98 STAT. 1672
Prohibition.
Audit. Public availability.
Funds.
PUBLIC LAW 98-432—SEPT. 28, 1984
1 in section 11, township 14N, range IIW, W.N., that are the subject of the civil action referred to in section 2(1) of this Act and are known as Dexter-by-the-Sea Subdivision and First Addition to Dexter-by-the-Sea Subdivision, shall be extinguished. (b) The lands described in subsection (a) shall not be considered to be within the exterior boundaries of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation. Except to the extent provided in the preceding sentence, the exterior boundaries of such reservation shall not be affected by the provisions of this Act. (c) The validity of the patent issued by the United States on August 1, 1872, to George N. Brown, certificate numbered 3763, shall be ratified. SEC. 4. (a)(1) If the requirements of subsection (b) of this section are met, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed in fiscal year 1985 to pay, out of funds in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, $1,115,000 directly to the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe. (2) The funds described in paragraph (1) shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury in full settlement of all claims of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, and of any other party to such civil action described in section 2(1), which arise by reason of the issuance of the patent described in section 3(c). (b) The requirements of this subsection are met if— (1) the governing body of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe adopts a resolution which— (A) authorizes the execution by an officer or official of such tribe of documents as the Secretary of the Interior determines to be necessary to settle the claims described in subsection (a)(2), (B) waives all rights and claims of such tribe against the United States, and against any other person, which arise by reason of the issuance of the patent described in section 3(c), and (C) is approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and (2) a final order is entered in the civil action described in section 2(1) which dismisses with prejudice all claims, crossclaims, counterclaims, third-party claims, and all other claims arising out of such civil action. (c) None of the funds paid to the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe under subsection (a)(1) shall be used to make any per capita distribution to members of such tribe. SEC. 6. (a) The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe is authorized to utilize the funds paid to the tribe under provisions of this Act for any purpose authorized by ordinance or resolution of the tribe, including investment for economic development purposes. (b) The tribe shall maintain a segregated accounting system for all principal and income from such funds and shall cause an annual audit to be conducted by an independent certified public accountant. The results of such audit shall be made available for inspection by any enrolled member of the tribe and shall be made available to the Secretary of the Interior. (c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, funds held and administered by the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe which are the subject of this Act, and income derived therefrom, shall be treated in the same fashion as if held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring
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