§ 640d-30. — Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC640d-30]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXII--NAVAJO AND HOPI TRIBES: SETTLEMENT OF RIGHTS AND
INTERESTS
Sec. 640d-30. Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund
(a) Establishment
There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a
trust fund to be known as the ``Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund'',
which shall consist of the funds transferred under subsection (b) of
this section and of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (f) of
this section and any interest or investment income accrued on such
funds.
(b) Deposit of income into Fund
All of the net income derived by the Navajo Tribe from the surface
and mineral estates of lands located in New Mexico that are acquired for
the benefit of the Navajo Tribe under section 640d-10 of this title
shall be deposited into the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund.
(c) Secretary as trustee; investment of funds
The Secretary shall be the trustee of the Navajo Rehabilitation
Trust Fund and shall be responsible for investment of the funds in such
Trust Fund.
(d) Availability of funds; purposes
Funds in the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund, including any
interest or investment accruing thereon, shall be available to the
Navajo Tribe, with the approval of the Secretary, solely for purposes
which will contribute to the continuing rehabilitation and improvement
of the economic, educational, and social condition of families, and
Navajo communities, that have been affected by--
(1) the decison \1\ in the Healing case, or related proceedings,
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(2) the provision \2\ of this subchapter, or
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(3) the establishment by the Secretary of the Interior of
grazing district number 6 as land for the exclusive use of the Hopi
Tribe.
(e) Conceptual framework for expenditure of funds
By December 1, 1989, the Secretary of the Interior, with the advice
of the Navajo Tribe and the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation,
shall submit to the Congress a conceptual framework for the expenditure
of the funds authorized for the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund. Such
framework is to be consistent with the purposes described in subsection
(d) of this section.
(f) Termination of Trust Fund
The Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund shall terminate when, upon
petition by the Navajo Tribe, the Secretary determines that the goals of
the Trust Fund have been met and the United States has been reimbursed
for funds appropriated under subsection (f) of this section. All funds
in the Trust Fund on such date shall be transferred to the general trust
funds of the Navajo Tribe.
(g) Authorization of appropriations; reimbursement of General Fund
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Navajo
Rehabilitation Trust Fund not \3\ exceed $10,000,000 in each of fiscal
years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995. The income from the land
referred to in subsection (b) of this section shall be used to reimburse
the General Fund of the United States Treasury for amounts appropriated
to the Fund.
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(Pub. L. 93-531, Sec. 32, as added Pub. L. 100-666, Sec. 7, Nov. 16,
1988, 102 Stat. 3932; amended Pub. L. 101-121, title I, Sec. 120, Oct.
23, 1989, 103 Stat. 722.)
Codification
Another section 32 of Pub. L. 93-531 was enacted by Pub. L. 100-696,
title IV, Sec. 407, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4593, and is classified to
section 640d-31 of this title.
Amendments
1989--Subsecs. (e) to (g). Pub. L. 101-121 added subsec. (e) and
redesignated former subsecs. (e) and (f) as (f) and (g), respectively.
