ineligible to receive a per capita payment under 
subsection (a): 
(i) Any individual who, before the 
date on which the Community approves the 
payment roll, relinquished membership in 
the Community. 
(ii) Any minor who relinquishes mem-
bership in the Community, or whose parent 
or legal guardian relinquishes membership 
on behalf of the minor, before the date on 
which the minor reaches 18 years of age. 
(iii) Any individual who is disenrolled 
by the Community for just cause (such as 
dual enrollment or failure to meet the eligi-
bility requirements for enrollment). 
(iv) Any individual who is determined 
or certified by the Secretary to be eligible 
to receive a per capita payment of funds 
relating to a judgment—
(I) awarded to another commu-
nity, Indian tribe, or tribal entity; and 
(II) appropriated on or before the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(v) Any individual who is not enrolled 
as a member of the Community on or be-
fore the date that is 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(c) NOTICE TO SECRETARY.—On approval by the 
Community of the payment roll, the Community shall sub-
mit to the Secretary a notice that indicates the total num-
ber of individuals eligible to share in the per capita dis-
tribution under subsection (a), as expressed in subdivi-
sions that reflect—
(1) the number of shares that are attributable 
to eligible living adult Community members; and 
(2) the number of shares that are attributable 
to deceased individuals, legally incompetent individ-
uals, and minors. 
(d) INFORMATION PROVIDED TO SECRETARY.—The 
Community shall provide to the Secretary enrollment in-
formation necessary to allow the Secretary to establish—
(1) estate accounts for deceased individuals de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2); and
(2) IIM accounts for legally incompetent indi-
viduals and minors described in subsection (c)(2). 
(e) DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the payment roll is approved by 
the Community and the Community has reconciled 
the number of shares that belong in each payment
subdivision described in subsection (c), the Secretary 
shall disburse to the Community the funds necessary 
to make the per capita distribution under subsection 
(a) to eligible living adult members of the Commu-
nity described in subsection (c)(1). 
(2) ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION.—On 
disbursement of the funds under paragraph (1), the 
Community shall bear sole responsibility for admin-
istration and distribution of the funds. 
(f) SHARES OF DECEASED INDIVIDUALS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, in accord-
ance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary 
and in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
shall distribute to the appropriate heirs and legatees 
of deceased individuals described in subsection (c)(2) 
the per capita shares of those deceased individuals. 
(2) ABSENCE OF HEIRS AND LEGATEES.—If the 
Secretary and the Community make a final deter-
mination that a deceased individual described in sub-
section (c)(2) has no heirs or legatees, the per capita 
share of the deceased individual and the interest 
earned on that share shall—
(A) revert to the Community; and 
(B) be deposited into the general fund of 
the Community.
(g) SHARES OF LEGALLY INCOMPETENT INDIVID-
UALS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall deposit 
the shares of legally incompetent individuals de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2) in supervised IIM ac-
counts. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The IIM accounts de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be administered in ac-
cordance with regulations and procedures established 
by the Secretary and in effect as of the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(h) SHARES OF MINORS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall deposit 
the shares of minors described in subsection (c)(2) 
in supervised IIM accounts. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
hold the per capita share of a minor described 
in subsection (c)(2) in trust until such date as 
the minor reaches 18 years of age. 
(B) 
NONAPPLICABLE
LAW.—Section 
3(b)(3) of the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds 
Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1403(b)(3)) 
shall not apply to any per capita share of a
minor that is held by the Secretary under this 
Act. 
(C) DISBURSEMENT.—No judgment funds, 
nor any interest earned on judgment funds, 
shall be disbursed from the account of a minor 
described in subsection (c)(2) until such date as 
the minor reaches 18 years of age. 
(i) PAYMENT OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS NOT LIST-
ED ON PAYMENT ROLL.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—An individual who is not 
listed on the payment roll, but is eligible to receive 
a payment under this Act, as determined by the 
Community, may be paid from any remaining judg-
ment funds after the date on which—
(A) the Community makes the per capita 
distribution under subsection (a); and 
(B) all appropriate IIM accounts are es-
tablished under subsections (g) and (h). 
(2) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If insufficient judg-
ment funds remain to cover the cost of a payment 
described in paragraph (1), the Community may use 
Community-owned funds to make the payment. 
(3) MINORS, LEGALLY INCOMPETENT INDIVID-
UALS, AND DECEASED INDIVIDUALS.—In a case in 
which a payment described in paragraph (2) is to be
made to a minor, a legally incompetent individual, or 
a deceased individual, the Secretary—
(A) is authorized to accept and deposit 
funds from the payment in an IIM account or 
estate account established for the minor, legally 
incompetent individual, or deceased individual; 
and 
(B) shall invest those funds in accordance 
with applicable law. 
(j) USE OF RESIDUAL FUNDS.—On request by the 
governing body of the Community to the Secretary, and 
after passage by the governing body of the Community 
of a tribal council resolution affirming the intention of the 
governing body to have judgment funds disbursed to, and 
deposited in the general fund of, the Community, any 
judgment funds remaining after the date on which the 
Community completes the per capita distribution under 
subsection (a) and makes any appropriate payments under 
subsection (i) shall be disbursed to, and deposited in the 
general fund of, the Community. 
