TITLE I—GILA RIVER JUDGMENT FUND DISTRIBUTION 
Sec. 101. Distribution of judgment funds. 
Sec. 102. Responsibility of Secretary; applicable law. 
TITLE II—CONDITIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY JUDGMENT 
FUND PLANS 
Sec. 201. Plan for use and distribution of judgment funds awarded in Docket 
No. 228. 
Sec. 202. Plan for use and distribution of judgment funds awarded in Docket 
No. 236–N. 
TITLE III—EXPERT ASSISTANCE LOANS 
Sec. 301. Waiver of repayment of expert assistance loans to Gila River Indian 
Community.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that—
(1) on August 8, 1951, the Gila River Indian 
Community filed a complaint before the Indian 
Claims Commission in Gila River Pima-Maricopa In-
dian Community v. United States, Docket No. 236, 
for the failure of the United States to carry out its 
obligation to protect the use by the Community of 
water from the Gila River and the Salt River in the 
State of Arizona; 
(2) except for Docket Nos. 236–C and 236–D, 
which remain undistributed, all 14 original dockets 
under Docket No. 236 have been resolved and dis-
tributed; 
(3) in Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Com-
munity v. United States, 29 Ind. Cl. Comm. 144 
(1972), the Indian Claims Commission held that the 
United States, as trustee, was liable to the Commu-
nity with respect to the claims made in Docket No. 
236–C; 
(4) in Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Com-
munity v. United States, 684 F.2d 852 (1982), the 
United States Claims Court held that the United 
States, as trustee, was liable to the Community with 
respect to the claims made in Docket No. 236–D; 
(5) with the approval of the Community under 
Community Resolution GR–98–98, the Community 
entered into a settlement with the United States on 
April 27, 1999, for claims made under Dockets Nos. 
236–C and 236–D for an aggregate total of 
$7,000,000; 
(6) on May 3, 1999, the United States Court 
of Federal Claims ordered that a final judgment be 
entered in consolidated Dockets Nos. 236–C and 
236–D for $7,000,000 in favor of the Community 
and against the United States; 
(7)(A) on October 6, 1999, the Department of 
the Treasury certified the payment of $7,000,000, 
less attorney fees, to be deposited in a trust account 
on behalf of the Community; and 
(B) that payment was deposited in a trust ac-
count managed by the Office of Trust Funds Man-
agement of the Department of the Interior; and
(8) in accordance with the Indian Tribal Judg-
ment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 
1401 et seq.), the Secretary is required to submit an 
Indian judgment fund use or distribution plan to 
Congress for approval. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADULT.—The term ‘‘adult’’ means an indi-
vidual who—
(A) is 18 years of age or older as of the 
date on which the payment roll is approved by 
the Community; or 
(B) will reach 18 years of age not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the pay-
ment roll is approved by the Community. 
(2) COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘Community’’ 
means the Gila River Indian Community. 
(3) COMMUNITY-OWNED
FUNDS.—The term 
‘‘Community-owned funds’’ means—
(A) funds held in trust by the Secretary as 
of the date of enactment of this Act that may 
be made available to make payments under sec-
tion 101; or 
(B) revenues held by the Community 
that—
(i) are derived from trust resources; 
and 
(ii) qualify for an exemption under 
section 7 or 8 of the Indian Tribal Judg-
ment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 
U.S.C. 1407, 1408). 
(4) IIM ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘IIM account’’ 
means an individual Indian money account. 
(5) JUDGMENT FUNDS.—The term ‘‘judgment 
funds’’ means the aggregate amount awarded to the 
Community by the Court of Federal Claims in Dock-
ets Nos. 236–C and 236–D. 
(6) LEGALLY INCOMPETENT INDIVIDUAL.—The 
term ‘‘legally incompetent individual’’ means an in-
dividual who has been determined to be incapable of 
managing his or her own affairs by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction. 
(7) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an indi-
vidual who is not an adult.
(8) PAYMENT ROLL.—The term ‘‘payment roll’’ 
means the list of eligible, enrolled members of the 
Community who are eligible to receive a payment 
under section 101(a), as prepared by the Community 
under section 101(b).
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
TITLE I—GILA RIVER JUDGMENT 
FUND DISTRIBUTION 
SEC. 101. DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUNDS. 
(a) PER CAPITA PAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding the 
Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act 
(25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) or any other provision of law 
(including any regulation promulgated or plan developed 
under such a law), the amounts paid in satisfaction of an 
award granted to the Gila River Indian Community in 
Dockets Nos. 236–C and 236–D before the United States 
Court of Federal Claims, less attorney fees and litigation 
expenses and including all accrued interest, shall be dis-
tributed in the form of per capita payments (in amounts 
as equal as practicable) to all eligible enrolled members 
of the Community. 
(b) PREPARATION OF PAYMENT ROLL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Community shall pre-
pare a payment roll of eligible, enrolled members of 
the Community that are eligible to receive payments 
under this section in accordance with the criteria de-
scribed in paragraph (2). 
(2) CRITERIA.—
(A) INDIVIDUALS
ELIGIBLE
TO
RECEIVE 
PAYMENTS.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
following individuals shall be eligible to be listed 
on the payment roll and eligible to receive a per 
capita payment under subsection (a): 
(i) All enrolled Community members 
who are eligible to be listed on the per cap-
ita payment roll that was approved by the 
Secretary for the distribution of the funds 
awarded to the Community in Docket No. 
236–N (including any individual who was 
inadvertently omitted from that roll). 
(ii) All enrolled Community members 
who are living on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(iii) All enrolled Community members 
who died—
(I) after the effective date of the 
payment plan for Docket No. 236–N; 
but 
(II) on or before the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(B) INDIVIDUALS INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE 
PAYMENTS.—The following individuals shall be 
ineligible to be listed on the payment roll and