[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4833 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 426
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4833
[Report No. 103-778]
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A BILL
To reform the management of Indian Trust Funds, and for other purposes.
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October 3, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Union Calendar No. 426
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4833
[Report No. 103-778]
To reform the management of Indian Trust Funds, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 26, 1994
Mr. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
October 3, 1994
Additional sponsor: Mr. Faleomavaega
October 3, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July
26, 1994]
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A BILL
To reform the management of Indian Trust Funds, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``American Indian
Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I--RECOGNITION OF TRUST RESPONSIBILITY
Sec. 101. Affirmative action required.
Sec. 102. Responsibility of Secretary to account for the daily and
annual balances of Indian trust funds.
Sec. 103. Payment of interest on individual Indian money accounts.
Sec. 104. Authority for payment of claims for interest owed.
TITLE II--INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Sec. 201. Purpose.
Sec. 202. Voluntary withdrawal from trust funds program.
Sec. 203. Judgment funds.
Sec. 204. Technical assistance.
Sec. 205. Grant program.
Sec. 206. Return of withdrawn funds.
Sec. 207. Savings provision.
Sec. 208. Report to Congress.
Sec. 209. Regulations.
TITLE III--SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
Sec. 301. Purposes.
Sec. 302. Office of Special Trustee for American Indians.
Sec. 303. Authorities and functions of the special trustee.
Sec. 304. Reconciliation report.
Sec. 305. Staff and consultants.
Sec. 306. Advisory board.
TITLE IV--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ``Special Trustee'' means the Special Trustee
for American Indians appointed under section 302.
(2) The term ``Indian tribe'' means any Indian tribe, band,
nation, or other organized group or community, including any
Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as
defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688), which is recognized as eligible
for the special programs and services provided by the United
States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
(3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the
Interior.
(4) The term ``Office'' means the Office of Special Trustee
for American Indians established by section 302.
(5) The term ``Bureau'' means the Bureau of Indian Affairs
within the Department of the Interior.
(6) The term ``Department'' means the Department of the
Interior.
TITLE I--RECOGNITION OF TRUST RESPONSIBILITY
SEC. 101. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION REQUIRED.
The first section of the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a), is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) The Secretary's proper discharge of the trust
responsibilities of the United States shall include (but are not
limited to) the following:
``(1) Providing adequate systems for accounting for and
reporting trust fund balances.
``(2) Providing adequate controls over receipts and
disbursements.
``(3) Providing periodic, timely reconciliations to assure
the accuracy of accounts.
``(4) Determining accurate cash balances.
``(5) Preparing and supplying account holders with periodic
statements of their account performance and with balances of
their account which shall be available on a daily basis.
``(6) Establishing consistent, written policies and
procedures for trust fund management and accounting.
``(7) Providing adequate staffing, supervision, and
training for trust fund management and accounting.
``(8) Appropriately managing the natural resources located
within the boundaries of Indian reservations and trust
lands.''.
SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DAILY AND
ANNUAL BALANCES OF INDIAN TRUST FUNDS.
(a) Requirement to Account.--The Secretary shall account for the
daily and annual balance of all funds held in trust by the United
States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual Indian which
are deposited or invested pursuant to the Act of June 24, 1938 (25
U.S.C. 162a).
(b) Periodic Statement of Performance.--Not later than 20 business
days after the close of a calendar quarter, the Secretary shall provide
a statement of performance to each Indian tribe and individual with
respect to whom funds are deposited or invested pursuant to the Act of
June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a). The statement, for the period
concerned, shall--
(1) identify the source, type, and status of the funds;
(2) the beginning balance;
(3) the gains and losses;
(4) receipts and disbursements; and
(5) the ending balance.
(c) Annual Audit.--The Secretary shall cause to be conducted an
annual audit on a fiscal year basis of all funds held in trust by the
United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual
Indian which are deposited or invested pursuant to the Act of June 24,
1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a), and shall include a letter relating to the audit
in the first statement of performance provided under subsection (b)
after the completion of the audit.
SEC. 103. PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON INDIVIDUAL INDIAN MONEY ACCOUNTS.
