1.   Baucus actively opposes any increase in mineral royalty payments to the government.

2.   Meanwhile, tribal revenues have declined as mineral royalties have fallen and Navajos continue leaving the reservation for Phoenix and Tucson in search of jobs.

3.   Money in the accounts is generated from oil or mineral royalties from tribal lands.

4.   This is no longer feasible because declining mineral royalties have reduced tribal reserves to record lows.