Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 3.djvu/796

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114 STAT. 1894 PUBLIC LAW 106-425—NOV. 1, 2000 Domingo Land Claims Settlement Fund". Funds deposited in the Fund shall be subject to the following conditions: (A) The Fund shall be maintained and invested by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a). (B) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), monies deposited into the Fund may be expended by the Pueblo to acquire lands within the exterior boundaries of the exclusive aboriginal occupancy area of the Pueblo, as described in the Findings of Fact of the Indian Claims Commission, dated May 9, 1973, and for use for education, economic development, youth and elderly programs, or for other tribal purposes in accordance with plsins and budgets developed and approved by the Tribal Council of the Pueblo and approved by the Secretary. (C) If the Pueblo withdraws monies from the Fund, neither the Secretary nor the Secretary of the Treasury shall retain any oversight over or liability for the accounting, disbursement, or investment of such withdrawn monies. (D) No portion of the monies described in subparagraph (C) may be paid to Pueblo members on a per capita basis. (E) The acquisition of lands with monies from the Fund shall be on a willing-seller, willing-buyer basis, and no eminent domain authority may be exercised for purposes of acquiring lands for the benefit of the Pueblo pursuant to this Act. (F) The provisions of Public Law 93-134, governing the distribution of Indian claims judgment funds, and the plan approval requirements of section 203 of Public Law 103-412 shall not be applicable to the Fund. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for deposit into the Fund, in accordance with the following schedule: (A) $5,000,000 to be deposited in the fiscal year which commences on October 1, 2001. (B) $5,000,000 to be deposited in the next fiscal year. (C) The balance of the funds to be deposited in the third consecutive fiscal year. (3) LIMITATION ON DISBURSAL.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Fund under paragraph (2) shall not be disbursed until the following conditions are met: (A) The case of Pueblo of Santo Domingo v. Rael (No. CIV-83-1888) in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, has been dismissed with prejudice. (B) A compromise final judgment in the amount of $8,000,000 in the case of Pueblo of Santo Domingo v. United States (Indian Claims Commission docket No. 355) in a form and manner acceptable to the Attorney General, has been entered in the United States Court of Federal Claims in accordance with subsection (a)(5). (4) DEPOSITS. —Funds awarded to the Pueblo consistent with subsection (c)(2) in docket No. 355 of the Indian Claims Commission shall be deposited into the Fund. (c) ACTIVITIES UPON COMPROMISE.—On the date of the entry of the final compromise judgment in the case of Pueblo of Santo Domingo v. United States (Indian Claims Commission docket No.