An Act to provide for the distribution to the Sisseton and Wahpeton Tribes of Sioux Indians of their portion of the funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Mississippi Sioux Indians in Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 142 and 359, and
PL 92-555 (S.1462), enacted 10/25/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-555-OCT. 25, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
October 25, 197 2 
[S. 1462] 
RuhlicXaw 92-555 
AN ACT 
To provide for tbe disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgment in favor 
of the Mississippi Sioux Indians in Indian Claims Commission dockets num-
bered 142, 359, 360, 361, 362, and 363, and for otlier purposes. 
Indians. 
Mississippi 
Sioux Tribes. 
Judgment 
funds, disposi-
tion. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the funds 
appropriated by the Act of June 19, 1968 (82 Stat. 239), to paj^ com-
promise judgments to the Mdewakanton and Wahpakoota Tribe of 
Sioux Indians, and the Sisseton and Wahpeton Tribes of Sioux 
Indians, in Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 142, 359, 
360, 361, 362, and 363, together with interest thereon, after payment 
of attorney fees and litigation expenses and the costs of carrying out 
the provisions of this Act, shall be distributed as provided in this Act. 
TITLE I 
Membership 
rolls. 
Funds, appor-
tionment. 
Deposit in 
U.S. Treasury. 
Per capita 
shares. 
SEC. 101. (a) The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota 
and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska shall bring current their mem-
bership rolls as of the date of this Act. The Lower Sioux Indian Com-
munity at Morton, Minnesota, the Prairie Island Indian Community 
at Welch, Minnesota, and the Shakopce Mdewakanton Sioux Com-
munity of Minnesota shall prepare rolls of their members who are 
lineal descendants of the Mdewakanton and Wahpakoota Tribes, and 
who were born on or prior to and are living on the date of this Act, 
using available records and rolls at the local agency and area offices, 
and any other available records and rolls. Applications for enrollment 
must be filed with each group named in this section and such rolls shall 
be subject to approval of the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary's 
determination on all applications shall be finaL 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of the lineal 
descendants of the Mdewakanton and Wahpakoota Tribe who were 
born on or prior to and are living on the date of this Act whose names 
or the names of a lineal ancestor appears on any available records and 
rolls acceptable to the Secretary, and who are not members of any of 
the organized groups listed in subsection (a). Applications for enroll-
ment must be filed with the Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Aberdeen, South Dakota. The Secretary's determination on all appli-
cations for enrollment shall be final. 
SEC. 102. After deducting the amounts authorized in section. 1 of 
this Act, the funds derived from the judgment awarded the Indian 
Claims Commission dockets numbered 360, 361, 362, 363, and one-half 
of the amount awarded in docket numbered 359, plus accrued interest, 
shall be apportioned on the basis of the rolls prepared pursuant to 
section 101 of this Act. An amount equivalent to the proportionate 
shares of those persons who are members of the Flandreau Santee 
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, 
the Lower Sioux Indian Community, the Prairie Island Indian Com-
munity, and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community shall be 
placed on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the 
respective groups. Eighty per centum of such funds on deposit to 
the credit of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota 
and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska shall be distributed per 
capita to such tribal members, and the remainder may be advanced, 
deposited, expended, invested, or reinvested for any purpose desig-
nated by the respective tribal governing bodies and approved by the 
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Secretary of the Interior. One hundred per centum of such funds on 
deposit to the credit of the Lower Sioux Indian Community, the 
Prairie Island Indian Community, and the Shakopee Mdewakanton 
Sioux Community shall be distributed per capita of such tribal mem-
bers : Provided^ That none of the funds may be paid per capita to any 
person whose name does not appear on the rolls prepared pursuant 
to section 2 of this Act. The shares of enroUees who are not members 
of such groups shall be paid per capita. 
