An Act to establish a revolving fund from which the Secretary of the Interior may make loans to finance the procurement of expert assistance by Indian tribes in cases before the Indian Claims Commission
PL 88-168 (H.R.3306), enacted 11/04/1963

77 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-168-NOV. 4, 1963 
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Public Law 88-167 
A N A C T 
November 4, 1963 
To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, for the purpose of including the Fort 
[H. R. 2635] 
Mojave Indian Reservation among reservations excepted from the twenty-five 
year lease limitations. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second 
sentence of section 1 of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539), as 
amended (25 U.S.C. 415), is hereby further amended by inserting the 
73 stat. 597. 
words "the Fort Mojave Reservation," after the words "the Southern 
Ute Reservation,". 
Approved November 4, 1963. 
Public Law 88-168 
A N 
A C T 
November 4, 1963 
To establish a revolving fund from which the Secretary of the Interior may 
[H. R. 3306] 
make loans to finance the procurement of expert assistance by Indian tribes 
in cases before the Indian Claims Commission. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled, That there is Indians. 
hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $900,000 for the es^abuihmfn""'^' 
establishment of a revolving fund from which the Secretary of 
the Interior may make loans to Indian tribes and bands and to 
other identifiable groups of American Indians residing within the 
territorial limits of the United States for use by them in obtaining 
expert assistance, other than the assistance of counsel, for the prepa-
ration and trial of claims pending before the Indian Claims 
Commission. 
SEC. 2. No loan shall be made under this Act to a tribe, band, or 
group if it has funds available on deposit in the Federal Treasury 
or elsewhere in an amount adequate to obtain the expert assistance 
it needs or if, in the opinion of the Secretary, the fees to be paid 
the experts are unreasonable in light of the services to be per-
formed by them. 
SEC. 3. Every loan made under this Act shall be reported to the 
Report to con-
Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and House m7tte^es"^^ ""^ 
of Representatives within fifteen days of the time it is made. 
SEC. 4. Any loan made under this Act shall bear interest and shall, 
together with such interest, be repayable out of the proceeds of any 
judgment recovered by the tribe, band, or group on its claim against 
the United States. If no judgment is recovered or if the amount of 
the judgment recovered is inadequate to repay the loan and interest 
thereon, the unpaid amount may be declared nonrepayable by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 5. Repayments of loans made under this Act and of interest 
thereon shall be credited to the revolving fund established under 
the first section of this Act. 
SEC. 6. No liability shall attach to the United States because 
of a failure to make a loan in the amount requested. 
SEC. 7. After the date of the approval of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall approve no contract which makes the compen-
sation payable to a witness before the Indian Claims Commission 
contingent upon the recovery of a judgment against the United 
States. 
Approved November 4, 1963.