appropriated— (A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; (B) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and (C) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2002. (b) On-Reservation Water Development.— 113 STAT. 1787 (1) In general.— There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior, for the Bureau of Reclamation, for the construction of the on-Reservation water development projects authorized by section 103— (A) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, for the planning, design, and construction of the Bonneau Dam Enlargement, for the development of additional capacity in Bonneau Reservoir for storage of water secured to the Tribe under the Compact; (B) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, for the planning, design, and construction of the East Fork Dam and Reservoir enlargement, of the Brown’s Dam and Reservoir enlargement, and of the Towe Ponds enlargement of which— (i) $4,000,000 shall be used for the East Fork Dam and Reservoir enlargement; (ii) $2,000,000 shall be used for the Brown’s Dam and Reservoir enlargement; and (iii) $2,000,000 shall be used for the Towe Ponds enlargement; and (C) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, for the planning, design, and construction of such other water resource developments as the Tribe, with the approval of the Secretary, from time to time may consider appropriate or for the completion of the 4 projects enumerated in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1). (2) Unexpended balances.— Any unexpended balance in the funds authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), after substantial completion of all of the projects enumerated in paragraphs (1) through (4)of section 103(a)— (A) shall be available to the Tribe first for completion of the enumerated projects; and (B) then for other water resource development projects on the Reservation. (c) Administration Costs.— There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior, for the Bureau of Reclamation, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, for the costs of administration of the Bureau of Reclamation under this Act, except that— (1) if those costs exceed $1,000,000, the Bureau of Reclamation may use funds authorized for appropriation under subsection (b) for costs; and (2) the Bureau of Reclamation shall exercise its best efforts to minimize those costs to avoid expenditures for the costs of administration under this Act that exceed a total of $1,000,000. (d) Availability of Funds.— (1) In general.— The amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Fund and allocated to its accounts pursuant to subsection (a) shall be deposited into the Fund and allocated immediately on appropriation. (2) Investments.— Investments may be made from the Fund pursuant to section 104(d). 113 STAT. 1788 (3) Availability of certain moneys.— The amounts authorized to be appropriated in subsection (a)(1) shall be available for use immediately upon appropriation in accordance with subsection 104(c)(1). (4) Limitation.— Those moneys allocated by the Secretary to accounts in the Fund or in a fund established under section 104(a)(4) shall draw interest consistent with section 104(d), but the moneys authorized to be appropriated under subsection (b) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) shall not be available for expenditure until the requirements of section 101(b) have been met so that the decree has become final and the Tribe has executed the waiver and release required under section 5(c). (e) Return of Funds to the Treasury.— (1) In general.— In the event that the approval, ratification, and confirmation of the Compact by the United States becomes null and void under section 101(b), all unexpended funds appropriated under the authority of this Act together with all interest earned on such funds, notwithstanding whether the funds are held by the Tribe, a private institution, or the Secretary, shall revert to the general fund of the Treasury 12 months after the expiration of the deadline established in section 101(b). (2) Inclusion in agreements and plan.— The requirements in paragraph (1) shall be included in all annual funding agreements entered into under the self-governance program under title IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458aa et seq.), withdrawal plans, withdrawal agreements, or any other agreements for withdrawal or transfer of the funds to the Tribe or a private financial institution under this Act. (f) Without Fiscal Year Limitation.— All money appropriated pursuant to authorizations under this title shall be available without fiscal year limitation.
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