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the Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation,

Montana, in Indian Claims Commission Docket

Numbered 279A and the interest thereon, after

payment of attorney’s fees and all appropriate

expenses, and after deducting $50,000 to be used

as provided in section 1205 of this title, and after

deducting the estimated costs of distribution,

shall be distributed per capita to each person

born on or before, and living on, June 19, 1970,

who is a citizen of the United States and duly

enrolled, on a roll approved by the Secretary of

the Interior, as a member of the Sioux Tribe of

the Fort Peck Reservation, in accordance with

eligibility requirements and procedures agreed

upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the

tribe, or its authorized representatives.

(Pub. L. 91–283, §1, June 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 313.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of October 21, 1968, referred to in text, is act Oct.

21, 1968, Pub. L. 90–608, 82 Stat. 1190, known as the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1969. Chapter XII of act

Oct. 21, 1968, set out at 82 Stat. 1198, appropriated the

funds referred to and was not classified to the Code.

The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text,

terminated Sept. 30, 1978. See Codification note set out

under former section 70 et seq. of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1205 of this title.

§ 1202. Per capita shares; reversion to tribe; use

of reverted funds

The per capita shares shall be determined on

the basis of the number of persons eligible for

per capitas and the number of persons rejected

for per capitas who have taken a timely appeal.

The shares of those persons whose appeals are

denied shall revert to the Sioux Tribe of the

Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, to be expended

for any purpose designated by the tribe and approved by the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 91–283, §2, June 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 313.)

§ 1203. Protection of minors and persons under

legal disability

Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or

legatees who are less than twenty-one years of

age or who are under a legal disability shall be

paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary

of the Interior determines appropriate to protect the best interests of such persons.

(Pub. L. 91–283, §3, June 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 313.)

§ 1204. Tax exemption

The funds distributed under the provisions of

this subchapter shall not be subject to Federal

or State income taxes.

(Pub. L. 91–283, §4, June 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 313.)

§ 1205. Amount of agreed contribution to joint account for expenditure for official salaries

and expenses of Fort Peck Tribes; discretionary per capita distributions

Upon agreement by the Fort Peck Sioux Tribe

and the Fort Peck Assiniboine Tribe on the

amount each agrees to contribute from any

award to each tribe in Indian Claims Commission Docket No. 279A, the agreed contribution of

the Fort Peck Sioux Tribe shall be withdrawn

from the $50,000, and interest thereon, withheld

from per capita distribution pursuant to section

1201 of this title, and credited to the joint account for expenditure pursuant to the Act of

June 29, 1954 (68 Stat. 329): Provided, That upon

request of the Fort Peck Sioux Tribe the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion may distribute all or part of the aforesaid $50,000 and interest thereon per capita to each person eligible

under section 1201 of this title.

(Pub. L. 91–283, §5, June 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 313.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text,

terminated Sept. 30, 1978. See Codification note set out

under former section 70 et seq. of this title.

Act of June 29, 1954, referred to in text, is act June

29, 1954, ch. 421, 68 Stat. 329, which was not classified to

the Code.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1201 of this title.

SUBCHAPTER LXIII—TLINGIT AND HAIDA

INDIANS OF ALASKA

SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This subchapter is referred to in title 43 section 1615.

§ 1211. Distribution of fund; authorized spending;

tax exemption

The unexpended funds and interest thereon on

deposit in the Treasury of the United States to

the credit of and otherwise invested by the Secretary of the Interior for the account of the

Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska which were

appropriated by the Act of July 9, 1968 (82 Stat.

307), to pay the judgment of the Court of Claims

in the case entitled. The Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska, et al. versus The United States,

numbered 47900, after payment of attorney fees

and expenses, may be advanced, expended, invested or used for any purpose and in any manner authorized by the Central Council of the

Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Any of

such funds that may be distributed under the

provisions of this subchapter shall not be subject to Federal or State income taxes.

(Pub. L. 91–335, July 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 431.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of July 9, 1968, referred to in text, is act July 9,

1968, Pub. L. 90–392, 82 Stat. 307, known as the Second

Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1968. That portion of

the act which appropriated the funds referred to was

not classified to the Code.

The Court of Claims, referred to in text, and the

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals were merged effective Oct. 1, 1982, into a new United States Court of

Appeals for the Federal Circuit by Pub. L. 97–164, Apr.

2, 1982, 96 Stat. 25, which also created a United States

Claims Court [now United States Court of Federal

Claims] that inherited the trial jurisdiction of the

Court of Claims. See sections 48, 171 et seq., 791 et seq.,

and 1491 et seq. of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

§ 1212. Findings

The Congress finds and declares that—