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ing the interest accruing thereon, after payment

of attorney fees and expenses, may be advanced

or expended for any purpose that is authorized

by the tribal governing body and approved by

the Secretary of the Interior. Any part of such

funds that may be distributed per capita to the

members of the band shall not be subject to Federal or State income tax.

(Pub. L. 91–401, §1, Sept. 16, 1970, 84 Stat. 838.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of July 22, 1969, referred to in text, is Pub. L.

91–47, July 22, 1969, 83 Stat. 49, known as the Second

Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1969. That portion of

the act which appropriated the funds referred to 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.

§ 881a. Trusts and other procedures for protection of minors and persons under legal disability

Sums payable to enrollees or 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, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary

of the Interior determines appropriate to protect the best interests of such persons.

(Pub. L. 91–401, §2, Sept. 16, 1970, 84 Stat. 838.)

§ 882. Sac and Fox Tribes; disposition of judgment fund; deductions; advances, expenditures, investments, or reinvestments for authorized purposes

The funds appropriated by the Act of June 19,

1968 (82 Stat. 239), to pay a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered

220, together with interest thereon, after payment of attorneys’ fees and other litigation expenses, may be advanced, deposited, expended,

invested, or reinvested for any purposes that are

authorized by the tribal governing body and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

(Pub. L. 91–404, §1, Sept. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 845.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

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

90–352, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 239, 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.

§ 882a. Tax exemption

Any portion of such funds that may be distributed per capita to members of the tribe shall not

be subject to Federal or State income tax.

(Pub. L. 91–404, §2, Sept. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 845.)

§ 883. Osage Tribe; disposition of judgment fund

(a) Persons eligible for allotments; excepted

sums

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and

directed to distribute per capita to all persons

whose names appear on the roll of the Osage

Tribe of Indians approved by the Secretary of

the Interior April 11, 1908, pursuant to the Act of

June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. 539), all funds which were

appropriated by the Act of January 8, 1971 (84

Stat. 1981), in satisfaction of a judgment that

was obtained by the Osage Nation of Indians in

the Indian Claims Commission against the

United States in dockets numbered 105, 106, 107,

and 108, together with interest thereon, except

the sum of $1,000,000 and any funds that revert to

the Osage Tribe and except the amount allowed

for attorney fees and expenses and the cost of

distribution.

(b) Education program; advances, expenditures,

etc., for financing such program

The sum of $1,000,000 plus any funds that revert to the Osage Tribe may be advanced, expended, invested, or reinvested for the purpose

of financing an education program of benefit to

the Osage Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, such

program to be administered as authorized by the

Secretary of the Interior.

(c) Withdrawal of funds for payment of costs of

carrying out provisions

The Secretary of the Interior may make appropriate withdrawals from the judgment funds

and interest thereon, using interest funds first,

to pay costs incident to carrying out the provisions of sections 883 to 883d of this title.

(Pub. L. 92–586, §1, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1295;

Pub. L. 98–605, §5, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3168.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of June 28, 1906, referred to in subsec. (a), is act

June 28, 1906, ch. 3572, 34 Stat. 539, which was not classified to the Code.

Act of January 8, 1971, referred to in subsec. (a), is

Pub. L. 91–665, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1981, which was not

classified to the Code.

The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in subsec.

(a), terminated Sept. 30, 1978. See Codification note set

out under former section 70 et seq. of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–605 struck out ‘‘or other

socioeconomic programs’’ after ‘‘an education program’’ and substituted ‘‘such program’’ for ‘‘such programs’’.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 883c, 883d of

this title.

§ 883a. Payment of allotments

(a) Living original allottees

Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of

this section, a share or proportional share payable to a living original Osage allottee shall be

paid to such allottee.

(b) Distribution to heirs; heirship determinations; intestate succession; finality of determinations and distributions; reversion of

minimal amounts

A share of a deceased Osage allottee having

died prior to or after October 27, 1972, shall be

distributed to his heirs of Osage Indian blood

pursuant to an order determining heirs by the

Secretary of the Interior or a court of competent jurisdiction of the State of Oklahoma,

and such distributions by the Secretary of the

Interior shall be final and conclusive. In the

event the heirs of Osage Indian blood of an