PUBLIC L A W 100-585—NOV. 3, 1988
102 STAT. 2977
(g) COSTS IN EXCESS OF ABILITY OF THE IRRIGATORS TO REPAY.—The
portion of the costs of the Animas-La Plata Project in excess of the ability of the irrigators to repay shall be repaid from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act and the Colorado River Basin Project Act. (h) DEFERRAL OF CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION COSTS.—Repa3niient of
the portion of the construction costs of the Florida Project which have been allocated to the 563 acre-feet of agricultural irrigation water for which the Southern Ute Tribe is responsible shall be deferred by the Secretary pursuant to the Act of July 1, 1932 (25 U.S.C. 386a; 47 Stat. 564) as provided in section 4(d) of the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620c; 70 Stat. 107), and the Florida Water Conservancy District's current repayment obligation shall not change. SEC. 7. TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby authorized to be appro- Appropriation priated the total amount of $49,500,000 for three annual installment authorization. payments to the Tribal Development Funds which the Secretary is authorized and directed to establish for each Tribe. Subject to appropriation, and within 60 days of availability of the appropriation to the Secretary, the Secretary shall allocate and make payment to the Tribal Development Funds as follows: (1) To the Southern Ute Tribal Development Fund, in the first year, $7,500,000; in the two succeeding years, $5,000,000 and $5,000,000, respectively. (2) To the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Development Fund, in the first year, $12,000,000; in the two succeeding years, $10,000,000 and $10,000,000, respectively. (b) ADJUSTMENT.—To the extent that any portion of such amount is contributed after the period described above or in amounts less than described above, the Tribes shall, subject to appropriation Acts, receive, in addition to the full contribution to the Tribal Development Funds, an a^'ustment representing the interest income as determined by the Secretary in his sole discretion that would have been earned on any unpaid amount had that amount been placed in the fund as set forth in section 7(a). (c) TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall, in the absence Securities of an approved tribal investment plan provided for in paragraph (2), invest the moneys in each Tribal Development Fund in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the deposit and investment of Indian funds" approved June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a). Separate accounts shall be maintained for each Tribe's development fund. The Secretary shall disburse, at the request of a Tribe, the principal and income in its development fund, or any part thereof, in accordance with an economic development plan approved under paragraph (3). (2) Each Tribe may submit a tribal investment plan for all or part of its Tribal Development Fund as an alternative to the investment provided for in paragraph (1). The Secretary shall approve such investment plan within 60 days of its submission if the Secretary finds the plan to be reasonable and sound. If the Secretary does not approve such investment plan, the Secretary shall set forth in writing and with particularity the reasons for such disapproval. If such investment plan is approved by the Secretary, the Tribal Development Fund shall be disbursed to the Tribe to be invested by the Tribe in accordance with the approved investment plan. The
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