(a) Payment of Interest.--The first section of the Act of February
12, 1929 (25 U.S.C. 161a), is amended--
(1) by striking out ``That all'' and inserting in lieu
thereof ``That (a) all''; and
(2) by adding after subsection (a) (as designated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection) the following:
``(b) All funds held in trust by the United States and carried in
principal accounts on the books of the United States Treasury to the
credit of individual Indians shall be invested by the Secretary of the
Treasury, at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, in public
debt securities with maturities suitable to the needs of the fund
involved, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, and bearing
interest at rates determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking
into consideration current market yields on outstanding marketable
obligations of the United States of comparable securities.''.
(b) Withdrawal Authority.--The second sentence of the first section
of the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a) is amended by inserting
``to withdraw from the United States Treasury and'' after
``prescribe,''.
(c) Technical Correction.--The second subsection (b) of the first
section of the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a), as added by
section 302 of Public Law 101-644 (104 Stat. 4667), is hereby
redesignated as subsection (c).
(d) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to interest earned on amounts deposited or invested on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 104. AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF CLAIMS FOR INTEREST OWED.
The Secretary shall make payments to an individual Indian in full
satisfaction of any claim of such individual for interest on amounts
deposited or invested on behalf of such individual before the date of
enactment of this Act retroactive to the date that the Secretary began
investing individual Indian monies on a regular basis, to the extent
that the claim is identified--
(1) by a the reconciliation process of individual Indian
money accounts, or
(2) by the individual and presented to the Secretary with
supporting documentation, and is verified by the Secretary
pursuant to the Department's policy for addressing
accountholder losses.
TITLE II--INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
SEC. 201. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this title is to allow tribes an opportunity to
manage tribal funds currently held in trust by the United States and
managed by the Secretary through the Bureau, that, consistent with the
trust responsibility of the United States and the principles of self-
determination, will--
(1) give Indian tribal governments greater control over the
management of such trust funds; or
(2) otherwise demonstrate how the principles of self-
determination can work with respect to the management of such
trust funds, in a manner consistent with the trust
responsibility of the United States.
SEC. 202. VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL FROM TRUST FUNDS PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--An Indian tribe may, in accordance with this
section, submit a plan to withdraw some or all funds held in trust for
such tribe by the United States and managed by the Secretary through
the Bureau.
(b) Approval of Plan.--The Secretary shall approve such plan within
90 days of receipt and when approving the plan, the Secretary shall
obtain the advice of the Special Trustee or prior to the appointment of
such Special Trustee, the Director of the Office of Trust Fund
Management within the Bureau. Such plan shall meet the following
conditions:
(1) Such plan has been approved by the appropriate Indian
tribe and is accompanied by a resolution from the tribal
governing body approving the plan.
(2) The Secretary determines such plan to be reasonable
after considering all appropriate factors, including (but not
limited to) the following:
(A) The capability and experience of the
individuals or institutions that will be managing the
trust funds.
(B) The protection against substantial loss of
principal.
(c) Dissolution of Trust Responsibility.--Beginning on the date
funds are withdrawn pursuant to this section, any trust responsibility
or liability of the United States with respect to such funds shall
cease.
SEC. 203. JUDGMENT FUNDS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to approve plans under
section 202 of this title for the withdrawal of judgment funds held by
the Secretary.
(b) Limitation.--Only such funds held by the Secretary under the
terms of the Indian Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C.
1401) or an Act of Congress which provides for the secretarial
management of such judgment funds shall be included in such plans.
(c) Secretarial Duties.--In approving such plans, the Secretary
shall ensure--
(1) that the purpose and use of the judgment funds
identified in the previously approved judgment fund plan will
continue to be followed by the Indian tribe in the management
of the judgment funds; and
(2) that only funds held for Indian tribes may be withdrawn
and that any funds held for individual tribal members are not
to be included in the plan.
SEC. 204. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
The Secretary shall--
(1) directly or by contract, provide Indian tribes with
technical assistance in developing, implementing, and managing
Indian trust fund investment plans; and
(2) among other things, ensure that legal, financial, and
other expertise of the Department of the Interior has been made
fully available in an advisory capacity to the Indian tribes to
assist in the development, implementation, and management of
investment plans.
