PUBLIC LAW 100-139—OCT. 26, 1987
101 STAT. 825
earned on such sum shall be disbursed annually in a lump sum to the tribe and may be used for— (A) operating costs of the tribe's governing body, including travel, telephone, and other expenses incurred in the conduct of the tribe's affairs; (B) legal fees incurred in the conduct of tribal affairs, tribal businesses or other tribal activities, recommended by the tribe's jr governing body and approved by the tribal council; or (C) repayment to the Secretary of any funds provided by the r Secretary under Bureau of Indian Affairs Contract Numbered • POOC14207638. (2) When the Elderly Assistance Program under subsection (b) has been completed, the principal funding for miscellaneous tribal activities shall be increased to $100,000. (g) EVERGREEN PROPERTY; COLLATERAUZATION OF LOAN WITH BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.—(1) From the principal, the Secretary
shall set aside the sum of $315,000 as collateral on the property known as Evergreen. The interest from such amount shall be disbursed annually in a lump sum to the tribe and shall be utilized for payments on the loan property and for maintenance and upgrade of such property. If the tribe's governing body determines that the interest and income together are sufficient to pay off the loan more quickly, it may commit the full interest from $315,000 to repayment of the loan until such time as loan payments are completed or the income from the property is sufficient to complete the loan payments. (2) When the loan has been paid or the income from the property is sufficient to pay the loan, the principal amount of $315,000 and any remaining interest generated from such sum shall be redistributed to the Housing Assistance Program, Higher Education and Vocational Training Program, and Economic Development and Tribal Center Program established under this section in such proportions as the tribe's governing body determines to be appropriate. (h) GENERAL CONDITIONS.—The following conditions will apply to the management and use of the judgment funds by the tribe's governing body: (1) No amount greater than 10 per centum of the interest earned on the principal may be used for the administrative costs of any of the above programs, except as provided in paragraph (2). (2) No service area is implied or imposed under any program under this Act. If the costs of administering any program under this Act for the benefit of a tribal member living outside the tribe's Indian health service area are greater than 10 per centum of the interest earned thereon, the tribe's governing body may authorize the expenditure of such funds for that program, but in carrying out the program shall give priority to individuals within the tribe's Indian health service area. (3) The tribe's governing body may at any time after enactment of this Act declare a dividend to tribal members from the profits from any business enterprise of the tribe. Prior to declaring or distributing dividends, however, the tribe's governing body must first take into consideration the effect of such declaration or distribution of dividends on future operating costs i and proposed business expansions. Profits from business enterprises may also be distributed back into any of the programs
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