(k) REVERSION OF PER-CAPITA SHARES TO TRIBAL 
OWNERSHIP.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the first 
section of Public Law 87–283 (25 U.S.C. 164), the 
share for an individual eligible to receive a per-cap-
ita share under subsection (a) that is held in trust 
by the Secretary, and any interest earned on that 
share, shall be restored to Community ownership if, 
for any reason—
(A) subject to subsection (i), the share 
cannot be paid to the individual entitled to re-
ceive the share; and 
(B) the share remains unclaimed for the 6-
year period beginning on the date on which the 
individual became eligible to receive the share. 
(2) REQUEST BY COMMUNITY.—In accordance 
with subsection (j), the Community may request that 
unclaimed funds described in paragraph (1)(B) be 
disbursed to, and deposited in the general fund of, 
the Community.
SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY; APPLICABLE 
LAW. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—After the date on 
which funds are disbursed to the Community under sec-
tion 101(e)(1), the United States and the Secretary shall 
have no trust responsibility for the investment, super-
vision, administration, or expenditure of the funds dis-
bursed. 
(b) DECEASED AND LEGALLY INCOMPETENT INDI-
VIDUALS.—Funds subject to subsections (f) and (g) of
section 101 shall continue to be held in trust by the Sec-
retary until the date on which those funds are disbursed 
under this Act. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.—Except as oth-
erwise provided in this Act, all funds distributed under 
this Act shall be subject to sections 7 and 8 of the Indian 
Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 
U.S.C. 1407, 1408). 
TITLE II—CONDITIONS RELAT-
ING TO COMMUNITY JUDG-
MENT FUND PLANS 
SEC. 201. PLAN FOR USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF JUDG-
MENT FUNDS AWARDED IN DOCKET NO. 228. 
(a) DEFINITION OF PLAN.—In this section, the term 
‘‘plan’’ means the plan for the use and distribution of 
judgment funds awarded to the Community in Docket No. 
228 of the United States Claims Court (52 Fed. Reg. 
6887 (March 5, 1987)), as modified in accordance with 
Public Law 99–493 (100 Stat. 1241). 
(b) CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Community shall modify the plan to in-
clude the following conditions with respect to funds dis-
tributed under the plan: 
(1) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW RELATING 
TO MINORS.—Section 3(b)(3) of the Indian Tribal
Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 
U.S.C. 1403(b)(3)) shall not apply to any per capita 
share of a minor that is held, as of the date of en-
actment of this Act, by the Secretary. 
(2) SHARE OF MINORS IN TRUST.—The Sec-
retary shall hold a per capita share of a minor de-
scribed in paragraph (1) in trust until such date as 
the minor reaches 18 years of age. 
(3) DISBURSAL OF FUNDS FOR MINORS.—No 
judgment funds, nor any interest earned on judg-
ment funds, shall be disbursed from the account of 
a minor described in paragraph (1) until such date 
as the minor reaches 18 years of age. 
(4) USE OF REMAINING JUDGMENT FUNDS.—
On request by the governing body of the Commu-
nity, as manifested by the appropriate tribal council 
resolution, any judgment funds remaining after the 
date of completion of the per capita distribution 
under section 101(a) shall be disbursed to, and de-
posited in the general fund of, the Community. 
SEC. 202. PLAN FOR USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF JUDG-
MENT FUNDS AWARDED IN DOCKET NO.
236–N. 
(a) DEFINITION OF PLAN.—In this section, the term 
‘‘plan’’ means the plan for the use and distribution of
judgment funds awarded to the Community in Docket No. 
236–N of the United States Court of Federal Claims (59 
Fed. Reg. 31092 (June 16, 1994)). 
(b) CONDITIONS.—
(1) PER CAPITA ASPECT.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Community shall modify 
the last sentence of the paragraph under the heading 
‘‘Per Capita Aspect’’ in the plan to read as follows: 
‘‘Upon request from the Community, any residual 
principal and interest funds remaining after the 
Community has declared the per capita distribution 
complete shall be disbursed to, and deposited in the 
general fund of, the Community.’’. 
(2) GENERAL
PROVISIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Community shall—
(A) modify the third sentence of the first 
paragraph under the heading ‘‘General Provi-
sions’’ of the plan to strike the word ‘‘minors’’; 
and 
(B) insert between the first and second 
paragraphs under that heading the following: 
‘‘Section 3(b)(3) of the Indian Tribal Judgment 
Funds 
Use 
or 
Distribution 
Act 
(25 
U.S.C. 
1403(b)(3)) shall not apply to any per capita share 
of a minor that is held, as of the date of enactment
of the Gila River Indian Community Judgment 
Fund Distribution Act of 2003, by the Secretary. 
The Secretary shall hold a per capita share of a 
minor in trust until such date as the minor reaches 
18 years of age. No judgment funds, or any interest 
earned on judgment funds, shall be disbursed from 
the account of a minor until such date as the minor 
reaches 18 years of age.’’. 
TITLE III—EXPERT ASSISTANCE 
LOANS 
SEC. 301. WAIVER OF REPAYMENT OF EXPERT ASSISTANCE 
LOANS TO GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
(1) the balance of all outstanding expert assist-
ance loans made to the Community under Public 
Law 88–168 (77 Stat. 301) and relating to Gila 
River Indian Community v. United States (United 
States Court of Federal Claims Docket Nos. 228 
and 236 and associated subdockets) are canceled; 
and 
(2) the Secretary shall take such action as is 
necessary—
(A) to document the cancellation of loans 
under paragraph (1); and
(B) to release the Community from any li-
ability associated with those loans.
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