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 114 STAT. 948 PUBLIC LAW 106-291—OCT. 11, 2000 ISDEAA (Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Lujan, 112 F.3d 1455 (10th Cir. 1997)); (2) the parties negotiated a partial settlement of the claim totaling $76,200,000, plus applicable interest, which was approved by the court on May 14, 1999; (3) the partial settlement was paid by the United States in September 1999, in the amount of $82,000,000; (4) the Judgment Fund was established to pay for legal judgments awarded to plaintiffs who have filed suit against the United States; (5) the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 requires that the Judgment Fund be reimbursed by the responsible agency following the payment of an award from the Fund; and (6) the shortfall in contract support payments found by the Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Ramah resulted primarily from the non-payment or underpa3anent of indirect costs by agencies other than the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service. (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE. —It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) repayment of the Judgment Fund for the partial settlement in Ramah from the accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service would significantly reduce funds appropriated to benefit tribes and individual Native Americans; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior should work with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to secure funding for repayment of the judgment in RamaJi within the budgets of the agencies that did not pay indirect costs to plaintiffs during the period 1988 to 1993 or paid indirect costs at less than rates provided under the Indian Self-Determination Act during such period. 16 USC 754d. SEC. 136. In fiscal year 2001 and thereafter and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall establish and implement a fee schedule to permit a return to the Service for forensic laboratory services provided to non-Department of the Interior entities. Fees shall be collected as determined appropriate by the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service and shall be credited to this appropriation and be available for expenditure without further appropriation until expended. SEC. 137. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT TO EXCLUDE PRIVATE LAND AND ACCESS ROAD, ARGUS RANGE WILDERNESS, CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AREA, (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. —The boundary of the Argus Range Wilderness in the California Desert Conservation Area, as designated by section 102(a)(1) of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-433; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is adjusted to exclude from the area encompassed by the wilderness— (1) a parcel of private property located in the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 35, township 21 south, range 42 east, Mount Diablo meridian, Inyo County, California; and (2) the roadway described in subsection (b) that is used to access the private property. (b) DESCRIPTION OF ROADWAY. —The roadway referred to in subsection (a) means—

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