Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 2.djvu/774

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105 STAT. 1726 PUBLIC LAW 102-231—DEC. 12, 1991 Bureau of Indian Affairs, customer deposits and customer advances held by the Treasury of the United States, reservations for line extensions and installation services, reservations for replacement, funds obligated for future power purchases, unreserved and unrestricted funds, trade and other accounts receivable, and accrued interest income, as follows: (1) To GRIG, SCAT, and SCIDD, all customer deposits and all customer advances held by the Treasury of the United States, in amounts corresponding to the actual deposits and advances made by the customers who shall be located within the respective areas to be served by GRIG, SCAT, and SCIDD as of the effective date of this Act, together with such information necessary to enable GRIG, SCAT, and SCIDD to credit such deposits and advances to the appropriate customer accounts. (2) To SCAT, such sums as may be necessary (not to exceed $1,200,000) to be used for construction of a 21KV transmission line from Peridot, Arizona, to the community of Bylas on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. (3) To SCAT, such sums as may be necessary (not to exceed $160,000) to be used to purchase all right, title, and interest in the electric system presently owned by the Arizona Public Service Company within the exterior boundaries of the San Carlos Apache Reservation and extending from the western boundary of said reservation easterly to the town of Cutter, Arizona. (4) To a SCIP employee severance fund, to be established by the Secretary, not to exceed $750,000, solely for the purpose of providing severance pay to SGIP Power Division employees eligible for such pay under applicable Federal law and regulations, except that within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, any funds remaining in the severance fund shall be transferred to GRIG. (5) To a SCIP reserve account, to be established and administered by the Secretary, $4,000,000, to be retained by the Secretary until October 1, 1995, at which time the Secretary shall, first, deposit into the Environmental Protection Account established pursuant to section 6 an amount equal to the present value of the SGIP electrical system debt obligation owed by GRIG and its allotted landowners as of September 30, 1991, and second, transfer the balance remaining in the account to GRIG. Prior to October 1, 1995, the Secretary may, in his discretion and pursuant to his authorities under Public Law 93-638 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), make available to GRIG and SCAT the funds not retained for deposit into the Environmental Protection Account for use in electric system expansion and rehabilitation on their respective reservations and for expenses associated with providing electric service on such reservations. (6) To GRIG, any funds remaining after the allocations set forth in the preceding paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) to be used for electric system expansion and rehabilitation on the Gila River Reservation and for expenses associated with providing electric utility services on such reservation. (b) ACCOUNTING PENDING DIVESTITURE.—From the date of enactment of this Act through the date of allocation of funds as provided in this section and section 10, the Secretary shall ensure that no cash, temporary investments, or other funds are transferred from the SCIP Power Division to the SGIP Irrigation Division or to other