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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-666—NOV. 16, 1988

102 STAT. 3933

acquired for the benefit of the Navajo Tribe under section 11 shall be deposited into the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund. "(c) The Secretary shall be the trustee of the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund and shall be responsible for investment of the funds in such Trust Fund. "(d) Funds in the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund, including any interest or investment accruing thereon, shall be available to the Navajo Tribe, with the approval of the Secretary, solely for purposes which will contribute to the continuing rehabilitation and improvement of the economic, educational, and social condition of families, and Navajo communities, that have been affected by— "(1) the decison in the Healing case, or related proceedings, "(2) the provision of this Act, or "(3) the establishment by the Secretary of the Interior of grazing district number 6 as land for the exclusive use of the Hopi Tribe. "(e) The Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund shall terminate when, upon petition by the Navajo Tribe, the Secretary determines that the goeds of the Trust Fund have been met and the United States has been reimbursed for funds appropriated under subsection (0- AH funds in the Trust Fund on such date shall be transferred to the general trust funds of the Navajo Tribe. "(0 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Navajo Appropriation Rehabliitation Trust Fund not exceed $10,000,000 in each of fiscal authorization. years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995. The income from the land referred to in subsection (b) of this section shall be used to reimburse the General Fund of the United States Treasury for amounts appropriated to the Fund.", LANDS TRANSFERRED OR ACQUIRED FOR THE NAVAJO TRIBE

SEC. 8. Subsection (h) of section 11 of Public Law 93-531 (25 U.S.C. 640d-l(Xh)) is amended by striking out "the date of this subsection who are awaiting relocation under this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That the sole authority for final planning decisions regarding the development of lands acquired pursuant to this Act shall rest with the (Commissioner until such time as the (Commissioner has discharged his statutory responsibility under this Act". PROVISION OF ATTORNEY FEES FOR THE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE

SEC. 9. (a) Subsection (e) of section 8 of Public Law 93-531 (25 U.S.C. 640d-7(e)) is amended by inserting a comma and the words "San Juan Southern Paiute" after the word "Navajo". (b) Section 8 of Public Law 93-531 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f)(1) Any funds made available for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe to pay for attorney's fees shall be paid directly to the tribe's attorneys of record until such tribe is acknowledged as an Indian tribe by the United States: Provided, That the tribe's eligibility for such payments shall cease once a decision by the Secretary of the Interior declining to acknowledge such tribe becomes final and no longer appealable. "(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted as a congressional acknowledgement of the San Juan Southern Paiute as an