§ 4044. — Reconciliation report.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC4044]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 42--AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM
SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
Sec. 4044. Reconciliation report
The Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Natural Resources
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Indian Affairs of
the Senate, by May 31, 1996, a report identifying for each tribal trust
fund account for which the Secretary is responsible a balance reconciled
as of September 30, 1995. In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall consult with the Special Trustee. The report shall include--
(1) a description of the Secretary's methodology in reconciling
trust fund accounts;
(2) attestations by each account holder that--
(A) the Secretary has provided the account holder with as
full and complete accounting as possible of the account holder's
funds to the earliest possible date, and that the account holder
accepts the balance as reconciled by the Secretary; or
(B) the account holder disputes the balance of the account
holder's account as reconciled by the Secretary and statement
explaining why the account holder disputes the Secretary's
reconciled balance; and
(3) a statement by the Secretary with regard to each account
balance disputed by the account holder outlining efforts the
Secretary will undertake to resolve the dispute.
(Pub. L. 103-412, title III, Sec. 304, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4248.)
Change of Name
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress.
Settlement of Tribal Claims
Pub. L. 107-153, Sec. 1, Mar. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 79, provided that:
``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
purposes of determining the date on which an Indian tribe received a
reconciliation report for purposes of applying a statute of limitations,
any such report provided to or received by an Indian tribe in response
to section 304 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act
of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4044) shall be deemed to have been received by the
Indian tribe on December 31, 1999.
``(b) Statement of Purpose.--Subsection (a) is solely intended to
provide recipients of reconciliation reports with the opportunity to
postpone the filing of claims, or to facilitate the voluntary dismissal
of claims, to encourage settlement negotiations with the United
States.''
