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PUBLIC LAW 109–479—JAN. 12, 2007 from covered tidelands owned or leased by the growers; and (H) this Act represents a good faith effort on the part of Congress to extend to other Tribes the same fair and just option of resolving their claims to take shellfish from covered tidelands owned or leased by the growers that the Tribes have agreed to in the settlement agreement. (2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— (A) to approve, ratify, and confirm the settlement agreement entered into by and among the Tribes, commercial shellfish growers, the State of Washington, and the United States; (B) to provide other Tribes with a fair and just resolution of any claims to take shellfish from covered tidelands, as that term is defined in the settlement agreement, that potentially could be brought in the future by other Tribes; and (C) to authorize the Secretary to implement the terms and conditions of the settlement agreement and this section. (b) APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The settlement agreement is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed, and section 6 of the settlement agreement, Release of Claims, is specifically adopted and incorporated into this section as if fully set forth herein. (2) AUTHORIZATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary is hereby authorized to implement the terms and conditions of the settlement agreement in accordance with the settlement agreement and this section. (c) FUND, SPECIAL HOLDING ACCOUNT, AND CONDITIONS.— (1) PUGET SOUND REGIONAL SHELLFISH SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND.— (A) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States an account to be designated as the ‘‘Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Trust Fund’’. The Secretary shall deposit funds in the amount of $22,000,000 at such time as appropriated pursuant to this section into the Fund. (B) The Fund shall be maintained and invested by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a) until such time as all monies are transferred from the Fund. (C) The Secretary shall transfer monies held in the Fund to each Tribe of the Tribes in the amounts and manner specified by and in accordance with the payment agreement established pursuant to the settlement agreement and this section. (2) PUGET SOUND REGIONAL SHELLFISH SETTLEMENT SPECIAL HOLDING ACCOUNT.— (A) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be designated as the ‘‘Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Special Holding Account’’. The Secretary shall deposit funds in the amount of $1,500,000 into the Special Holding Account in fiscal year 2011 at such time as such funds are appropriated pursuant to this section.

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