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1So in original. Probably should be capitalized.

§ 1300b–2. Approval of plans for use of money

after submission to Congressional committees

The Secretary of the Interior shall approve no

plans for the use of the money specified in section 1300b–1(b) of this title for the Kickapoo

Tribes of Kansas and Oklahoma until at least

thirty days after the plans have been submitted

by the Secretary to the Committees on Interior

and Insular Affairs of the Senate and House of

Representatives.

(Pub. L. 92–467, §3, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 781.)

CHANGE OF NAME

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate abolished and replaced by Committee on Energy

and Natural Resources of the Senate, effective Feb. 11,

1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the Senate, as

amended by Senate Resolution No. 4, Ninety-fifth Congress (popularly cited as the ‘‘Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977’’), approved Feb. 4, 1977.

Section 105 of Senate Resolution No. 4 established a

temporary Select Committee on Indian Affairs having

jurisdiction over matters relating to Indian affairs

(such matters previously having been within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs). Senate Resolution No. 127, June 6, 1984, Ninetyeighth Congress, established the Select Committee on

Indian Affairs as a permanent committee of the Senate,

and section 25 of Senate Resolution No. 71, Feb. 25, 1993,

One Hundred Third Congress, redesignated the Select

Committee on Indian Affairs as the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the

House of Representatives changed to Committee on

Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on

Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred

Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of

House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by

section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

§ 1300b–3. Per capita payments; trusts and other

procedures for protection of minors and persons under legal disability

Any sums payable per capita to persons 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. 92–467, §4, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 781.)

§ 1300b–4. Tax exemption

None of the funds distributed per capita under

the provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes.

(Pub. L. 92–467, §5, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 781.)

§ 1300b–5. 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. 92–467, §6, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 781.)

SUBCHAPTER LXXIII–A—TEXAS BAND OF

KICKAPOO INDIANS

§ 1300b–11. Congressional findings and declaration of policy

(a) Findings

Congress finds that the Texas Band of Kickapoo Indians is a subgroup of the Kickapoo

Tribe of Oklahoma; that many years ago, the

Band was forced to migrate from its ancestral

lands to what is now the State of Texas and the

nation of Mexico; that, although many members

of the band 1 meet the requirements for United

States citizenship, some of them cannot prove

that they are United States citizens; that, although the Band resides in the State of Texas, it

owns no land there; that, because the Band owns

no land in Texas, members of the Band are considered ineligible for services which the United

States provides to other Indians who are members of federally recognized tribes because of

their status as Indians except when the members

of the Band are on or near the reservation of the

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; that members of

the Band live under conditions that pose serious

threats to their health; and that, because their

culture is derived from three different cultures,

they have unique needs including, especially,

educational needs.

(b) Declarations

Congress therefore declares that the Band

should be recognized by the United States; that

the right of the members of the Band to pass and

repass the borders of the United States should

be clarified; that services which the United

States provides to Indians because of their

status as Indians should be provided to members

of the Band in Maverick County, Texas; and,

that land in the State of Texas should be taken

in trust by the United States for the benefit of

the Band.

(Pub. L. 97–429, §2, Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2269.)

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 97–429 provided: ‘‘That this Act

[enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Texas

Band of Kickapoo Act’.’’

§ 1300b–12. Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter—

(a) ‘‘Band’’ means the Texas Band of Kickapoo Indians, a subgroup of the Kickapoo

Tribe of Oklahoma;

(b) ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Kickapoo Tribe of

Oklahoma; and

(c) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the

Interior.

(Pub. L. 97–429, §3, Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2269.)

§ 1300b–13. Band roll

(a) Establishment; publication in Federal Register

Within one year of January 8, 1983, the Secretary shall, after consultation with the Tribe,

compile a roll of those members of the Tribe

who possess Kickapoo blood and who are also