110 STAT. 3028
PUBLIC LAW 104-223—OCT. 1, 1996
amounts deposited in the Fund is equal to $27,500,000, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit into the Fund an amount
equal to 25 percent of the receipts from the deposits to the Treasury
of the United States for the preceding fiscal year from the Program.
(c) INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest
the amounts deposited under subsection (b) only in interest-bearing
obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as
to both principal and interest by the United States.
(d) PAYMENT OF INTEREST TO TRIBE. —
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT AND TRANSFER OF
INTEREST. — The Secretary of the Treasury shall, in accordance
with this subsection, transfer any interest that accrues on
amounts deposited under subsection (b) into a separate account
established by the Secretary of the Treasury in the Treasury
of the United States.
(2) PAYMENTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year during which the aggregate
of the amounts deposited in the Fund is equal to the
amount specified in subsection (b), and for each fiscal year
thereafter, all amounts transferred under paragraph (1)
shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, to the
Secretary of the Interior for use in accordance with
subparagraph (C).
(B) WITHDRAWAL AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— For each
fiscal year specified in subparagraph (A), the Secretary
of the Treasury shall withdraw amounts from the account
established under such paragraph and transfer such
amounts to the Secretary of the Interior for use in accordance with subparagraph (C). The Secretary of the Treasury
may only withdraw funds from the account for the purpose
specified in this paragraph.
(C) PAYMENTS TO TRIBE. — The Secretary of the Interior
shall use the amounts transferred under subparagraph (B)
only for the purpose of making payments to the Trilbe.
(D) USE OF PAYMENTS BY TRIBE. —The Tribe shall use
the payments made under subparagraph (C) only for carry-
ing out projects and programs pursuant to the plan prepared under section 5.
(3) PROHIBITION ON PER CAPITA PAYMENTS. — No portion of
any payment made under this subsection may be distributed
to any member of the Tribe on a per capita basis.
(e) TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS. —Except as provided in subsection (d)(1), the Secretary of the Treasury may not transfer or
withdraw any amount deposited under subsection (b).
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