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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Numerous studies by the Office of the Inspector General
of the Department of the Interior, the General Accounting
Office, and independent auditors have criticized the absence of
independent oversight or other forms of internal control over
the Department's management of Indian trust assets and trust
funds.
(2) Indian and tribal account holders have indicated that
they will have little or no confidence in the reform of the
trust management system if the reform is carried out by the
same entities that are responsible for the management of the
system on the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) It would constitute an inherent conflict of interest or
at least the appearance of a conflict of interest if the entity
establishing internal controls for a trust management system
were to be appointed, supervised, and subject to removal by the
entity that such internal controls are written for.
(4) Account holder confidence will be improved if the same
official is not simultaneously responsible for the immediate
supervision of the fiduciary and financial reporting activities
of both the trust fund accounting system and the trust asset
and accounting management system.
(5) To the extent practicable, the reform of activities and
creation of internal controls as described in the Department of
the Interior's Trust Management Improvement Project, High Level
Implementation Plan dated July 1998, and any amendments or
modifications to that plan, should be carried out by private
contractors.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR DATA CLEANUP AND INTERNAL CONTROL.

The American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating title IV as title V;
(2) by redesignating section 401 as section 501; and
(3) by inserting after title III, the following:

''TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

''SEC. 401. SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR DATA CLEANUP AND INTERNAL CONTROL.

''(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the
Department of Interior the Office of Special Trustee for Data Cleanup
and Internal Control. The Office shall be headed by the Special Trustee
for Data Cleanup and Internal Control (referred to in this section as
the 'Special Trustee') who shall report directly to the Secretary.
''(b) Special Trustee.--
''(1) Appointment.--The Special Trustee shall be appointed
by the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior from
among individuals who possess demonstrated ability in the--
''(A) development and implementation of internal
controls;
''(B) development and implementation of trust
management procedures; and
''(C) conversion or rehabilitation of trust
management systems.
''(2) Compensation.--The Special Trustee shall be paid at a
rate determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for the
position, but not less than the basic pay payable at Level III
of the Executive Schedule under Section 5313 of Title 5.
''(3) Term of office.--The Special Trustee shall serve for
a term of 2 years and may only be removed for good cause by the
Secretary.
''(c) Duties.--
''(1) In general.--Notwithstanding title III, the Special
Trustee shall oversee the following subprojects as identified
in the Draft Trust Management Improvement Project Subproject
Task Updates, dated April 1999:
''(A) Subproject #1, OST Data Cleanup.
''(B) Subproject #5, Trust Funds Accounting System.
''(C) Subproject #9, Policies and Procedures.
''(D) Subproject #10, Training.
''(E) Subproject #11, Internal Controls.
''(2) Oversight.--The Special Trustee shall oversee the
expenditure of funds appropriated by Congress for each of the
subprojects described in paragraph (1), including the approval
or modification of contracts, and make employment decisions for
each of the positions funded for each of such projects.
''(3) Contracting.--To the maximum extent practicable, the
Special Trustee shall ensure that activities are carried out
under this subsection through contracts entered into with
private entities or through the retention of the temporary
services of trust management specialists.
''(d) Modification of Implementation Plan.--To the extent that the
activities to be carried out under subsection (c) are altered or
amended as a result of any modification made after the date of
enactment of this Act to the Department of the Interior's Trust
Management Improvement Project, High Level Implementation Plan (dated
July 1998), the Special Trustee shall continue to be responsible for
overseeing such activities.''.
A:
Requires that the Special Trustee ensure that activities are carried out under this Act through contracts entered into with private entities or through the retention of the temporary services of trust management specialists.
Declares that the Special Trustee shall continue to be responsible for overseeing such activities if they are altered or amended as a result of any modifications to the Department's Trust Management Improvement Project, High Level Implementation Plan (dated July 28, 1998).