Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 2.djvu/181

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PUBLIC LAW 103-116—OCT. 27, 1993 107 STAT. 1133 firm chosen by the Tribe as a replacement. Such Secretarial approval shall be given or denied in accordance with the Secretarial approval provisions contained in subsection (b)(5)(D) of this section. The Tribe and its investment management firm shall also notify the Secretary in writing of any revisions in the investment management plan which materially increase investment risk or significantly change the investment management plan, or the agreement, made in consultation with the Secretary pursuant to which the outside management firm was retained. (m) TRUST FUNDS NOT COUNTED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES; USE AS MATCHING FUNDS.—None of the funds, assets, income, payments, or distributions from the Trust Funds established pursuant to this section shall at any time afiiect the eligibility of the Tribe or its Members for, or be used as a basis for denying or reducing funds to the Tribe or its Members under any Federal, State, or local program. Distributions from these Trust Funds may be used as matehing funds, where appropriate, for Federal grants or loans. SEC. 12. ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPANDED RESERVATION. 25 USC 941j. (a) EXISTING RESERVATION. — The Secretary is authorized to receive from the State, by such transfer document as the Secretary and the State shall approve, all rights, title, and interests of the State in and to the Existing Reservation to be held by the United States as trustee for the Tnbe, and, effective on the date of such transfer, the obligation of the State as trustee for the Tribe with respect to such land shall cease. (b) EXPANDED RESERVATION. —(1) The Existing Reservation shall be expanded in the manner prescribed by the Settlement Agreement. (2) Within 180 days following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after consulting with the Tribe, shall ascertain the boundaries and area of the existing reservation. In addition, the Secretary, after consulting with the Tnbe, shall engage a professional land planning firm as provided in the Settlement A^eement. The Secretary shall bear the cost of all services rendered pursuant to this section. (3) The Tribe may identify, purchase and request that the Secretary place into reservation status, tracts of lands in the manner prescribed by the Settlement Agreement. The Tribe may not request that any land be placed in reservation status, unless those lands were acquired by the Tribe and qualify for reservation status in full compliance with the Settlement Agreement, including section 14 thereof. (4) The Secretary shall bear the cost of all title examinations, preliminary subsurface soil investigations, and level one environmental audits to be performed on each parcel contemplated for purchase by the Tribe or the Secretary for the Expanded Reservation, and shall report the results to the Tribe. The Secretary or the Tribe's payment of any option fee and the purchasd: price may be drawn from the Catawba Land Acquisition Trust Fund. (5) The total area of the Expanded Reservation shall be limited to 3,000 acres, including the Existing Reservation, but the Tribe may exclude from this limit up to 600 acres of additional land under the conditions set forth in the Settlement Agreement. The Tribe may seek to have the permissible area of the Expanded Reservation enlarged by an additional 600 acres as set forth in the Settlement Agreement.