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112 STAT. 2681-263 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (d) The calculation of tribal revenues shall exclude payments made by the Federal Government in settlement of claims or judgments and income derived from lands, natural resources, funds, and assets held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior. (e) In developing alternative TPA distribution methods, the Bureau of Indian Affairs will take into account the finsuicial obligations of a tribe, such as budgeted health, education and public works service costs; its compliance, obligations and spending requirements under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; its compli- £mce with the Single Audit Act; and its compact with its State. SEC. 130. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be used to issue a notice of final rulemaking with respect to the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes, including a rulemaking derived from proposed rules published in 63 Federal Register 6113 (1998), 62 Federal Register 36030, and 62 Federal Register 3742 (1997) until June 1, 1999, or until there is a negotiated agreement on the rule. SEC. 131. Up to $8,000,000 of funds available in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 shall be available for grants, not covering more than 33 percent of the total cost of any acquisition to be made with such funds, to States and local communities for purposes of acquiring lands or interests in lands to preserve and protect Civil War battlefield sites identified in the July 1993 Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields prepared by the Civil Wax Sites Advisory Commission. Lands or interests in lands acquired pursuant to this section shall be subject to the requirements of paragraph 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-8(0(3)). SEC. 132. LEASING OF CERTAIN RESERVED MINERAL INTERESTS. (a) APPLICATION OF MINERAL LEASING ACT. — Notwithstanding section 4 of Public Law 88-608 (78 Stat. 988), the Federal reserved mineral interests in land conveyed under that Act by United States land patents No. 49-71-0059 and No. 49-71-0065 shall be subject to the Act of February 25, 1920 (commonly known as the "Mineral Leasing Act") (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). (b) ENTRY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—^A person that acquires a lease under the Act of February 25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) for the interests referred to in subsection (a) may exercise the right of entry that is reserved to the United States and persons authorized by the United States in the patents conveying the land described in subsection (a) by occupying so much of the surface the land as may be required for purposes reasonably incident to the exploration for, and extraction and removal of, the leased minerals. (2) CONDITION. —A person that exercises a right of entry under paragraph (1), shall, before commencing occupancy— (A) secure the written consent or waiver of the patentee; or (B) post a bond or other finsincial gueirantee with the Secretary of the Interior in an amount sufficient to ensure— (i) the completion of reclamation pursuant to the requirements of the Secretary under the Act of February 25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); and (ii) the payment to the surface owner for—