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be authorized for the benefit of the minor pursuant to regulations
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(b) ANNUAL PAYMENTS.—In addition to the lump-sum payment,
annual payments shall be made directly to the Tribe in accordance
with the Settlement Agreement, and may be used in the same
manner as any other income received by the tribe from the lease
or sale of natural resources.
SEC. 6. REPAYMENT CREDIT.
Beginning with fiscal year 2000 and continuing for so long
as annual payments are made under this Act, the Administrator
shall deduct from the interest payable to the Secretary of the
Treasury from net proceeds as defined in section 13 of the Federal
Columbia River Transmission System Act, an amount equal to
26 percent of the payment made to the Tribe for the prior fiscal
year. Each deduction made under this section shall be a credit
to the interest payments otherwise payable by the Administrator
to the Secretary of the Treasury during the fiscal year in which
the deduction is made, and shall be allocated pro rata to all interest
payments on debt associated with the generation function of the
Federal Columbia River Power System that are due during that
fiscal year; except that, if the deduction in any fiscal year is greater
than the interest due on debt associated with the generation func-
tion for that fiscal year, then the amount of the deduction that
exceeds the interest due on debt associated with the generation
function shall be allocated pro rata to all other interest payments
due during that fiscal year. To the extent that the deduction exceeds
the total amount of any such interest, the deduction shall be applied
as a credit against any other payments that the Administrator
makes to the Secretary.
SEC. 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
(a) LIENS AND FORFEITURES, ETC.—Funds paid or deposited
to the credit of the Tribe pursuant to the Settlement Agreement
or this Act, the interest or investment income earned or received
on those funds, and any payment authorized by the Tribe or the
Secretary of the Interior to be made from those funds to tribal
members, and the interest or investment income on those payments
earned or received while the payments are held in trust for the
member, are not subject to levy, execution, forfeiture, garnishment,
lien, encumbrance, seizure, or State or local taxation.
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY FUNDED PRO-
GRAMS.—Funds paid or deposited to the credit of the Tribe pursuant
to the Settlement Agreement or this Act, the interest or investment
income earned or received on such funds, and any payment author-
ized by the Tribe or the Secretary of the Interior to be made
from those funds to tribal members, and the interest or investment
income on those payments earned or received while the payments
are held in trust for the member, may not be treated as income
or resources nor otherwise utilized as the basis for denying or
reducing the financial assistance or other benefit to which the
Tribe, a tribal member, or household would otherwise be entitled
under the Social Security Act or any Federal or federally assisted
program.
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(c) TRUST RESPONSIBILITY.—This Act and the Settlement Agree-
ment do not affect the trust responsibility of the United States
and its agencies to the Tribe and the members of the Tribe.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.