United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 25. INDIANS |
Chapter 14. MISCELLANEOUS |
SubChapter XLV. OMAHA TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND |
§ 967a. Per capita payments to enrolled tribal members; use of balance of funds
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From the funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska that were appropriated by the Act of
June 9, 1964 , to pay a judgment obtained by the tribe in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 138, after deduction of attorney fees, litigation expenses, and such sums as may be required to distribute individual shares, the Secretary of the Interior shall make a per capita distribution of no more than $270 to each person living onNovember 2, 1966 , whose name appears on the roll of the tribe prepared pursuant to section 961 of this title, and to each child living onNovember 2, 1966 , who was born afterSeptember 14, 1961 , and who possesses aboriginal Omaha blood of the degree of one-fourth or more except for any such child who is enrolled with any other tribe of Indians. The balance of such funds, and the interest thereon, may be advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal governing body and approved by the Secretary. The amount of $150,000 of said funds and any interest thereon shall not be distributed, advanced or expended until said $150,000 and any interest thereon becomes available for disbursement pursuant to the terms of the final judgment datedApril 14, 1964 , by the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 138.
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Act of
The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text, terminated
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 87–235,