Page 231 TITLE 25—INDIANS § 609b

(July 28, 1955, ch. 423, §2, 69 Stat. 393; Pub. L.

88–540, §2, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 748.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 9, 1946,

ch. 933, 60 Stat. 968, which comprises this subchapter.

AMENDMENTS

1964—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88–540 struck out provisions

that title to lands, interests, improvements, or rights

acquired under section 608 of this title by the Secretary

for the Yakima Tribes through purchase or exchange

shall be held by the United States in trust for the Yakima Tribes.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 465, 608, 608b,

608c of this title.

§ 608b. Rights of lessee

(a) No transaction entered into under sections

608 to 608c of this title shall affect, without the

consent of the lessee, any lease of lands, interests, improvements, or rights involved in such

transaction, or any right of the lessee with respect to extension or renewal of such lease,

which is in existence at the time such transaction is entered into.

(b) Repealed, Pub. L. 88–540, §3, Aug. 31, 1964, 78

Stat. 748.

(July 28, 1955, ch. 423, §3, 69 Stat. 393; Pub. L.

88–540, §3, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 748.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 9, 1946,

ch. 933, 60 Stat. 968, which comprises this subchapter.

AMENDMENTS

1964—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88–540 repealed subsec. (b)

which provided: ‘‘Nothing in sections 608–608c of this

title shall affect the existing status of any lands, interests, improvements, or rights with respect to taxation.’’

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 465, 608, 608c of

this title.

§ 608c. Regulations

The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such

regulations as may be necessary to carry out the

purposes of sections 608 to 608c of this title.

(July 28, 1955, ch. 423, §4, 69 Stat. 393.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 9, 1946,

ch. 933, 60 Stat. 968, which comprises this subchapter.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 465, 608, 608b of

this title.

§ 609. Action to determine title to judgment fund;

claim of Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation; jurisdiction of Court of Claims

The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, acting through the chairman of its

business council, and the Yakima Tribes of Indians of the Yakima Reservation, acting through

the chairman of its tribal council, for and on behalf of said tribes and each and all their constituent tribal groups, are each hereby authorized to commence or defend in the United States

Court of Claims an action against each other

making claims to a share in the funds that are

on deposit in the Treasury of the United States

to pay a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission dated April 5, 1965, in dockets numbered 161,

222, and 224, and the interest on said funds; and

jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said court

to hear such claims and to render judgment and

decree thereon making such division of such

funds and the interest on such funds, as may be

just and fair in law and equity, between the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and

its constituent tribal groups on the one hand,

and the Yakima Tribes of Indians of the Yakima

Reservation and its constituent tribal groups on

the other hand.

(Pub. L. 90–278, §1, Mar. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 69.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The United States Court of Claims, referred to in

text, and the United States 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.

The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text,

was terminated on 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 act Aug. 9, 1946,

ch. 933, 60 Stat. 968, which comprises this subchapter.

§ 609a. Tax exemption

Any part of such funds that may be distributed per capita to the members of the tribes

shall not be subject to Federal or State income

tax.

(Pub. L. 90–278, §2, Mar. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 69.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 9, 1946,

ch. 933, 60 Stat. 968, which comprises this subchapter.

§ 609b. Disposition of judgment fund; deductions;

advances, expenditures, investments, or reinvestments for authorized purposes

The funds appropriated by the Act of October

31, 1965 (79 Stat. 1133, 1152), to pay judgments to

the Yakima Tribes of the Yakima Reservation

in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered

47–A and 162, and by the Act of July 22, 1969 (83

Stat. 49), in consolidated dockets 47 and 164, together with interests thereon, after payment of

attorney fees and litigation expenses, may be

advanced, expended, invested, or reinvested for

any purpose that is authorized by the tribal governing body and approved by the Secretary of

the Interior.

(Pub. L. 91–413, §1, Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 865.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of October 31, 1965, referred to in text, is Pub. L.

89–309, Oct. 31, 1965, 79 Stat. 1133, 1152. That portion of

the act which appropriated the funds referred to was

not classified to the Code.