(b) CRIMINAL LAWS.—All Federal criminal laws re-
lating to larceny, embezzlement, or conversion of the funds 
or the property of the United States shall apply to the 
funds and property of the University. 
(c) OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds received by the Uni-
versity pursuant to this Act shall not be regarded as 
Federal money for purposes of meeting any match-
ing requirements for any Federal grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement. 
(2) APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The University shall 
not be subject to any provision of law requiring 
that non-Federal funds or other moneys be used 
in part to fund any grant, contract, cooperative 
agreement, or project as a condition to the ap-
plication for, or receipt of, Federal assistance. 
(B) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this 
subsection affects in a negative fashion the re-
view, prioritization, or acceptance of any appli-
cation or proposal for such a program, solicited 
or unsolicited. 
SEC. 20. ENDOWMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT ENDOWMENT.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to 
carry out this Act for each fiscal year for use under 
this subsection may be deposited into a trust fund 
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘trust fund’’), 
to be maintained by the University at a federally in-
sured banking or savings institution. 
(2) CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The President of the 
University shall provide— 
(i) for deposit in the trust fund— 
(I)(aa) an initial capital contribu-
tion by the University of $5,000,000; 
and 
(bb) such additional capital con-
tributions as may be required under 
subparagraph (B); and 
(II) any earnings on the funds 
deposited under this subparagraph; 
and 
(ii) for the reservation for the sole use 
of the University of any noncash, in-kind 
contributions of real or personal property, 
which may at any time be converted to 
cash, which shall be deposited as a capital 
contribution into the trust fund. 
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(B) 
MATCHING
CONTRIBUTIONS.—For 
each $5,000,000 that the University, through 
private fundraising or bequests made on behalf 
of the University, raises, the University shall 
match that amount through a capital contribu-
tion, which shall be deposited in the trust fund. 
(3) RETURN TO TREASURY.—If, at any time, 
the University withdraws any capital contribution 
(as described in items (aa) and (bb) of paragraph 
(2)(A)(i)(I)) made by the University to the trust 
fund or puts any property (as described in para-
graph (2)(A)(ii)) to a use which is not for the sole 
benefit of the University, an amount equal to the 
value of the Federal contribution shall be withdrawn 
from the trust fund and returned to the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts. 
(4) INTEREST.—Interest deposited in the trust 
fund pursuant to paragraph (2)(A)(i)(II) may be pe-
riodically withdrawn and used, at the direction of 
the Board or its designee, to defray any expense as-
sociated with the operation of the University, includ-
ing the expense of operations and maintenance, ad-
ministration, academic and support personnel, com-
munity and student services programs, and technical 
assistance. 
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(5) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of 
complying with the contribution requirement 
under paragraph (2)(A)(ii), the University may 
use funds or in-kind contributions of real or 
personal property fairly valued that are made 
available from any private or Tribal source, in-
cluding interest earned by the funds invested 
under this subsection. 
(B) 
IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—In-kind 
contributions shall be— 
(i) property other than fully depre-
ciable property; and 
(ii) valued according to the procedures 
established for such purpose by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury. 
(C) ELIGIBILITY FOR MATCHING FUNDS.— 
For purposes of this paragraph, all contribu-
tions, including in-kind and real estate, which 
are received by the University beginning on the 
date on which the initial members of the Board 
appointed under section 8(b)(1)(A)(ii) are con-
firmed by the Senate, but which have not been 
included in the computations under this sub-
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section, shall be eligible for matching with Fed-
eral funds appropriated in any fiscal year. 
(6) CONTROL
OF
UNIVERSITY.—Amounts ap-
propriated to carry out this Act for use under this 
subsection shall be paid by the Secretary of the 
Treasury to the University as a Federal capital con-
tribution equal to the amount of funds or the value 
of the in-kind contributions which the University 
demonstrates have been placed within the control of, 
or irrevocably committed to the use of, the Univer-
sity as a capital contribution of the University in ac-
cordance with this subsection. 
(b) USE OF AMOUNTS FROM THE NATIONAL PARKS 
AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND.—Sec-
tion 200402(e)(1) of title 54, United States Code, is 
amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting ‘‘(including Haskell Indian Nations University 
and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute)’’ after 
‘‘schools’’. 
(c) GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds in the trust fund de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be invested under the 
same conditions and limitations as funds are in-
vested under section 331(c)(2) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1065(c)(2)) and the 
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