Page 225 TITLE 25—INDIANS § 585

§ 577. Liability of judgment funds for debts

In no event shall any portion of the Shoshone

judgment fund become liable, payable, or subject to any debt or debts contracted prior to

July 27, 1939, by any Indian of the Shoshone

Tribe except debts to the United States or to the

tribe.

(July 27, 1939, ch. 387, §7, 53 Stat. 1130.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Shoshone judgment fund, see section 571 of this title

and note.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 571, 575 of this

title.

§ 581. Disposition of funds

The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the

United States to the credit of the Shoshone Nation or Tribe of Indians and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes that were appropriated by the Act

of June 19, 1968 (82 Stat. 239), to pay a judgment

in the sum of $15,700,000 entered by the Indian

Claims Commission in consolidated dockets

numbered 326–D, 326–E, 326–F, 326–G, 326–H, 366,

and 367, and the interest thereon, after deducting attorneys’ fees, litigation expenses, and

other appropriation deductions, shall be apportioned by the Secretary of the Interior to the

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,

Wyoming, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the

Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho, and the Northwest

Band of Shoshone Indians (hereinafter the

‘‘three groups’’), as set forth in sections 581 to

590 of this title.

(Pub. L. 92–206, §1, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 737.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of June 19, 1968, referred to in text, is Pub. L.

90–352, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 239, which provided for

supplemental appropriation for fiscal year ending June

30, 1968, and 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.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 585, 586, 589, 590

of this title.

§ 582. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall

Reservation; credit of funds

The sum of $500,000, and the interest thereon,

less attorneys’ fees and other appropriate deductions all in the proportion that the $500,000 bears

to the $15,700,000, shall be credited to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation for claims of the tribes enumerated in dockets numbered 326–D, 326–E, 326–F, 326–G, and 366.

(Pub. L. 92–206, §2, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 737.)

§ 583. Northwestern Bands of Shoshone Indians;

credit of funds

The sum of $1,375,000 plus the earned interest

thereon less $181,732 shall be credited to the

Northwestern Bands of Shoshone Indians for

claims of the bands enumerated in dockets numbered 326–H, and 367.

(Pub. L. 92–206, §3, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 737.)

§ 584. Apportionment of remaining funds; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation

The remainder of the award shall be apportioned between the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of

the Fort Hall Reservation and the Shoshone

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation in accordance with an agreement entered into between

the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and the Shoshone

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation in May 1965,

approved by the Associate Commissioner of Indian Affairs in December 1965.

(Pub. L. 92–206, §4, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 737.)

§ 585. Membership rolls; preparation; eligibility

for enrollment; application; finality of determination

For the purpose of apportioning the award in

accordance with sections 581 to 590 of this title,

membership rolls, duly approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be prepared for each

of the three groups, as follows:

(a) The governing body of the Shoshone Tribe

of the Wind River Reservation and the governing body of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, each

shall, with the assistance of the Secretary, bring

current the membership rolls of their respective

tribes, to include all persons born prior to and

alive on December 18, 1971, who are enrolled or

eligible to be enrolled in accordance with the

membership requirements of their respective

tribes.

(b) The proposed roll of the Northwestern

Bands of Shoshone Indians entitled to participate in the distribution of the judgment funds

shall be prepared by the governing officers of

said Northwestern Bands, with the assistance of

the Secretary of the Interior, within six months

after December 18, 1971, authorizing distribution

of said funds. The roll shall include all persons

who meet all of the following requirements of

eligibility:

(1) They were born prior to and alive on December 18, 1971;

(2) Either their names appear on one of the

following Indian census rolls of the Washakie

Sub-Agency of the Fort Hall jurisdiction:

(a) Roll dated January 1, 1937, by F. A.

Gross, Superintendent of the Fort Hall Reservation.

(b) Roll dated January 1, 1940, by F. A.

Gross, Superintendent of the Fort Hall Reservation.

(c) Roll dated March 10, 1954.

(d) Roll dated April 21, 1964.

or they possess one-quarter Shoshone Indian

blood and they are descendants of those appearing on at least one of said rolls;

(3) They are not recognized as members of

the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall

Reservation, the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation, or any other Indian Tribe;

and

(4) They shall elect not to participate in any

settlement of claims pending before the Indian

Claims Commission in docket 326–J, ShoshoneGoshute, and docket 326–K, Western Shoshone.

The proposed roll shall be published in the Federal Register, and in a newspaper of general cir-