Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 4.djvu/693

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PUBLIC LAW 105-277 —OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-664 if) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as are necessary to pay the administrative expenses of the Fund. SEC. 604. CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE AND LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE HABITAT RESTORATION TRUST FUNDS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT. —T here are estabhshed in the Treasury of the United States 2 funds to be known as the "Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildhfe Restoration Trust Fund" and the "Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund" (each of which is referred to in this section as a "Fund"). (b) FUNDING.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to paragraph (2), for the fiscal year during which this Act is enacted and each fiscal year thereafl;er until the aggregate amount deposited in the Funds under this subsection is equal to at least $57,400,000, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit $5,000,000 in the Funds. (2) ALLOCATION. — Of the total amount of funds deposited into the Funds for a fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit— (A) 74 percent of the funds into the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund; and (B) 26 percent of the funds into the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund. (c) INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest the amounts deposited under subsection (b) only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. (d) PAYMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL. —All amounts credited as interest under subsection (c) shall be available after the Trust Funds are fully capitalized, without fiscal year limitation, to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe for their use in accordance with paragraph (3). (2) WITHDRAWAL AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS. —Subject to section 802(a)(4)(B), the Secretary of the Treasury shall withdraw amounts credited as interest under paragraph (1) and transfer the amounts to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe for use in accordance with paragraph (3). (3) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.— (A) IN GENERAL.— Subject to subparagraph (B), the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe shall use the amounts transferred under paragraph (2) only to— (i) fully fund the annually scheduled work described in the terrestrial wildlife habitat restoration plan of the respective Tribe developed under section 802(a); and (ii) with any remaining funds— (I) protect archaeological, historical, and cultural sites located along the Missouri River on land transferred to the respective Tribe; (II) fund all costs associated with the ownership, management, operation, administration.