§ 673 TITLE 25—INDIANS Page 270

Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation without regard to band derivation is ratified, approved and confirmed. The funds apportioned to the Southern Utes under this section

shall be divided between the Southern Utes of

the Southern Ute Reservation and the Ute

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation as agreed between said tribes. The shares of

the respective groups shall be credited to the existing accounts established pursuant to sections

155 and 161a to 161d of this title. None of the

funds involved herein shall be credited or distributed to the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah

and Ouray Reservation, consisting of the

Uintah, Uncompahgre, and White Rivers Utes,

until the Uncompahgre and White River Banks

present to the Secretary of the Interior a release

satisfactory to him, relieving the United States

of any liability resulting from the inclusion of

the Uintah Band in the disposition or use of said

trust funds.

(Aug. 21, 1951, ch. 338, §2, 65 Stat. 194.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of June 28, 1938, referred to in text, is act June

28, 1938, ch. 776, 52 Stat. 1209, which was not classified

to the Code.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 676a, 676b of

this title.

§ 673. Repealed. Pub. L. 97–375, title I, § 108(b),

Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1820

Section, act Aug. 21, 1951, ch. 338, §3, 65 Stat. 194, directed Secretary of the Interior to make a full and

complete progress report to Congress of his activities

and of expenditures authorized under section 671 of this

title.

§ 674. Use of funds of the Ute Mountain Tribe of

the Ute Mountain Reservation for expenditure and per capita payments; taxation of

lands and funds; regulations applicable to

loans

Notwithstanding any other provisions of existing laws, the tribal funds now on deposit or

hereafter deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Ute Mountain Tribe of

the Ute Mountain Reservation, may be expended

or advanced for such purposes and in a manner,

including per capita payments, the purchase of

land or any interests therein or improvements

thereon and water rights, as may be designated

by the Ute Mountain Tribal Council and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the purchase of taxable lands under

this authority shall not operate to remove such

lands from the tax rolls: Provided further, That

neither the transfer to the tribe of tribal funds,

nor the distribution thereof to individual members of the tribe, as provided herein, from those

funds consisting of compensation for lands acquired by the United States Government, shall

be subject to Federal tax: And provided further,

That any funds advanced for loans by the tribe

to individual Indians or associations of Indians

shall be subject to regulations established for

the making of loans from the revolving loan

fund authorized by section 470 of this title.

(Aug. 12, 1953, ch. 406, §1, 67 Stat. 540.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 675, 676a, 676b of

this title.

§ 675. Restriction on payment of funds for agents’

or attorneys’ fees

No part of the funds authorized to be expended

or advanced pursuant to section 674 of this title

shall be paid or disbursed to or received by any

agent or attorney on account of any contract for

services rendered or to be rendered or expenses

in the preparation of any suit against the United

States.

(Aug. 12, 1953, ch. 406, §2, 67 Stat. 540.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 676a of this title.

§ 676. Use of funds of Southern Ute Tribe of

Southern Ute Reservation for expenditure

and per capita payments; regulations applicable to loans

Notwithstanding any other provisions of existing laws, the tribal funds now on deposit or

hereafter deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Southern Ute Tribe of

the Southern Ute Reservation, may be expended

or advanced for such purposes and in a manner,

including per capita payments the purchase of

land or any interests therein or improvements

thereon and water rights, as may be designated

by the Southern Ute Tribal Council and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the purchase of taxable lands under

this authority shall not operate to remove such

lands from the tax rolls: Provided further, That

neither the transfer to the tribe of tribal funds,

nor the distribution thereof to individual members of the tribe, as provided herein, from those

funds consisting of compensation for lands acquired by the United States Government, shall

be subject to Federal tax: Provided further, That

any funds advanced for loans by the tribe to individual Indians or associations of Indians shall

be subject to regulations established for the

making of loans from the revolving loan fund

authorized by section 470 of this title: And provided further, That no part of the funds authorized to be expended or advanced by this section

shall be paid or disbursed to or received by any

agent or attorney on account of any contract for

services rendered or to be rendered or expenses

in the preparation of any suit against the United

States.

(June 28, 1954, ch. 405, 68 Stat. 300.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 676a, 676b of

this title.

§ 676a. Distribution of judgment fund

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to divide the trust fund belonging to the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians appropriated by the Second Supplemental

Appropriations Act, 1965, and deposited in the

United States Treasury pursuant to the final

judgment entered in Indian Claims Commission

docket numbered 327, including the interest