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body of the Spokane Tribe under the constitution of 
the Spokane Tribe. 
(9) SPOKANE
TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Spokane 
Tribe’’ means the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the 
Spokane Reservation, Washington. 
SEC. 5. SETTLEMENT FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States an interest- 
bearing trust fund to be known as the ‘‘Spokane Tribe 
of Indians Settlement Fund’’, consisting of— 
(1) amounts deposited in the Fund under sub-
section (b); and 
(2) any interest earned on investment of 
amounts in the Fund. 
(b) DEPOSITS.—From amounts made available under 
section 11— 
(1) for fiscal year 2006, the Secretary shall de-
posit in the Fund $17,800,000; and 
(2) for each of the 4 fiscal years thereafter, the 
Secretary shall deposit in the Fund $12,800,000. 
(c) MAINTENANCE AND INVESTMENT OF FUND.— 
The Fund shall be maintained and invested by the Sec-
retary in accordance with the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 
U.S.C. 162a).
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(d) PAYMENT OF FUNDS TO SPOKANE BUSINESS 
COUNCIL.— 
(1) REQUEST.—At any time after funds are de-
posited in the Fund, the Spokane Business Council 
may submit to the Secretary written notice of the 
adoption by the Spokane Business Council of a reso-
lution requesting that the Secretary pay all or a por-
tion of the amounts in the Fund to the Spokane 
Business Council. 
(2) PAYMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
receipt of a notice under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall pay the amount requested to the Spo-
kane Business Council. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) CULTURAL RESOURCE REPOSITORY AND IN-
TERPRETIVE CENTER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the initial deposit 
under subsection (b)(1), $5,000,000 shall be 
used by the Spokane Business Council for the 
planning, design, construction, equipping, and 
continuing operation and maintenance of a Cul-
tural Resource Repository and Interpretive Cen-
ter to— 
(i) house, preserve, and protect the 
burial remains, funerary objects, and other
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cultural resources affected by the operation 
of the Grand Coulee Dam; and 
(ii) provide an interpretive and edu-
cational facility regarding the culture and 
history of the Spokane Tribe. 
(B) EFFECT.—The funding under sub-
paragraph (A) does not alter or affect any au-
thority, obligation, or responsibility of the 
United States under— 
(i) the Native American Graves Pro-
tection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 
3001 et seq.); 
(ii) the Archaeological Resources Pro-
tection Act (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.); 
(iii) the National Historic Preserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.); or 
(iv) the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(2) OTHER USES.—Of all other amounts depos-
ited in the Fund (including interest generated on 
those amounts)— 
(A) 25 percent shall be— 
(i) reserved by the Spokane Business 
Council; and
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(ii) used for discretionary purposes of 
general benefit to all members of the Spo-
kane Tribe; and 
(B) 75 percent shall be used by the Spo-
kane Business Council to carry out— 
(i) resource development programs; 
(ii) credit programs; 
(iii) scholarship programs; or 
(iv) reserve, investment, and economic 
development programs. 
SEC. 6. PAYMENTS BY THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
(a) INITIAL PAYMENT.—On March 1, 2007, the Ad-
ministrator shall pay the Spokane Tribe— 
(1) the amount that is equal to 29 percent of 
the Computed Annual Payment for fiscal year 2005, 
adjusted to reflect the change in the Consumer Price 
Index for all urban consumers published by the De-
partment of Labor, from the date on which the pay-
ment for fiscal year 2005 was made to the Colville 
Tribes to the date on which payment is made to the 
Spokane Tribe under this subparagraph; and 
(2) the amount that is equal to 29 percent of 
the Computed Annual Payment for fiscal year 2006. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS.—On or before March 
1, 2008, and March 1 of each year thereafter through
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2033, the Administrator shall pay the Spokane Tribe the 
amount that is equal to 29 percent of the Computed An-
nual Payment for the previous fiscal year. 
(c) PAYMENT RECOVERY.—Pursuant to the payment 
schedule in subsection (b), the Administrator shall make 
commensurate cost reductions in expenditures on an an-
nual basis to recover each payment to the Tribe. The Ad-
ministrator shall include this specific cost reduction plan 
in the annual budget submitted to Congress. 
(d) SUNSET.—This section shall have no force or ef-
fect on and after the date that is 25 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. TREATMENT AFTER FUNDS ARE PAID. 
(a) USE OF PAYMENTS.—Payments made to the Spo-
kane Business Council or Spokane Tribe under section 5 
or 6 may be used or invested by the Business Council in 
the same manner and for the same purposes as other Spo-
kane Tribe governmental funds. 
(b) NO
TRUST
RESPONSIBILITY
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—Neither the Secretary nor the Administrator 
shall have any trust responsibility for the investment, su-
pervision, administration, or expenditure of any funds 
after the date on which the funds are paid to the Spokane 
Business Council or Spokane Tribe under section 5 or 6.