SEC. 205. GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) General Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to award grants
to Indian tribes for the purpose of developing and implementing plans
for the investment of Indian tribal trust funds.
(b) Use of Funds.--The purposes for which funds provided under this
section may be used include (but are not limited to)--
(1) the training and education of employees responsible for
monitoring the investment of trust funds;
(2) the building of tribal capacity for the investment and
management of trust funds;
(3) the development of a comprehensive tribal investment
plan;
(4) the implementation and management of tribal trust fund
investment plans; and
(5) such other purposes related to this title that the
Secretary deems appropriate.
SEC. 206. RETURN OF WITHDRAWN FUNDS.
Subject to such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, any
tribe which has withdrawn trust funds may choose to return any or all
of the trust funds it has withdrawn by notifying the Secretary in
writing of its intention to return the funds to the control and
management of the Secretary.
SEC. 207. SAVINGS PROVISION.
By submitting or approving a plan under this title, neither the
tribe nor the Secretary shall be deemed to have accepted the account
balance as accurate or to have waived any rights regarding such balance
and to seek compensation.
SEC. 208. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
The Secretary shall, beginning one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, submit an annual report to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Indian Affairs of the Senate on the implementation of programs under
this title. Such report shall include recommendations (if any) for
changes necessary to better implement the purpose of this title.
SEC. 209. REGULATIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 12 months after the date of
enactment of this title, the Secretary shall promulgate final
regulations for the implementation of this title. All regulations
promulgated pursuant to this title shall be developed by the Secretary
with the full and active participation of the Indian tribes with trust
funds held by the Secretary and other affected Indian tribes.
(b) Effect.--The lack of promulgated regulations shall not limit
the effect of this title.
TITLE III--SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
SEC. 301. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this title are--
(1) to provide for more effective management of, and
accountability for the proper discharge of, the Secretary's
trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and individual Indians
by establishing in the Department of the Interior an Office of
Special Trustee for American Indians to oversee and coordinate
reforms within the Department of practices relating to the
management and discharge of such responsibilities;
(2) to ensure that reform of such practices in the
Department is carried out in a unified manner and that reforms
of the policies, practices, procedures and systems of the
Bureau, Minerals Management Service, and Bureau of Land
Management, which carry out such trust responsibilities, are
effective, consistent, and integrated; and
(3) to ensure the implementation of all reforms necessary
for the proper discharge of the Secretary's trust
responsibilities to Indian tribes and individual Indians.
SEC. 302. OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS.
(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the
Department of the Interior the Office of Special Trustee for American
Indians. The Office shall be headed by the Special Trustee who shall
report directly to the Secretary.
(b) Special Trustee.--
(1) Appointment.--The Special Trustee shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, from among individuals who possess demonstrated ability
in general management of large governmental or business
entities and particular knowledge of trust fund management,
management of financial institutions, and the investment of
large sums of money.
(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 rate of basic pay payable at
Level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title
5, United States Code.
(c) Termination of Office.--
(1) Conditioned upon implementation of reforms.--The
Special Trustee, in proposing a termination date under section
303(a)(2)(C), shall ensure continuation of the Office until all
reforms identified in the strategic plan have been implemented
to the satisfaction of the Special Trustee.
(2) 30-day notice.--Thirty days prior to the termination
date proposed in the plan submitted under this section, the
Special Trustee shall notify the Secretary and the Congress in
writing of the progress in implementing the reforms identified
in the plan. The Special Trustee, at that time, may recommend
the continuation, or the permanent establishment, of the Office
if the Special Trustee concludes that continuation or permanent
establishment is necessary for the efficient discharge of the
Secretary's trust responsibilities.
(3) Termination date.--The Office shall terminate 180
legislative days after the date on which the notice to the
Congress under paragraph (2) is provided, unless the Congress
extends the authorities of the Special Trustee. For the
purposes of this session, a legislative day is a day on which
either House of the Congress is in session.
SEC. 303. AUTHORITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE.
