An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Quileute Tribe of Indians, including the Hoh Tribe, and for other purposes
PL 89-655 (H.R.10633), enacted 10/14/1966

80 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 89.655-OCT. 14, 1966 
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Public Law 89-655 
AN ACT 
October 14, 1966 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in 
[H. R. IO633] 
favor of the Quileute Tribe of Indians, including the Hoh Tribe, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it ermcted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the unexpended 
balance of funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the 
credit of the Quileute and Hoh Tribes that were appropriated by the 
Act of January 6,1964 (77 Stat. 857), to pay a judgment by the Indian 
Claims Commission in docket numbered 155, and the interest thereon, 
after payment of attorney fees and expenses, shall be divided on the 
basis of tribal membership rolls for the respective groups after ap-
proval of such rolls by the Secretary of the Interior, and the funds 
so divided, including the interest thereon, may be advanced or ex-
pended for any purpose that is authorized by the respective tribal 
governing bodies and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: 
Provided, That until the Hoh Indians develop a formal organization 
with a recognized governing body, their share of the judgment funds, 
and any other Hoh tribal funds, may be expended by the Secretary for 
the benefit of the Hoh Reservation and the Hoh tribal members, upon 
approval by him of plans adopted by a majority of the adult Hoh 
Indians voting at a general meeting of the tribal membership called 
by the Secretary. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare membership 
rolls for the Quileute and Hoh Tribes. No person shall be eligible to 
have his name placed on either membership roll who at the same time 
is a member of any other tribe, and no person shall be permitted to be 
enrolled in both the Quileute and Hoh Tribes: Provided, That persons 
eligible for enrollment or already enrolled with other tribes may re-
linquish that membership through filing a formal statement of re-
linquishment with the Secretary accordmg to rules and regulations 
which he may prescribe. 
SEC. 3. When preparing a Quileute tribal roll, the Secretary shall 
employ the criteria in article II of the approved constitution and 
bylaws of the Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, except that, 
in the absence of the 1935 census referred to in article II, section 1(a) 
of the constitution and bylaws, the Secretary, with the assistance of 
the governing body of the Quileute Tribe, shall construct a base roll 
from pertinent records, including other census data, of the same period. 
No person shall be eligible to have his name placed thereon if born 
after December 31, 1940. Upon iipproval of such base roll by the 
Secretary and the Quileute tribaLgoverning body, it shall henceforth 
serve as the Quileute base roll for all purposes, the provisions of ar-
ticle II, section 1(a) notwithstanding. 
SEC. 4. When preparing a Hoh tribal base roll, the Secretary shall 
include only the names of applicants who demonstrate that their names 
or the names of lineal ancestors from whom they are descended appear 
on the Census of the Hoh Indians of Neah Bay Agency, Washington, 
June 30, 1894. Upon approval by the Secretary, such roll shall hence-
forth serve as the Hoh base roll for all purposes. 
SEC. 5. Upon completion of a Hoh oase roll in accordance with sec-
tion 4 of this Act, the Secretary shall assist the Hoh Indians in devel-
oping a tribal organizational document and shall call an election for 
the purpose of voting on the adoption of such document. 
SEC. 6. The Secretary is authorized to advance or expend, as pro-
vided in section 1 of this Act, the Hoh tribal funds now on deposit, or 
hereafter placed on deposit, in the Treasury of the United States 
under the following symbols and titles: 
Quileute and 
Hoh Indian 
Tribes. 
Judgment 
funds. 
Membership 
rolls, eligibil-
ity. 
Quileute Tribe. 
Hoh Tribe, 
Tribal organi-
zational docu-
Expenditures. 
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Income 
emption. 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
14X7235 Proceeds of Labor, Hoh Indians, Washington; 
14X7735 Interest and Accruals on Interest, Proceeds of Labor, 
Hoh Indians, Washington. 
SEC. 7. Any part of the funds that may be distributed to individual 
members of the Quileute and Hoh Tribes under the provisions of this 
Act shall not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe 
rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 14, 1966. 
October 14, 1966 
[H. R. 12437] 
Public Law 89-656 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
of the Nooksack Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes. 
Nooksack Tribe 
of Indians. 
Judgment funds. 
79 Stat. 81. 
Income tax 
exemption. 
Rules and 
regulations. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons who meet the f 
oUow^-
ing requirements for eligibility: (a) They were bom on or prior to 
and were living on the date of this Act, and (b^ they are descendants 
of members of the Nooksack Tribe as it existed m 1855. Applications 
for enrollment must be filed with the area director of the Bureau of 
Indian Ajffairs, Portland, Oregon, on forms prescribed for that pur-
pose. The determination of the Secretary regarding the utilization 
of avaihible rolls or records and the eligioility for enrollment of an 
applicant shall be final. 
SEC. 2. After the deduction of attorney fees, litigation expenses, 
the costs of roll preparation, and such sums as may be required to 
distribute individual shares, the funds, including interest, remaining 
to the credit of the Nooksack Tribe, which were appropriated by the 
Act of April 30,1965 (Public Law 89-16), shall be distributed in equal 
shares to those persons whose names appear on the roll prepared in 
accordance with section 1 of this Act. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living 
enrollee directly to such enrollee or in such manner as is deemed by the 
Secretary to be in the enrollee's best interest. 
The Secretary shall dis-
tribute the per capita share of a deceased enrollee to his heirs or 
legatees upon proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secre-
tary whose findings upon such proof shall be final and conclusive. 
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 to the persons whom the Secretary determines will best protect 
their interests. 
Proportional shares of heirs or legatees amounting to 
$5 or less shall not be distributed and shall remain to the credit of the 
Nooksack Tribe. Any sum of money remaining to the credit of the 
Nooksack Tribe as a result of this judgment, three years after the date 
of this Act, shall escheat to the United States and shall be deposited in 
the Treasury of the United States in miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 4. The funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall 
not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 14, 1966.