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Crystal J. Roach 10/05/2000 04:07:02 PM Record Type: Record To: Mary L. Smith/WHO/EOP, [email protected] @ inet CC: Subject: FYI Please review latest proposed changes to S. 2580 - Indian School Construction Act FYI Forwarded by Crystal J. Roach/OMB/EOP on 10/05/2000 04:08 PM From: Anna M. Briatico on 10/05/2000 03:46:51 PM Record Type: Record To: [email protected] @ inet CC: Crystal J. Roach/OMB/EOP@EOP, Gary Ceccucci/OMB/EOP@EOP Subject: Please review latest proposed changes to S. 2580 - Indian School Construction Act Attached is the revised legislative language that OMB has prepared that we would like Treasury to review asap. We have also attached responses to the questions raised by Bruce Davie. In addition, the White House would like to make tribal consortium eligible for the bonds. Is there is a definition of tribal consortium in the Internal Revenue Code that could be incorporated into the bill to make them eligible? Please advise. Thanks. PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE " (4) ADVANCE PLANNING AND DESIGN FUND- ING. -- A tribe may propose in its plan of construc- tion to receive advance planning and design funding from the tribal school modernization escrow account established under subsection (f)(2), Before advance planning and design funds are allocated from the escrow account, the tribe shall agree to issue school modernization bonds within 3 years after receipt of these funds, and agree If, once a qualified tribal school modernization bond has been issued by the tribe, the tribe agrees as a condition of each bond issuance that it will deposit an amount of bond proceeds, equal to the amount of the funding received from such escrow account, into the account or fund managed by the trustee as described in subsection (d)(3)(C). Pages 8-9: Section 3(f) BOND GUARANTEES (1) IN GENERAL. -- Payment of the principal portion of a qualified tribal