(a) Comprehensive Strategic Plan.--
(1) In general.--The Special Trustee shall prepare and,
after consultation with Indian tribes and appropriate Indian
organizations, submit to the Secretary and the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, within one year
after the initial appointment is made under section 302(b), a
comprehensive strategic plan for all phases of the trust
management business cycle that will ensure proper and efficient
discharge of the Secretary's trust responsibilities to Indian
tribes and individual Indians in compliance with this Act.
(2) Plan requirements.--The plan prepared under paragraph
(1) shall include the following:
(A) Identification of all reforms to the policies,
procedures, practices and systems of the Department,
the Bureau, the Bureau of Land Management, and the
Minerals Management Service necessary to ensure the
proper and efficient discharge of the Secretary's trust
responsibilities in compliance with this Act.
(B) Provisions for opportunities for Indian tribes
to assist in the management of their trust accounts and
to identify for the Secretary options for the
investment of their trust accounts, in a manner
consistent with the trust responsibilities of the
Secretary, in ways that will help promote economic
development in their communities.
(C) A timetable for implementing the reforms
identified in the plan, including a date for the
proposed termination of the Office.
(b) Duties.--
(1) General oversight of reform efforts.--The Special
Trustee shall oversee all reform efforts within the Bureau, the
Bureau of Land Management, and the Minerals Management Service
relating to the trust responsibilities of the Secretary to
ensure the establishment of policies, procedures, systems and
practices to allow the Secretary to discharge his trust
responsibilities in compliance with this Act.
(2) Bureau of indian affairs.--
(A) Monitor reconciliation of trust accounts.--The
Special Trustee shall monitor the reconciliation of
tribal and Individual Indian Money trust accounts to
ensure that the Bureau provides the account holders,
with a fair and accurate accounting of all trust
accounts.
(B) Investments.--The Special Trustee shall ensure
that the Bureau establishes appropriate policies and
procedures, and develops necessary systems, that will
allow it--
(i) properly to account for and invest, as
well as maximize, in a manner consistent with
the statutory restrictions imposed on the
Secretary's investment options, the return on
the investment of all trust fund monies, and
(ii) to prepare accurate and timely reports
to account holders (and others, as required) on
a periodic basis regarding all collections,
disbursements, investments, and return on
investments related to their accounts.
(C) Ownership and lease data.--The Special Trustee
shall ensure that the Bureau establishes policies and
practices to maintain complete, accurate, and timely
data regarding the ownership and lease of Indian lands.
(3) Bureau of land management.--The Special Trustee shall
ensure that the Bureau of Land Management establishes policies
and practices adequate to enforce compliance with Federal
requirements for drilling, production, accountability,
environmental protection, and safety with respect to the lease
of Indian lands.
(4) Minerals management service.--The Special Trustee shall
ensure that the Minerals Management Service establishes
policies and practices to enforce compliance by lessees of
Indian lands with all requirements for timely and accurate
reporting of production and payment of lease royalties and
other revenues, including the audit of leases to ensure that
lessees are accurately reporting production levels and
calculating royalty payments.
(c) Coordination of Policies.--
(1) In general.--The Special Trustee shall ensure that--
(A) the policies, procedures, practices, and
systems of the Bureau, the Bureau of Land Management,
and the Minerals Management Service related to the
discharge of the Secretary's trust responsibilities are
coordinated, consistent, and integrated, and
(B) the Department prepares comprehensive and
coordinated written policies and procedures for each
phase of the trust management business cycle.
(2) Standardized procedures.--The Special Trustee shall
ensure that the Bureau imposes standardized trust fund
accounting procedures throughout the Bureau.
(3) Integration of ledger with investment system.--The
Special Trustee shall ensure that the trust fund investment,
general ledger, and subsidiary accounting systems of the Bureau
are integrated and that they are adequate to support the trust
fund investment needs of the Bureau.
(4) Integration of land records, trust funds accounting,
and asset management systems among agencies.--The Special
Trustee shall ensure that--
(A) the land records system of the Bureau
interfaces with the trust fund accounting system, and
(B) the asset management systems of the Minerals
Management Service and the Bureau of Land Management
interface with the appropriate asset management and
accounting systems of the Bureau, including ensuring
that--
(i) the Minerals Management Service
establishes policies and procedures that will
allow it to properly collect, account for, and
disburse to the Bureau all royalties and other
revenues generated by production from leases on
Indian lands; and
(ii) the Bureau of Land Management and the
Bureau provide Indian landholders with accurate
and timely reports on a periodic basis that
cover all transactions related to leases of
Indian resources.
