Pub. L. 108-199, div. H, sec. 144

Sec. 144. Public Law 108–108 is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 344 the following:“(c) Exemptions.—The requirements of this section shall not apply to amounts in this Act designated as emergency requirements pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.“(d)Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements.—Under the heading ‘Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians’, the across-the-board rescission in this section, and any subsequent across-the-board rescission for fiscal year 2004, shall apply only to the first dollar amount in the paragraph and the distribution of the rescission shall be at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior who shall submit a report on such distribution and the rationale therefor to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.”.