Denali Commission.

Sec. 105. Denali Commission.(a) The Denali Commission Act of 1998 (title III of division C of Public Law 105–277) is amended— (1) in section 303(b)(1)(D) by striking in two instances “Alaska Federation or Natives” and inserting “Alaska Federation of Natives”; (2) in section 303(c) by striking “Members” and inserting “The Federal Cochairperson shall serve for a term of four years and may be reappointed. All other members”; (3) in section 306(a) by inserting after the first sentence the following: “The Federal Cochairperson shall be compensated 113 STAT. 63at the annual rate prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.”; (4) in section 306(c)(2) by striking “Chairman” and inserting “Federal Cochairperson”; (5) by inserting at the end of section 306 the following new subsections: “(g) Administrative Expenses and Records.— The Commission is hereby prohibited from using more than 5 percent of the amounts appropriated under the authority of this Act or transferred pursuant to section 329 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(g) of division A of this Act) for administrative expenses. The Commission and its grantees shall maintain accurate and complete records which shall be available for audit and examination by the Comptroller General or his or her designee. “(h) Inspector General.— Section 8G(a)(2) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3, section 8G(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘the Denali Commission,’ after ‘the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,‘.”; and (6) in section 307(b) by inserting immediately before “The Commission” the following: “Funds transferred to the Commission pursuant to section 329 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(g) of division A of this Act) shall be available without further appropriation and until expended.”. (7) in section 305 by inserting at the end a new section (d) as follows: “(d) The Commission, acting through the Federal Cochairperson, is authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, award grants, and make payments necessary to carry out the purposes of the Commission. With respect to funds appropriated to the Commission for fiscal year 1999, the Commission, acting through the Federal Cochairperson, is authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, award grants, and make payments to implement an interim work plan for fiscal year 1999 approved by the Commission.”. (b) Amounts made available by this section are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided, That such amounts shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.