PUBLIC LAW 109–379—DEC. 1, 2006
120 STAT. 2667
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. (5) SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Settlement Agreement’’ means the Agreement of Compromise and Settlement entered into between the United States and the Pueblo, dated July 12, 2005, as modified by the Extension and Modification Agreement executed by the United States and the Pueblo on June 22, 2006, to settle the claims of the Pueblo in Docket No. 98–166L, a case pending in the United States Court of Federal Claims. SEC. 4. PUEBLO OF ISLETA NATURAL RESOURCES RESTORATION TRUST FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Treasury a trust fund, to be known as the ‘‘Pueblo of Isleta Natural Resources Restoration Fund’’, consisting of— (1) such amounts as are transferred to the Restoration Fund under subsection (b); and (2) any interest earned on investment of amounts in the Restoration Fund under subsection (d). (b) TRANSFERS TO RESTORATION FUND.—Upon entry of the final judgment described in section 5(b), there shall be transferred to the Restoration Fund, in accordance with conditions specified in the Settlement Agreement and this Act— (1) $32,838,750 from the permanent judgment appropriation established pursuant to section 1304 of title 31, United States Code; and (2) in addition to the amounts transferred under paragraph (1), at such times and in such amounts as are specified for that purpose in the annual budget of the Department of the Interior, authorized to be appropriated under subsection (f), and made available by an Act of appropriation, a total of $7,200,000. (c) DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS FROM RESTORATION FUND.— (1) APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), upon the request of the Pueblo, the Secretary shall distribute amounts deposited in the Restoration Fund pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of this section and section V of the Settlement Agreement, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement and this Act, on the condition that before any such distribution the Secretary receives from the Pueblo such assurances as are satisfactory to the Secretary that— (i) the Pueblo shall deliver funds in the amount of $7,100,000 toward drainage and remediation of the agricultural land and rehabilitation of forest and range land of the Pueblo in accordance with section IV(C) and IV(D) of the Settlement Agreement; and (ii) those funds shall be available for expenditure for drainage and remediation expenses as provided in sections IV(C) and IV(D) of the Settlement Agreement on the dates on which the Secretary makes distributions, and in amounts equal to the amounts so distributed, in accordance with sections IV(A) and IV(B) of the Settlement Agreement.
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