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§ 966. Costs

All costs incurred by the Secretary in the

preparation of the roll and in the payment of

the per capita shares in accordance with provisions of this subchapter shall be paid by appropriate withdrawals from the judgment fund.

(Pub. L. 87–235, §6, Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 509.)

§ 967. Rules and regulations

The Secretary is authorized to prescribe rules

and regulations to carry out the provisions of

this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 87–235, §7, Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 509.)

§ 967a. Per capita payments to enrolled tribal

members; use of balance of funds

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 on November 2, 1966, whose name appears

on the roll of the tribe prepared pursuant to section 961 of this title, and to each child living on

November 2, 1966, who was born after September

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 dated April 14, 1964, by the

Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered

138.

(Pub. L. 89–717, §1, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1114.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of June 9, 1964, referred to in text, is Pub. L.

88–317, June 9, 1964, 78 Stat. 204, which 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.

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 87–235,

Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 508, which comprises this subchapter.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 967c, 967d of

this title.

§ 967b. Payments to minors and persons under

legal disability; shares under certain amount

to revert to tribe

Sums payable to persons or to 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 as the

Secretary, after consultation with the tribal

governing body, determines will adequately protect their best interests. Proportional shares of

heirs or legatees amounting to $5 or less shall

not be distributed and such amounts shall escheat to the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.

(Pub. L. 89–717, §2, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1115.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 87–235,

Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 508, which comprises this subchapter.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 967c, 967d of

this title.

§ 967c. Tax exemption

The funds distributed under the provisions of

sections 967a to 967d of this title shall not be

subject to Federal or State income taxes.

(Pub. L. 89–717, §3, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1115.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 87–235,

Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 508, which comprises this subchapter.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 967d of this title.

§ 967d. Rules and regulations

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to

prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the

provisions of sections 967a to 967d of this title.

(Pub. L. 89–717, §4, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1115.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 87–235,

Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 508, which comprises this subchapter.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 967c of this title.

SUBCHAPTER XLVI—PONCA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA: TERMINATION OF FEDERAL SUPERVISION

SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This subchapter is referred to in section 983b of this

title.

§ 971. Membership roll; preparation; eligibility

for enrollment; protests against inclusion or

omission from roll; finality of determination;

publication of roll; publication of notice of

agreement to division of assets; finality of

roll

The Secretary of the Interior shall, with the

advice and assistance of the Ponca Tribe of Native Americans of Nebraska and pursuant to

such regulations as he may prescribe, prepare a

roll of the members of the tribe and record

thereon persons whose names appeared on the

census roll of April 1, 1934, and the supplement

thereto of January 1, 1935, and their descendants

of not less than one-quarter degree Indian blood

of the Ponca Tribe, regardless of place of resi-