Zuni Land Conservation Act of 1990
PL 101-486 (S.2203), enacted 10/31/1990

104 STAT. 1174 
PUBLIC LAW 101-486—OCT. 31, 1990 
Public Law 101-486 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 31, 1990 
To authorize appropriation of funds to the Zuni Indian Tribe for reservation land 
[S. 2203] 
conservation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Zuni Land 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Conservation 
Act of 1990. 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Zuni Land Conservation 
Act of 1990". 
ZUNI RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN 
SEC. 2. (a) Before the first day of the third fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Zuni Indian Tribe shall jointly formulate a Zuni resource 
development plan for the Zuni Indian Reservation, which shall 
include (but not be limited to)— 
(1) a methodology for sustained development of renewable 
resources; 
(2) a program of watershed rehabilitation; 
(3) a computerized system of resource management and 
monitoring; 
(4) programs for funding and training of Zuni Indians to fill 
professional positions that implement the overall plan; 
(5) proposals for cooperative programs with the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and other private or public agencies to provide 
technical assistance in carrying out the plan; and 
(6) identification and acquisition of lands necessary to sustain 
Zuni resource development. 
(b) The Resource Development Plan shall be implemented in a 
manner that protects resources owned and controlled by the Zuni 
Tribe and promotes sustained jdeld development. 
TRUST FUND 
SEC. 3. (a) There is hereby established within the Treasury of the 
United States the Zuni Indian Resource Development Trust Fund 
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Trust Fund"). The Trust 
Fund shall consist of amounts appropriated to the Trust Fund and 
all interest and investment income that accrues on such amounts. 
(bXD The Secretary of the Interior shall be the trustee of the 
Trust Fund and shall invest the funds in the Trust Fund with a 
financial institution. 
(2) The Secretary of the Interior shall not deduct any amount from 
the Trust Fund for administrative expenses or charge the Zuni 
Indian Tribe for expenses incurred by the Secretary in acting as 
trustee. 
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(cXl) The funds appropriates to the Trust Fund under the author-
ity of section 4 shall constitute the corpus of the Trust Fund and 
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may be expended, subject to paragraph (2), only for the following 
purposes: 
(A) payment of any loans, debts, or future expenses incurred 
by the Zuni Indian Tribe to any person for the purchase of land 
or obtaining or defending rights of access to the area described 
in Public Law 98-408; 
(B) payment of up to $600,000 per year for two years for the 
formulation of the Zuni resource development plan described in 
section 2; 
(C) payment of all costs, attorneys' fees, and expenses in-
curred prior to September 30, 1990, by the Zuni Indian Tribe in 
the prosecution of docket numbers 327-81L and 224-84L of the 
United States Claims Court; and 
(D) pa3anent of all invoices submitted by any person to the 
Zuni Indian Tribe for which proper vouchers have been received 
prior to September 30, 1990, and subsequently approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) The total amount of the corpus of the Trust Fund that may be 
expended under paragraph (1) shall not exceed $8,000,000. 
(3) The interest and investment income that accrues on the corpus 
of the Trust Fund may be expended by the Secretary of the Interior 
pursuant to the Zuni resource development plan described in 
section 2. 
(4) No funds appropriated under the authority of this Act may be 
used to make per capita payments to members of the Zuni Indian 
Tribe. 
(5) All sums paid pursuant to this Act shall be offset against any 
judgment entered in favor of the Zuni Indian Tribe in docket 
numbers 327-81L and 224-84L, but not against any judgment 
entered in docket number 161-79L, of the United States Claims 
Court. 
(6) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect in any way the 
trust status of Zuni Indian Reservation land or resources. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 4. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Zuni Indian 
Resource Development Trust Fund $25,000,000. Such funds shall 
remain available without fiscal year limitation. 
ADDITIONAL LANDS 
SEC. 5. The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to convey 
certain lands to the Zuni Indian Tribe for religious purposes", 
approved August 28, 1984 (98 Stat. 1533), is amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following: "Also, all of sections 13 and 23, 
township 14 north, range 26 east, Gila and Salt River Meridian, such 
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lands to be acquired and held in accordance with sections 2 and 3 of 
this Act.". 
Approved October 31, 1990. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2203 (H.R. 4143): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-727 accompanying H.R. 4143 (Comm. on Interior and 
Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-306 (Select Comm. on Indian Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): 
June 21, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 10, H.R. 4143 considered and passed House; S. 2203, amended, passed in 
lieu. 
Oct. 15, Senate concurred in House amendments.