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§ 566h. Regulations

The Secretary may make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 99–398, §10, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 852.)

SUBCHAPTER XV—SHOSHONE TRIBE:

DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND

§ 571. Membership roll; preparation

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and

directed, with the advice and consent of the

business council of the Shoshone Tribe of the

Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, to prepare

a roll showing the members of said tribe living

on July 27, 1939, and such roll shall form the

basis for the distribution of the judgment fund

of said tribe created as the result of the passage

of the Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1114–1156),

and accrued interest thereon.

(July 27, 1939, ch. 387, §1, 53 Stat. 1128.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of June 25, 1938, referred to in text, provided for

an appropriation for payment of judgments rendered by

the court of claims and reported to the 75th Congress in

Senate Document Numbered 191, and House Documents

Numbered 661 and 686. House Document No. 661 listed a

judgment in favor of the Shoshone Tribe of Indians of

the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, in the sum of

$4,408,444.23, with interest on a part thereof to the date

of payment, for the taking of land.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 572, 575, 577 of

this title.

§ 572. Payments to individuals; expenditure of

payments

There shall be credited on the books of the Office of Indian Affairs the sum of $2,450 to each

member of said tribe whose name appears on the

roll provided for in section 571 of this title, and

out of such sum so credited the Secretary of the

Interior is authorized to make available immediately to each individual member of the tribe

the sum of $100; and, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, the sum of $1,350 to

each adult and the sum of $500 to each minor for

the following purposes: Purchase of land, improvement of lands to be acquired or already

held by the Indian, for the erection and improvement of suitable homes, the purchase of building

material, farming equipment, livestock, feed,

food, seed, grain, tools, machinery, implements,

household goods, bedding, clothing, and any

other equipment or supplies necessary to enable

the Indians to fit themselves for or to engage in

farming, livestock, industry, or such other pursuits or vocations, including education, as will

enable them to become self-supporting: Provided,

however, That the funds of the aged, infirm, decrepit, and incapacitated members may be used

for their proper maintenance and support in the

discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. The

remainder of the share of each adult individual

Indian, including accrued interest, shall be made

available under such rules and regulations as

the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and

the remainder of the share of each minor Indian

shall, with accrued interest, be held intact until

such Indian reaches the age of eighteen years,

when it shall be available under the same conditions as herein provided for adults. As herein

used the term ‘‘adult’’ shall include the members of the tribe eighteen years of age or over,

and the term ‘‘minor’’ shall include all members

less than eighteen years of age. On the death of

any enrolled member, adult or minor, the sum

on deposit to his credit shall be available for expenditure for the benefit of his heirs for the purposes herein authorized.

(July 27, 1939, ch. 387, §2, 53 Stat. 1128.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees,

and agencies of the Department of the Interior, with

certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Interior,

with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,

§§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set

out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 571, 573, 575, 577

of this title.

§ 573. Uses of judgment fund

(a) Purchase of lands

Not to exceed $1,000,000 of the said judgment

fund, or interest thereon, shall be available for

expenditure upon the request of the tribe and

with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of lands in the manner

prescribed in section 576 of this title.

(b) Loan fund

The sum of $125,000 of said judgment fund, or

interest thereon, shall, at the request of the

tribe and with the approval of the Secretary of

the Interior, be set aside as a loan fund for making loans to individual members, or groups of

members, of said tribe under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary

of the Interior.

(c) Productive enterprises

The remainder of said judgment fund, including interest thereon, after making the segregation provided for in section 572 of this title, and

after setting aside the respective amounts authorized by this section, shall be available for

appropriation, upon the recommendation of the

Secretary of the Interior, and with the consent

of the tribe, for purposes of benefit to the tribe,

including the establishment and administration

of productive enterprises for the benefit of said

tribe, and any income derived from such enterprises shall be credited to the Shoshone tribal

judgment fund: Provided, That should such enterprises also benefit the Arapaho Tribe repayment proportionate to the benefit to the Arapaho Tribe shall be made into the Shoshone judgment fund by the Arapaho Tribe out of such

tribal income as the Arapaho Tribe may enjoy.

(July 27, 1939, ch. 387, §3, 53 Stat. 1129.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 571, 575, 576, 577

of this title.