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PUBLIC LAW 101-618—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3315 (e) OFFSETTING FLOWS.— Additional flows in the Truckee River and to Pyramid Lake resulting from the implementation of subsection 206(c) of this title are intended to offset any reductions in those flows which may be attributable to the allocations to California or Nevada under section 204 of this title or to the waivers in sections 8 and 21 of article II of the Preliminary Settlement Agreement as modified by the Ratification Agreement. SEC. 208. PYRAMID LAKE FISHERIES AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. (a) FUNDS ESTABLISHED.— (1) There are hereby established within the Treasury of the United States the "Pyramid Lake Paiute Fisheries Fund" and "Pyramid Lake Paiute Economic Development Fund". (2) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Fisheries Fund $25,000,000. (A) The principal of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Fisheries Fund shall be unavailable for withdrawal. (B) Interest earned on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Fisheries Fund shall be available to the Pyramid Lake Tribe only for the purposes of operation and maintenance of fishery facilities at Pyramid Lake, excluding Marble Bluff Dam and Fishway, and for conservation of the Pyramid Lake fishery in accordance with plans prepared by the Pyramid Lake Tribe in consultation with and the concurrence of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and approved by the Secretary. Of interest earned annually on the principal, 25 percent per year, or an amount which, in the sole judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, is sufficient to maintain the principal of the fund at $25,000,000 in 1990 constant dollars, whichever is less, shall be retained in the fund as principal and shall not be available for withdrawal. Deposits of earned interest in excess of that amount may be made at the discretion of the Pyramid Lake Tribe, and all such deposits and associated interest shall be available for withdrawal. (C) All sums deposited in, accruing to, and remaining in the Pyramid Lake Paiute Fishery Fund shall be invested by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury in interestbearing deposits and securities in accordance with the Act of June 24, 1988, 52 Stat. 1037. Interest earnings not expended, added to principal, or obligated by the Pyramid Lake Tribe in the year in which such earnings accrue to the fund or in the four years that immediately follow shall be credited to the fund established under subsection 206(f) of this title. (D) Subject to subparagraph (E) of this paragraph, the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate and make available to the Pyramid Lake Tribe such eligible moneys from the Pyramid Lake Fishery Fund as are requested by the Pyramid Lake Tribe to carry out plans developed under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. (E) The Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury shall not disburse moneys from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Fishery Fund until such time as the following conditions have been met: (i) The Pyramid Lake Tribe has released any and all claims of any kind whatsoever against the United Appropriation authorization. Investments.