Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/572

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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

99 STAT. 550

PUBLIC LAW 99-130—OCT. 28, 1985 (b)(1) Twenty per centum of the funds shall be utilized for tribal social and economic development purposes, and for the establishment of a tribal burial fund; $200,000 of such program funds shall be invested by the Secretary for the purpose of establishing a burial fund utilizing the interest and investment income accrued. Such funds shall not be available for burial services until two years after the date of initial investment. The tribal governing body, with the approval of the Secretary, shall develop criteria for the implementation of tribal burial services. (2) The balance of the 20 per centum portion shall be invested by the Secretary and the interest and investment income accrued shall be utilized by the tribal governing body on a budgetary basis, with the approval of the Secretary, for programs designed to enhance the social and economic development of the tribe. None of the 20 per centum programming portion of the funds shall be available for per capita or dividend payments. SEC. 3. The share of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe shall be used and distributed as follows: (a) Twenty-five per centum of the funds shall be distributed in the form of per capita payments to each tribal member born on or prior to and living on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that those members at least sixty years of age as of that date shall be paid twice the amount of other per capita recipients. (b) Seventy-five per centum of the funds (which includes funds previously advanced to the tribal governing body) shall be used by the tribal governing body on a budgetary basis, with approval of the Secretary, for programs designed to enhance the social and economic development of the tribe. None of the 75 per centum programming portion of the funds shall be available for per capita payments. SEC. 4. The share of the Prairie Island Sioux Community shall be used and distributed as follows: (a) Eighty per centum of the funds shall be invested by the Secretary for a Tribal Investment Fund designed to yield periodic dividend payments to all tribal members born on or prior to and living on the dates such dividend payments are declared. Only the interest and investment income accrued shall be available for dividend payments. The amounts and payment dates shall be determined by the tribal governing body with the approval of the Secretary. (b) Twenty per centum of the funds shall be utilized by the tribal governing body on a budgetary basis, with the approval of the Secretary, for programs designed to enhance the social and economic development of the tribe. None of the 20 per centum programming portion of the funds shall be available for per capita or dividend payments. SEC. 5. The share of the Lower Sioux Indian Community shall be used and distributed as follows: (a) Eighty per centum of the funds apportioned shall be used and distributed as follows: (1) the Secretary shall make a per capita distribution of $300 to each tribal member born on or prior to and living on the date of the enactment of this Act; (2) one year from the date that the per capita payments in paragraph (1) of this subsection are made, an additional per capita payment of $300 shall be made to each tribal member who is at least sixty years of age living on such date;