Sec. 7. Authorization of appropriations

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There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— for deposit in the Navajo Water Development Projects Account of the Trust Fund established under section 6(b)(1), $198,300,000, which funds shall be retained until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the Treasury; and for deposit in the Navajo OM&R Account of the Trust Fund established under section 6(b)(2), $11,100,000, which funds shall be retained until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the Treasury.

There is authorized to be appropriated non-trust funds in the amount of $1,000,000 to assist the United States with costs associated with the implementation of the Act, including the preparation of a hydrographic survey of historic and existing water uses on the Reservation and on allotments. The State shall contribute $8,000,000 payable to the Secretary for deposit into the Navajo Water Development Projects Account of the Trust Fund established under section 6(b)(1) in installments in each of the 3 years following the execution of the agreement by the Secretary as provided for in subsection

(b)of section 4. The amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection

(a)shall be increased or decreased, as appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring after the date of enactment of this Act as indicated by the Bureau of Reclamation Construction Cost Index—Composite Trend. The adjustment process under this subsection shall be repeated for each subsequent amount appropriated until the amount authorized, as adjusted, has been appropriated. The period of indexing adjustment for any increment of funding shall end on the date on which funds are deposited into the Trust Fund.