(5) Trust management program budget.--
(A) Development and submission.--The Special
Trustee shall develop for each fiscal year, with the
advice of program managers of each office within the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management and
Minerals Management Service that participates in trust
management, including the management of trust funds or
natural resources, or which is charged with any
responsibility under the comprehensive strategic plan
prepared under subsection (a) of this section, a
consolidated Trust Management program budget proposal
that would enable the Secretary to efficiently and
effectively discharge his trust responsibilities and to
implement the comprehensive strategic plan, and shall
submit such budget proposal to the Secretary, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and to
the Congress.
(B) Duty of certain program managers.--Each program
manager participating in trust management or charged
with responsibilities under the comprehensive strategic
plans shall transmit his office's budget request to the
Special Trustee at the same time as such request is
submitted to his superiors (and before submission to
the Office of Management and Budget) in the preparation
of the budget of the President submitted to the
Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United
States Code.
(C) Certification of adequacy of budget request.--
The Special Trustee shall--
(i) review each budget request submitted
under subparagraph (B);
(ii) certify in writing as to the adequacy
of such request to discharge, effectively and
efficiently, the Secretary's trust
responsibilities and to implement the
comprehensive strategic plan; and
(iii) notify the program manager of the
Special Trustee's certification under clause
(ii).
(D) Maintenance of records.--The Special Trustee
shall maintain records of certifications made under
paragraph (3)(B).
(E) Limitation on reprogramming or transfer.--No
program manager shall submit, and no official of the
Department of the Interior may approve or otherwise
authorize, a reprogramming or transfer request with
respect to any funds appropriated for trust management
which is included in the Trust Management Program
Budget unless such request has been approved by the
Special Trustee.
(d) Problem Resolution.--The Special Trustee shall provide such
guidance as necessary to assist Department personnel in identifying
problems and options for resolving problems, and in implementing
reforms to Department, Bureau, Bureau of Land Management, and Minerals
Management Service policies, procedures, systems and practices.
(e) Special Trustee Access.--The Special Trustee, and his staff,
shall have access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, documents,
papers, recommendations, files and other material, as well as to any
officer and employee, of the Department and any office or bureau
thereof, as the Special Trustee deems necessary for the accomplishment
of his duties under this Act.
(f) Annual report.--The Special Trustee shall report to the
Secretary and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate each
year on the progress of the Department, the Bureau, the Bureau of Land
Management, and the Minerals Management Service in implementing the
reforms identified in the comprehensive strategic plan under subsection
(a)(1) and in meeting the timetable established in the strategic plan
under subsection (a)(2)(C).
SEC. 304. 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.
SEC. 305. STAFF AND CONSULTANTS.
(a) Staff.--The Special Trustee may employ such staff as the
Special Trustee deems necessary. The Special Trustee may request staff
assistance from within the Department and any office or Bureau thereof
as the Special Trustee deems necessary.
(b) Contracts.--To the extent and in such amounts as may be
provided in advance by appropriations Acts, the Special Trustee may
enter into contracts and other arrangements with public agencies and
with private persons and organizations for consulting services and make
such payments as necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
SEC. 306. ADVISORY BOARD.
(a) Establishment and Membership.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Special Trustee shall establish an advisory board
to provide advice on all matters within the jurisdiction of the Special
Trustee. The advisory board shall consist of nine members, appointed by
the Special Trustee after consultation with Indian tribes and
appropriate Indian organizations, of which--
(1) five members shall represent trust fund account
holders, including both tribal and Individual Indian Money
accounts;
(2) two members shall have practical experience in trust
fund and financial management;
(3) one member shall have practical experience in fiduciary
investment management; and
(4) one member, from academia, shall have knowledge of
general management of large organizations.
(b) Term.--Each member shall serve a term of two years.
(c) FACA.--The advisory board shall not be subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
(d) Termination.--The Advisory Board shall terminate upon
termination of the Office of Special Trustee.
TITLE IV--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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