TITLE I I 
SEC. 201. (a) The Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, anii ^^Membership 
the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, shall bring 
current their membership rolls of the date of this Act. The Assiniboine 
and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, shall pre-
pare rolls of their members who are lineal descendants of the Sisseton 
and Wahpeton Mississippi Sioux Tribe, who were bom on or prior to 
and are living on the date of this Act, and who are entitled to enroll-
ment on their respective membership rolls in accordance with the 
applicable rules and regulations of the tribe or group involved, using 
available records and rolls at the local agency and area offices, and 
any other available records and rolls. Applications for enrollment 
must be filed with each group named in this section and such rolls 
shall be subject to approval of the Secretary of the Interior. The Sec-
retary's determination on all applications for enrollment shall be final. 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of the lineal 
descendants of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Mississippi Sioux Tribe 
who were born on or prior to and are living on the date of this Act 
whose names or the name of a lineal ancestor appears on any available 
records and rolls acceptable to the Secretary, and who are not mem-
bers of any of the organized groups listed in subsection (a). Appli-
cations for enrollment must be filed with the Area Direct>or, Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, Aberdeen, South Dakota. The Secretary's deter-
mination on all applications for enrollment shall be final. 
SEC. 202. (a) After deducting the amount authorized in section 1 of ^^^^[ 
appor-
this Act, the funds derived from the judgment awarded in Indian 
Claims Commission docket numbered 142 and the one-half remaining 
from the amount awarded in docket numbered 359, plus accrued inter-
est, shall be apportioned on the basis of reservation residence and other 
— 
residence shown on the 1909 McLaughlin annuity roll, as follows: 
Tribe or group 
Percentage 
Devils Lake Sioux of North Dakota 
21. 6892 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux of South Dakota 
42. 9730 
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana 
10. 3153 
All other Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux 
25. 0225 
(b) The shares of the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, the u.sf T°reas^ry. 
Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, and the Assini-
boine and Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, 
as apportioned in accordance with subsection (a), shall be placed on 
deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the respective 
groups. Seventy per centum of such funds shall be distributed per ^^Per capita 
capita to their tribal members: Provided^ That none of the funds may 
be paid per capita to any person whose name does not appear on the 
rolls prepared pursuant to section 201(a) of this Act. The remainder 
of such funds may be advanced, deposited, expended, invested, or 
reinvested for any purpose designated by the respective tribal govern-
ing bodies and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided^ 
shares. 
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[86 STAT. 
Programing 
proposals. 
That, in the case of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck 
Reservation, Montana, the Fort Peck Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Coun-
cil shall act as the governing body in determining the distribution of 
funds allotted for programing purposes: Provided further^ That the 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota shall act in concert 
with its membership residing in the Upper Sioux Community in Min-
nesota and its membership affiliated with the Urban Sisseton-
Wahpeton Council of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area in jointly 
submitting programing proposals to the Secretary. 
(c) The funds allocated to all other Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux, 
as provided in subsection (a), shall be distributed per capita to the 
persons enrolled on the roll prepared by the Secretary pursuant to 
section 201(b) of this Act. 
Citizenship 
requirement. 
Minor en-
rollees, protec-
tion of interests. 
Income tax 
exemption. 
Rules and 
regulations. 
T I T L E I I I 
SEC. 301. No person shall be eligible to be enrolled under this Act 
who is not a citizen of the United States. 
SEC. 302. Any person qualifying for enrollment with more than 
one group shall elect the group with which he shall be enrolled for 
the purpose of this Act. 
SEC. 303. The sums payable to enroUees or their heirs or legatees 
who are minors or who are under a le^al disability shall be paid in 
accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, 
as the Secretary of the Interior determmes appropriate to protect 
the best interest of such persons after considering the recommenda-
tions of the governing bodies of the groups involved. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds distributed per capita under the pro-
visions of this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 305. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe 
rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act, including 
the establishment of deadlines. 
Approved October 25, 1972. 
October 25, 1972 
[S. 2741] 
Public Law 92-556 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of September 7, 1957, authorizing aircraft loan guarantees, 
in order to expand the program pursuant to such Act. 
Aircraft loan 
guarantees. 
Program ex-
pansion. 
76 Stat. 936; 
82 Stat. 1003. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled, That the Act 
entitled "An Act to provide for Government guaranty of private loans 
to certain air carriers for purchase of modern aircraft and equipment, 
to foster the development and use of modern transport aircraft by 
such carriers, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1957 
(49 U.S.C. 1324 note), is amended— 
(1) in section 4(d) by striking out "$10,000,000" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "$30,000,000"; and 
(2) in section 8 by striking out "fifteen" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "twenty". 
Approved October 25, 1972.