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 2009, the Secretary shall de-
posit in the Fund $23,900,000; and 
(2) for each of the 4 fiscal years thereafter, the 
Secretary shall deposit in the Fund $18,900,000. 
(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 and funerary and cultural 
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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 ADMINISTRATOR. 
(a) INITIAL PAYMENT.—On March 1, 2009, the Ad-
ministrator shall pay to the Spokane Tribe an amount 
equal to 29 percent of the Computed Annual Payment for 
fiscal year 2008. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS.—Not later than March 
1, 2010, and March 1 of each year thereafter, the Admin-
istrator shall pay the Spokane Tribe an amount equal to 
29 percent of the Computed Annual Payment for the pre-
ceding fiscal year. 
(c) PAYMENT RECOVERY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the pay-
ment schedule described in subsection (b), the Ad-
ministrator shall make commensurate cost reduc-
tions in expenditures, on an annual basis, to recover 
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each payment to the Spokane Tribe under this sec-
tion. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall 
include a description of a cost reduction plan as re-
quired under paragraph (1) in the annual budget 
submitted by the Administrator to Congress. 
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. 
(c) TREATMENT
OF FUNDS
FOR CERTAIN PUR-
POSES.—The payments of all funds to the Spokane Busi-
ness Council and Spokane Tribe under sections 5 and 6, 
and the interest and income generated by the funds, shall 
be treated in the same manner as payments under section 
6 of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Dis-
tribution of Judgment Funds Act (100 Stat. 677). 
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(d) TRIBAL AUDIT.—After the date on which funds 
are paid to the Spokane Business Council or Spokane 
Tribe under section 5 or 6, the funds shall— 
(1) constitute Spokane Tribe governmental 
funds; and 
(2) be subject to an annual tribal government 
audit. 
SEC. 8. REPAYMENT CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 (16 U.S.C. 
838k))— 
(1) in fiscal year 2009, $1,300,000; and 
(2) in each subsequent fiscal year in which the 
Administrator makes a payment under section 6, 
$1,300,000. 
(b) CREDITING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), each deduction made under this 
section shall be— 
(A) a credit to the interest payments oth-
erwise payable by the Administrator to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury during the fiscal year in 
which the deduction is made; and 
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(B) allocated pro rata to all interest pay-
ments on debt associated with the generation 
function of the Federal Columbia River Power 
System that are due during the fiscal year. 
(2) DEDUCTION GREATER THAN AMOUNT OF 
INTEREST.—If, in any fiscal year, the deduction is 
greater than the amount of interest due on debt as-
sociated with the generation function for the fiscal 
year, 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 inter-
est payments due during the fiscal year. 
(3) CREDIT.—To the extent that a deduction 
exceeds the total amount of interest described in 
paragraphs (1) and (2), the deduction shall be ap-
plied as a credit against any other payments that 
the Administrator makes to the Secretary of the 
Treasury. 
SEC. 9. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 
AND RESTORATION OF OWNERSHIP OF LAND. 
(a) TRANSFER
OF JURISDICTION.—The Secretary 
shall transfer administrative jurisdiction from the Bureau 
of Reclamation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs over all 
land acquired by the United States under the Act of June 
29, 1940 (16 U.S.C. 835d), that is located within the exte-
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rior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation estab-
lished pursuant to the Executive Order of January 18, 
1881. 
(b) RESTORATION OF OWNERSHIP IN TRUST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All land transferred under 
this section— 
(A) shall be held in trust for the benefit 
and use of the Spokane Tribe; and 
(B) shall remain part of the Spokane In-
dian Reservation. 
(2) FEDERAL
TRUST
RESPONSIBILITY.—The 
Federal trust responsibility for all land transferred 
under this section shall be the same as the responsi-
bility for other tribal land held in trust within the 
Spokane Indian Reservation. 
(c) 
COLVILLE-SPOKANE
RESERVATION
BOUND-
ARY.—Nothing in this section establishes or affects the 
precise location of the boundary between the Spokane In-
dian Reservation and the Colville Reservation along the 
Columbia River. 
(d) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States reserves 
a perpetual right, power, privilege, and easement 
over the land transferred under this section to carry 
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out the Columbia Basin Project under the Columbia 
Basin Project Act (16 U.S.C. 835 et seq.). 
(2) RIGHTS
INCLUDED.—The rights reserved 
under paragraph (1) further include the right to op-
erate, maintain, repair, and replace boat ramps, 
docks, and other recreational facilities owned or per-
mitted by the United States and existing on the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(3) RETENTION
OF
NATIONAL
PARK
SYSTEM 
STATUS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Land transferred under 
this section that, before the date of enactment 
of this Act, was included in the Lake Roosevelt 
National Recreation Area shall remain part of 
the Recreation Area. 
(B) ADMINISTRATION.—Nothing in this 
section shall affect the authority or responsi-
bility of the National Park Service to admin-
ister the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation 
Area under the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 
Stat. 535, chapter 408; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.). 
(4) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The 
cognizant agencies of the Department of the Interior 
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding 
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with the Spokane Tribe to provide for coordination 
in applying this subsection. 
SEC. 10. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 
Payment by the Secretary under section 5 and the 
Administrator under section 6 and restoration of owner-
ship of land in trust under section 9 constitute full satis-
faction of the claim of the Spokane Tribe to a fair share 
of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the 
Grand Coulee Dam project for the past and continued use 
of land of the Spokane Tribe for the production of hydro-
power at Grand Coulee Dam. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 12. PRECEDENT. 
Nothing in this Act establishes any precedent or is 
binding on the Southwestern Power Administration, West-
ern Area Power Administration, or Southeastern Power 
Administration. 
Æ 
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