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 108 STAT. 4640 PUBLIC LAW 103-444—NOV. 2, 1994 25 USC 1776e. 25 USC 1776f. land acquisition, economic development, youth and elderly programs or other tribal purposes in accordance with plans and budgets developed and approved by the Crow Tribe and approved by the Secretary. (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF INTEREST.— Commencing with fiscal year 1996 and for each fiscal year thereafter, without fiscal year limitation, the interest received on monies in the Crow Tribal Trust Fund shall be available for distribution under this subsection only if— (A) the United States and the Crow Tribe enter into the Settlement Agreement; and (B) the requirements of section 9 relating to the approval and execution of the Settlement Agreement are satisfied. (3) PROHIBITION. —No portion of the Crow Tribal Trust Fund or the interest earned on the Crow Tribal Trust Fund may be distributed to members of the Crow Tribe on a per capita basis. (e) USE OF INTEREST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Crow Tribe may, subject to approval by the Secretary, assign the right of the Crow Tribe to the interest earned on monies in the Crow Tribal Trust Fund to a third party in connection with loans made for economic development projects on or near the Crow Indian Reservation. (f) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no portion of the principal of the Crow Tribal Trust Fund shall be available for withdrawal or disbursement or used for any purpose other than the purposes specified in this section and section 10. SEC. 7. ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER FEDERAL SERVICES. No payments made or benefits conferred pursuant to this Act shall result in the reduction or denial of any Federal services or programs to any tribe or to any member of a tribe to which the tribe or member of the tribe is entitled or eligible because of the status of the tribe as a federally recognized Indian tribe or the status of a member of such tribe as a member. SEC. 8. EXCHANGES OF LAND OR MINERALS. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to approval by the Secretary, the Crow Tribe may exchange any land or minerals to which its title is recognized in or obtained pursuant to this Act for other land or minerals of substantially equivalent value within the Crow Indian Reservation (including parcel number 1). (2) Lands or minerals received by the Crow Tribe in any exchange made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be— (A) vested in the United States in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Crow Tribe; and (B) recognized as part of the Crow Indian Reservation. (b) OWNERSHIP BY NON-INDIANS. — Any land or minerals received by a person who is not an Indian in an exchange referred to in subsection (a) shall be owned in fee. 25 USC 1776g. SEC. 9. APPLICABILITY. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Act shall take effect upon the occurrence of the following conditions: (1) The Settlement Agreement is approved and executed by the Secretary.

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