An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians
PL 91-417 (S.4033), enacted 09/25/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-417-SEPT. 25, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
Public Law 91-417 
September25,1970 
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[S.4033] 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
of the Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians 
Chemehuevi 
Tribe of Indians. 
Judgment funds, 
disposition. 
Roll. 
Enrollment ap-
plications, 
filing. 
Ineligibility. 
Distribution. 
Tax exemption. 
Costs, 
payment. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the funds on 
deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Cheme-
huevi Tribe of Indians which were appropriated (by the Act entitled 
"An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1965, and for other purposes", approved April 30, 1965 
(79 Stat. 81)), to pay the judgment awarded by the Indian Claims 
Commission (dockets numbered 351 and 351-A), together with inter-
est thereon, shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior (here-
after in this Act referred to as "Secretary") in equal shares to those 
persons w^hose names appear on the roll prepared in accordance with 
section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 2. (a) (1) The Secretary shall prepare a roll of all persons— 
(A) who were born on or prior to and living on the date of 
enactment of this Act; 
(B) who are lineal descendants of members of the Chemehuevi 
Tribe as it existed in 1860; and 
(C) whose name or the name of a lineal ancestor appears as 
a Chemehuevi Indian on any available census roll or other record 
or evidence acceptable to the Secretary. 
(2) Applications for enrollment must be filed in the manner and 
within the time limits prescribed by the Secretary for that purpose. 
The determination of the Secretary regarding the utilization of avail-
able rolls or records and the eligibility for enrollment of an appli-
cant shall be final. 
(b) Any person who has applied for and has been determined as 
eligible to share in the awards granted by the Indian Claims Commis-
sion in dockets numbered 88, 330, and 330-A, to the Southern Paiute 
Indian Nation or in dockets numbered 31, 37, 80, 80-D, 176, 215, 333, 
and 347, to "Certain Indians of California" shall not be entitled to 
share in the awards granted under this Act. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living 
enrollee directly to such enroUee. The Secretary shall distribute the 
per capita share of a deceased enrollee to his heirs or legatees upon 
proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary. Sums 
payable to enroUees or their heirs or legatees who are less than twenty-
one years of age or who are under a legal disability shall be paid m 
accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of 
trusts, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to protect their 
best interests. 
SEC. 4. No part of any funds distributed under this Act shall be 
subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 5. The roll prepared by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant 
to this Act shall not be deemed to constitute the membership roll of 
the Chemehuevi Tribe. 
SKC. 6. The Secretary may make appropriate withdrawals from the 
judgment funds and interest thereon, using interest funds first, to pay 
costs incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved September 25, 1970. 
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