(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT AND TRANS-
FER 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 estab-
lished by the Secretary of the Treasury in the Treas-
ury of the United States.
(2) PAYMENTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with the fis-
cal year immediately following the fiscal year
during which the aggregate of the amounts de-
posited 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 sub-
paragraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury
shall withdraw amounts from the account estab-
lished under such paragraph and transfer such
amounts to the Secretary of the Interior for use
in accordance with subparagraph (C). The Sec-
retary of the Treasury may only withdraw
funds from the account for the purpose speci-
fied in this paragraph.
(C) PAYMENTS TO TRIBE.—The Secretary
of the Interior shall use the amounts trans-
ferred under subparagraph (B) only for the
purpose of making payments to the Tribe.
(D) USE OF PAYMENTS BY TRIBE.—The
Tribe shall use the payments made under sub-
paragraph (C) only for carrying 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 sub-
section 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 Treas-
ury may not transfer or withdraw any amount deposited
under subsection (b).
SEC. 5. PLAN FOR SOCIOECONOMIC RECOVERY AND CUL-
TURAL PRESERVATION.
(a) PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Tribe shall, not later
than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act,
prepare a plan for the use of the payments made to
the Tribe under section 4(d)(2). In developing the
plan, the Tribe shall consult with the Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR PLAN COMPONENTS.—
The plan shall, with respect to each component of
the plan—
(A) identify the costs and benefits of that
component; and
(B) provide plans for that component.
(b) CONTENT OF PLAN.—The plan shall include the
following programs and components:
(1) EDUCATIONAL
FACILITY.—The plan shall
provide for an educational facility to be located on
the Crow Creek Indian Reservation.
(2) COMPREHENSIVE
INPATIENT
AND
OUT-
PATIENT HEALTH CARE FACILITY.—The plan shall
provide for a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient
health care facility to provide essential services that
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in
consultation with the individuals and entities re-
ferred to in subsection (a)(1), determines to be—
(A) needed; and
(B) unavailable through existing facilities
of the Indian Health Service on the Crow Creek
Indian Reservation at the time of the deter-
mination.
(3) WATER SYSTEM.—The plan shall provide
for the construction, operation, and maintenance of
a municipal, rural, and industrial water system for
the Crow Creek Indian Reservation.
(4) RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES.—The plan
shall provide for recreational facilities suitable for
high-density recreation at Lake Sharpe at Big Bend
Dam and at other locations on the Crow Creek In-
dian Reservation in South Dakota.
(5) OTHER
PROJECTS
AND
PROGRAMS.—The
plan shall provide for such other projects and pro-
grams for the educational, social welfare, economic
development, and cultural preservation of the Tribe
as the Tribe considers to be appropriate.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such funds
as may be necessary to carry out this Act, including such
funds as may be necessary to cover the administrative ex-
penses of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure De-
velopment Trust Fund established under section 4.
SEC. 7. EFFECT OF PAYMENTS TO TRIBE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No payment made to the Tribe
pursuant to this Act shall result in the reduction or denial
of any service or program to which, pursuant to Federal
law—
(1) the Tribe is otherwise entitled because of
the status of the Tribe as a federally recognized In-
dian tribe; or
(2) any individual who is a member of the Tribe
is entitled because of the status of the individual as
a member of the Tribe.
(b) EXEMPTIONS; STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—
(1) POWER RATES.—No payment made pursu-
ant to this Act shall affect Pick-Sloan Missouri
River basin power rates.
(2) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in
this Act may be construed as diminishing or affect-
ing—
(A) any right of the Tribe that is not oth-
erwise addressed in this Act; or
(B) any treaty obligation of the United
States.
Passed the House of Representatives September 10,
1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.