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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of
Minnesota Use or Distribution of Indian Judgment Funds Plan Approval
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) On August 2, 1951, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians of Minnesota filed a complaint before the Indian Claims
Commission in Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. United
States, Docket Nos. 189-A, 189-B, and 189-C, pursuant to the
Indian Claims Commission Act (25 U.S.C. 70 et seq.).
(2) Upon the close of the Indian Claims Commission in 1976,
all of the cases then remaining unresolved, included Red Lake
Band of Chippewa Indians v. United States, Docket Nos. 189-A,
189-B, and 189-C, were transferred to the Court of Claims (now
known as the United States Court of Federal Claims).
(3) The Red Lake Band obtained a settlement in Dockets 189-
A and 189-B in 1997, for a total of $27,105,000.
(4) That 1997 settlement was distributed pursuant to the
Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C.
1401 et seq.), except for $3,780,616.20, which were escrowed in
the name of the Red Lake Band at the Office of Trust Funds
Management of the Department of the Interior pursuant to an
Escrow Agreement dated August 20, 1998.
(5) The escrowed funds were for the purpose of securing
repayment to the United States for certain expert witness loans
made by the United States to the Red Lake Band to assist the
Band in developing the evidence needed to prosecute its claims
in Dockets 189-A, 189-B, and 189-C.
(6) Pursuant to section 813 of the Omnibus Indian
Advancement Act (Public Law 106-568), the balance of such Red
Lake Band expert witness loans was canceled, thereby releasing
the Red Lake Band from any liability associated with such
loans.
(7) The escrowed funds and the investment income earned
thereon are ready for distribution along with other funds
secured to the Red Lake Band from the order and judgment
entered in its favor by the Court of Federal Claims on January
16, 2001, in the amount of $53,500,000 and the investment
income earned thereon.
(8) A use or distribution plan for those funds was approved
by the Secretary and submitted to Congress pursuant to the
Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C.
1401 et seq.) and provides as follows:
(A) $40,000,000 shall be disbursed to a permanent
trust fund that, consistent with the Settlement
Agreement entered into between the Red Lake Band and
the United States in Docket 189-C, the Red Lake Band
has created pursuant to Tribal Resolution No. 243-2000
and Ordinance adopted thereby No. 02-2000, and from
which fund some of the interest income will be expended
in accordance with a reforestation plan, which is
described in the Use or Distribution Plan and which may
be amended from time to time as provided in the Use or
Distribution Plan.
(B) $7,525,657 shall be disbursed to the Red Lake
Band for reimbursement to the Band for litigation-
related fees, costs, and expenses it has incurred in
the successful prosecution of the claims in Docket 189-
C, and $680,578 shall be disbursed to the Red Lake Band
for expenses and fees, including legal costs, related
to the Band's ongoing land restoration project.
(C) The remaining funds, estimated to be
$10,422,394.00, together with all investment income
earned on the Current Red Lake Judgment Funds through
the date of disbursement by the Office of Trust Funds
Management, shall be paid out per capita to the members
of the Red Lake Band who were born and alive on July
31, 2001.
(9) The Use or Distribution Plan is in the best interests
of the Red Lake Band.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Current red lake judgment funds.--The term ''Current
Red Lake Judgment Funds'' means the escrowed funds described in
section 2(a)(4), together with the judgment amount of January
16, 2001, described in section 2(a)(7), along with all interest
earned on those amounts while held by the Office of Trust Funds
Management.
(2) Red lake band.--The term ''Red Lake Band'' means the
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota of the Red Lake
Indian Reservation in north central Minnesota.
(3) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(4) Use or distribution plan.--The term ''Use or
Distribution Plan'' means the use or distribution plan approved
by the Secretary and submitted to Congress as described in
section 2(8).

SEC. 4. APPROVAL OF SECRETARIAL PLAN

Congress hereby approves the Use or Distribution Plan.

SEC. 5. PLAN APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION FOR IMMEDIATE DISBURSEMENT OF
FUNDS.

The Secretary, through the Office of Trust Funds Management, shall
immediately disburse the funds identified in this Act as follows:
(1) $40,000,000 to a permanent trust fund that, consistent
with the Settlement Agreement entered into between the Red Lake
Band and the United States in Docket 189-C, the Red Lake Band
has created pursuant to Tribal Resolution No. 243-2000 and
Ordinance adopted thereby No. 02-2000, and from which fund some
of the interest income shall be expended in accordance with a
reforestation plan, which is described in the Use or
Distribution Plan and which may be amended from time to time as
provided in the Use or Distribution Plan.
(2) $7,525,657 to the Red Lake Band for reimbursement to
the Band for litigation-related fees, costs, and expenses it
has incurred in the successful prosecution of the claims in
Docket 189-C and related matters.
(3) $680,578 to the Red Lake Band for expenses and fees,
including legal costs, related to the Band's ongoing land
restoration project.
(4) $10,422,394, and all investment income earned on the
Current Red Lake Judgment Funds through the date of
disbursement by the Secretary through the Office of Trust Funds
Management, per capita to the members of the Red Lake Band who
were born and alive on July 31, 2001. Such payments shall be
exempt to the extent provided in section 7 of the Indian Tribal
Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1407).
A:
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota Use or Distribution of Indian Judgment Funds Plan Approval Act - Approves the Use or Distribution Plan for specified escrowed funds, investment income, and funds secured to the Red Lake Band from the order and judgment entered in its favor on January 16, 2001.Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office of Trust Funds Management, to immediately disburse the funds as specified, including amounts for: (1) a permanent trust fund; (2) litigation-related expenses incurred for Docket 189-C claims; (3) land restoration project expenses and fees; and (4) per capita disbursement to Red Lake Band members.