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title so much of the aforementioned judgment

and accrued interest as the ratio of its enrollees

bears to the total enrollees of all of said groups.

(Pub. L. 90–93, §4, Sept. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 229.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1141 of this title.

§ 1145. Disposition of apportioned shares

The funds apportioned to the Oneida Tribe of

Indians of Wisconsin and the StockbridgeMunsee Indian Community of Wisconsin shall be

placed to their credit and may be used, advanced, expended, deposited, invested, or reinvested for any purposes that are authorized by

the tribal governing bodies thereof and approved

by the Secretary of the Interior. The funds apportioned to the group mentioned in section

1142(c) of this title shall be available for distribution in equal shares to the enrollees or

their heirs or legatees. Payment may be made

directly to each enrollee except that a share

payable to a person under twenty-one years of

age or to a person under legal disability shall be

paid in accordance with such procedures as the

Secretary determines will adequately protect

the best interests of such persons.

(Pub. L. 90–93, §5, Sept. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 229.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1141 of this title.

§ 1146. Federal and State income taxes

None of the funds that may be distributed per

capita shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes.

(Pub. L. 90–93, §6, Sept. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 230.)

§ 1147. Rules and regulations

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to

prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the

provisions of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 90–93, §7, Sept. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 230.)

SUBCHAPTER LVII—UPPER AND LOWER

CHEHALIS TRIBES: DISTRIBUTION OF

JUDGMENT FUND

§ 1151. Membership roll; preparation; eligibility

for enrollment; applications; finality of determination

The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a

roll of all persons who meet the following requirements for eligibility: (a) They were alive on

October 24, 1967, and (b) they are descendants of

members of the Upper and Lower Chehalis

Tribes as they existed in 1855. Applications for

enrollment must be filed with the Superintendent, Western Washington Agency, Everett,

Washington, on forms prescribed for that purpose. The determination of the Secretary regarding the utilization of available rolls or

records and the eligibility for enrollment of an

applicant shall be final.

(Pub. L. 90–114, §1, Oct. 24, 1967, 81 Stat. 335.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1152 of this title.

§ 1152. Distribution in equal shares

After the deduction of attorney fees, litigation

expenses, the costs of roll preparation, and such

sums as may be required to distribute individual

shares, the funds, including interest, remaining

to the credit of the Upper and Lower Chehalis

Tribes, which were appropriated by the Act of

June 9, 1964 (78 Stat. 213), shall be distributed in

equal shares to those persons whose names appear on the roll prepared in accordance with section 1151 of this title.

(Pub. L. 90–114, §2, Oct. 24, 1967, 81 Stat. 335.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of June 9, 1964, referred to in text, is act June 9,

1964, Pub. L. 88–317, 78 Stat. 213, which was not classified to the Code.

§ 1153. Payments to minors and persons under

legal disabilities; escheats

Sums payable to enrollees or to their heirs or

legatees who are less than twenty-one years of

age or who are under a legal disability shall be

held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior

with use limited to emergency medical care and

direct educational expenses, until such minor

becomes of age or disability ceases. Proportional

shares of heirs or legatees amounting to $5 or

less shall not be distributed, and shall escheat

to the United States. In the event that the sum

of money reserved by the Secretary to pay the

costs of distributing the individual shares exceeds the amount actually necessary to accomplish this purpose, the money remaining shall

also be distributed per capita unless individual

shares would have a value of less than $5. Individual shares or proportional shares of heirs or

legatees amounting to $5 or less shall not be distributed, but shall escheat to the United States.

(Pub. L. 90–114, §3, Oct. 24, 1967, 81 Stat. 335.)

§ 1154. Tax exemption

The funds distributed under the provisions of

this subchapter shall not be subject to Federal

or State income taxes.

(Pub. L. 90–114, §4, Oct. 24, 1967, 81 Stat. 335.)

§ 1155. Rules and regulations

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to

prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the

provisions of this subchapter, including appropriate deadline for filing enrollment applications.

(Pub. L. 90–114, §5, Oct. 24, 1967, 81 Stat. 335.)

SUBCHAPTER LVIII—CHEYENNE-ARAPAHO

INDIANS OF OKLAHOMA: DISTRIBUTION

OF JUDGMENT FUND

§ 1161. Authorization for distribution of funds

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and

directed to distribute and expend the funds on

deposit in the Treasury of the United States to

the credit of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of

Oklahoma that were appropriated by the Act of

October 31, 1965 (79 Stat. 1133), in satisfaction of

the settlement and compromise of claims of said

tribes against the United States in the Indian