PUBLIC LAW 100-666—NOV. 16, 1988

102 STAT. 3929

Public Law 100-666

100th Congress

An Act

To reauthorize housing relocation under the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Program, and

for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

Nov. 16, 1988
[S. 1236]

Nayajo and Hopi
Indian

WOWT TTTT F Relocation

SHORT TITLE Amendments of

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SECTION 1. This Act may bejcited as the "Navajo and Hopi Indian 25 use 640d

Relocation Amendments of 1988".

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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section 25 of Public Law 93-531 (25 U.S.C.
640d-24(a)) is amended—

(1) by striking out "$7,700,000" in paragraph (4) and inserting
in lieu thereof "$13,000,000", and

(2) by striking out "$15,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1983
through 1987" in paragraph (8) and inserting in lieu thereof
"$30,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991".

USE OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS

SEC. 3. Subsection (b) of section 27 of Public Law 93-531 (25 U.S.C.
640d~25) is amended to read as follows:

"(b) Funds appropriated under the authority of subsection (a) may
be used by the Commissioner for grants, contracts, or expenditures
which significantly assist the Commissioner or assist the Navajo
Tribe or Hopi Tribe in meeting the burdens imposed by this Act.".

COMMISSIONER ON NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

SEC. 4. (a) Section 12 of Public Law 93-531 (25 U.S.C. 640d-ll) is
amended to read as follows:

"(a) There is hereby established as an independent entity in the
executive branch the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
which shall be under the direction of the Commissioner on Navajo
and Hopi Relocation (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the
'Commissioner').

"(b)(l) The Commissioner shall be appointed by the President by President of U.S.
and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

"(2) The term of office of the Commissioner shall be 2 years. An
individual may be appointed Commissioner for more than one term.

"(3) The Commissioner shall be a full time employee of the United
States and shall be paid at the rate of GS-18 of the General
Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.

"(c)(l)(A) Except as otherwise provided by the Navajo and Hopi
Indian Relocation Amendments of 1988, the Commissioner shall
have all the powers and be responsible for all the duties that the