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1See References in Text note below. 1See References in Text note below.

to sale of timber are set out at 39 Stat. 137 and were not

classified to the Code.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 685, 686 of this

title.

§ 685. Payment free of liens or claims

No money paid to Indians under sections 684 to

686 of this title shall be subject to any lien or

claim of attorneys or other persons. Before any

payment is made under said sections, the Red

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota

shall, in such manner as may be prescribed by

the Secretary of the Interior, ratify and accept

the provisions of said sections.

(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1011, §2, 68 Stat. 879.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 684, 686 of this

title.

§ 686. Payments not ‘‘other income and resources’’

Payments made under sections 684 to 686 of

this title shall not be held to be ‘‘other income

and resources’’ as that term is used in sections

302(a)(7), 602(a)(7),1 and 1202(a)(8) of title 42.

(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1011, §3, 68 Stat. 879.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 602 of title 42, referred to in text, was repealed and a new section 602 enacted by Pub. L. 104–193,

title I, §103(a)(1), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2112, and, as so

enacted, subsec. (a)(7) no longer contains the term

‘‘other income and resources’’.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 685 of this title.

§ 687. Per capita payment to tribal members;

rules and regulations

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to

withdraw as much as may be necessary from the

fund on deposit in the Treasury of the United

States arising from the proceeds of the sale of

timber and lumber within the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota, according to the provisions of the Act of May 18, 1916 (39 Stat. 137), to

the credit of the Red Lake Indians in Minnesota,

and to pay therefrom $100 to each member of the

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota who is living on August 28, 1958. Such

payment shall be made under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may

prescribe.

(Pub. L. 85–794, §1, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 958.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of May 18, 1916, referred to in text, is act May 18,

1916, ch. 125, 39 Stat. 123. Provisions of the act relating

to sale of timber are set out at 39 Stat. 137 and were not

classified to the Code.

PER CAPITA PAYMENTS FROM NET PROCEEDS

Section 4 of Pub. L. 85–794 amended the nineteenth

paragraph of section 9 of act May 18, 1916, ch. 125, 39

Stat. 138, to read as follows: ‘‘After the payment of all

expenses connected with the administration of these

lands as herein provided, the net proceeds therefrom

shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States

to the credit of the Red Lake Indians and draw interest

at the rate of 4 per centum per annum. Any part of such

fund or the interest thereon that is in excess of reserve

and operating requirements, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, may be distributed per capita to

the members of the Red Lake Band upon request of the

tribal council and approval by the Secretary.’’

ADMINISTRATION OF RED LAKE INDIAN FOREST

Section 5 of Pub. L. 85–794, amended act May 18, 1916,

ch. 125, §9(17), 39 Stat. 137, to read as follows: ‘‘The Red

Lake Indian Forest shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with principles of

scientific forestry that will encourage the production

of successive timber crops for the benefit of the Indians

of the Red Lake Band, and he is hereby authorized (a)

to harvest, sell, and manufacture such marketable timber from any tribal lands within the Red Lake Indian

Reservation as he may deem to be advisable and, if the

timber is the growth of Red Lake Indian Forest, in

keeping with the foregoing principles, (b) to establish

nurseries and otherwise provide for the reforestation of

said lands, (c) to construct and operate sawmills and

other facilities for the manufacture into marketable

products of the timber harvested from said lands, (d) to

purchase, harvest, and manufacture such additional

timber standing on or severed from any other lands, including lands outside the reservation, as in his opinion

may contribute to the profitable operation of such sawmills and other facilities as a tribal enterprise, subject

to such limitations on expenditures as may be prescribed in annual appropriations acts, and (e) to employ

such persons and use such means as he may find necessary to carry out the purposes of the foregoing provisions. Any proceeds derived from sales of timber or

timber products under this paragraph may be expended

in payment of the expenses of any of the activities authorized by this paragraph including construction expenses.’’

§ 688. Payment free of liens or claims

No money paid to Indians under sections 687 to

689 of this title shall be subject to any lien or

claim of attorneys, or other persons.

(Pub. L. 85–794, §2, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 958.)

§ 689. Payments not ‘‘other income and resources’’

Payments made under sections 687 to 689 of

this title shall not be held to be ‘‘other income

and resources’’ as that term is used in sections

302(a)(7), 602(a)(7),1 and 1202(a)(8) of title 42.

(Pub. L. 85–794, §3, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 958.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 602 of title 42, referred to in text, was repealed and a new section 602 enacted by Pub. L. 104–193,

title I, §103(a)(1), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2112, and, as so

enacted, subsec. (a)(7) no longer contains the term

‘‘other income and resources’’.

§ 690. Distribution of judgment fund; tax exemption of per capita payments

The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the

United States to the credit of the Red Lake

Band of Chippewa Indians that were appropriated by the Act of June 9, 1964, to pay a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission in docket 18A, and the interest thereon, after payment

of attorney fees and expenses, may be advanced