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SEC. 7. ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER FEDERAL SERVICES.
No payments made or benefits conferred pursuant to
this Act shall result in the reduction or denial of any Fed-
eral services or programs to any tribe or to any member
of a tribe to which the tribe or member of the tribe is
entitled or eligible because of the status of the tribe as
a federally recognized Indian tribe or the status of a mem-
ber of such tribe as a member.
SEC. 8. EXCHANGES OF LAND OR MINERALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to approval by the
Secretary, the Crow Tribe may exchange any land or min-
erals to which its title is recognized in or obtained pursu-
ant to this Act for other land or minerals of substantially
equivalent value within the Crow Indian Reservation (in-
cluding parcel number 1).
(2) Lands or minerals received by the Crow Tribe in
any exchange made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be—
(A) vested in the United States in trust for the
sole use and benefit of the Crow Tribe; and
(B) recognized as part of the Crow Indian Res-
ervation.
(b) OWNERSHIP
BY NON-INDIANS.—Any land or
minerals received by a person who is not an Indian in an
exchange referred to in subsection (a) shall be owned in
fee.
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SEC. 9. APPLICABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Act shall take effect upon the
occurrence of the following conditions:
(1) The Settlement Agreement is approved and
executed by the Secretary.
(2) The Settlement Agreement is approved and
executed by the Crow Tribe.
(3) The Settlement Agreement and the releases
and waivers required by section 5 are approved and
duly executed by the Crow Tribe in accordance with
the requirements and procedures set forth in the
constitution of the Crow Tribe.
(4) The Settlement Agreement becomes effec-
tive in accordance with the terms and conditions
specified in the Settlement Agreement.
(b) APPROVAL OF RELEASES AND WAIVERS.—The
United States hereby approves and confirms the releases
and waivers required by section 5.
SEC. 10. ESCROW FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make
distributions from the 107th meridian escrow fund as fol-
lows:
(1) One-half of the fund shall be distributed to
the Crow Tribe.
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(2) One-half of the fund shall be distributed to
the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.
(3) The receipt and acceptance by a tribe of
funds distributed under this section shall be deemed
to be—
(A) a disclaimer, relinquishment and waiv-
er by such tribe of all right, claim or interest
in the 107th meridian escrow fund; and
(B) a release by such tribe of all persons
and entities, including the United States, from
any liability arising from, or related to, the es-
tablishment and administration of the 107th
meridian escrow fund.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SUSPENSION ACCOUNTS.—
As soon as practicable after the Settlement Agreement is
executed and approved pursuant to this Act, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall establish in the Treasury of the
United States two interest bearing accounts to be known
respectively as the ‘‘Crow Tribal Suspension Account’’ and
the ‘‘Northern Cheyenne Tribal Suspension Account’’ (col-
lectively referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Suspension
Accounts’’), consisting of—
(1) such amounts as are transferred to the Sus-
pension Accounts under subsection (c); and
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(2) any interest earned on investments of
amounts in the Suspension Accounts under sub-
section (e).
(c) CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
THE
SUSPENSION
AC-
COUNTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year
1995, and ending on the date on which the total
amount deposited pursuant to this subsection into
the Suspension Accounts is equal to $200,000 for
each such account (as specified in subsection (d)),
the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury
shall make necessary and proper arrangements for
the monthly payment, transfer, or deposit (or any
combination thereof) into each of the Suspension Ac-
counts of an amount equal to one-half of the royal-
ties received and retained by the United States for
the immediately preceding month, as determined in
accordance with section 6(b)(1), by the date speci-
fied under section 6(b)(3).
(2) SUBSEQUENT DEPOSITS.—At such time as
the amount deposited pursuant to this subsection
into the Suspension Accounts is equal to $200,000
for each such account (as specified in subsection
(d)), in accordance with section 6(b)(1), the Sec-
retary and the Secretary of the Treasury shall there-
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after deposit any remaining amounts determined
under section 6(b)(1) in the Crow Tribal Trust
Fund established under section 6(a).
(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary and the Secretary
of the Treasury shall not transfer more than a total
amount equal to $200,000 to each of the Suspension Ac-
counts from the amounts determined under section
6(b)(1).
(e) INVESTMENT.—All sums deposited in, accruing to
and remaining in the Suspension Accounts shall be in-
vested by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury
in interest bearing deposits and securities in accordance
with the Act of June 24, 1938 (52 Stat. 1037, chapter
648; 25 U.S.C. 162a).
(f) WITHDRAWALS AND TERMINATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Beginning on the date
that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Crow Tribe and the Northern Cheyenne
Tribe may each submit a duly authorized request to
the Secretary for the withdrawal of all of the funds
from the Suspension Account of the tribe established
under subsection (b).
(B) Not later than 60 days after receiving a re-
quest for the distribution of funds from a Suspen-
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sion Account made by a tribe under subparagraph
(A)—
(i) the Secretary shall, in cooperation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, withdraw and
distribute such funds in accordance with such
request; and
(ii) the Secretary of the Treasury shall ter-
minate the Suspension Account.
(2) OTHER MEANS OF TERMINATION—With re-
spect to a Suspension Account established under
subsection (b) that is not terminated pursuant to
paragraph (1), at such time as the corpus and the
accrued interest of the Suspension Account of the
Crow Tribe or the Northern Cheyenne Tribe is ap-
proximately equal to the amount specified in para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), the Secretary of
the Treasury shall terminate the Suspension Ac-
count and the Secretary of the Interior shall distrib-
ute the funds from the Suspension Account to the
tribe.
SEC. 11. FORT LARAMIE TREATY OF 1868.
Except for the adjustment to the eastern boundary
of the Crow Indian Reservation, nothing in this Act or
in the Settlement Agreement shall affect or modify the
terms and conditions of the treaty between the United