PUBLIC LAW 105-83 —NOV. 14, 1997 111 STAT. 1559 Compact of Free Association, and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, $20,545,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by Public Law 99-239 and Public Law 99-658. DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the Interior, $58,286,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representation expenses, and of which up to $1,200,000 shall be available for workers compensation pay- ments and unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines. OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $35,443,000. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $24,500,000. NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gaming Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100-497, $1,000,000. OFFICE OF SPECL\L TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, $33,907,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds for trust management improvements may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Provided further, That funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 1998, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not commence to run on any claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from which the beneficiary can determine whether there has been a loss.
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