An Act to provide for the disposition of judgment funds new on deposit to the credit of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
PL 90-117 (S.1933), enacted 10/31/1967

81 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-117-OCT. 31, 1967 
337 
Public Law 90-116 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To amend the joint resolution of March 2o, 1953, to increase the number of 
electric typewriters which may be furnished to Members by the Clerlv of the 
Hoiise. 
October 24, 1967 
[H.J. Res. 516] 
Resolved hy the Semite <ind House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the joint se"°^tive°s^ Repre-
resolution entitled "Joint resolution to authorize the Clerk of the House 
Additional eiec-
of Representatives to furnish certain electrical or mechanical office *
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i
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= typewriters. 
equipment for the use of Members, officers, and committees of the 
House of Iie])resentatives-', approved March 25, 1958 (2 U.S.C. 
112a-l), is amended by striking out "'four electric typewriters'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof "'five electric typewriters" and by striking out 
•'five electric typewriters"' and inserting in lieu thereof "six electric 
typewriters"*. 
' Approved October 24, 1967. 
70 Stat. 31; 
79 Stat. 968. 
Public Law 90-117 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disiwsition of judgment funds now on deposit to the credit 
of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. 
October 31, 1967 
[S. 1933] 
disposition. 
Funds held in 
trust. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Reqwescntatlces of the 
United States of America In Congress assembled. That the Secretary Ar^'^^u^Td-
of the Interior is authorized and directed to distribute and expend the Tribes, okia." 
funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of 
Judgment funds 
the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma that were appropriated 
by the Act of October 81, 1965 (79 Stat. 1183), in satisfaction of the 
settlement and compromise of claims of said tribes against the L'nited 
States in the Indian Claims Commission in dockets numbered 329A 
and 329B, together with the interest accrued thereon, as herein 
provided. 
SEC. 2. Five hundred thousand dollars of said funds shall be held in 
trust for the purpose of providing education and scholarships for 
members of said tribes pursuant to a trust agreement to be made and 
entered into by and between said tribes, as grantor, and a national 
banking association located in the State of Oklahoma, as trustee, which 
trust agreement shall be authorized and approved by the tribal gov-
erning body and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior shall distribute remaining 
funds per capita to all persons alive on the date of this Act whose 
names appear on the membership roll of the Cheyenne-Arapaho 
Tribes of Oklahoma or who, on the date of this Act, were eligible 
for membership, hereinafter referred to as "enrollees", as follows: 
(a) a share payable to an enrollee not less than twenty-one 
years of age shall be paid directly in one payment to such enrollee, 
except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section; 
(b) a share payable to an enrollee dying after the date of 
this Act shall be distributed to his heirs or legatees upon the 
filing of proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Sec-
retary of the Interior, or his authorized representative, whose find-
ings and determinations upon such proof shall be final and con-
clusive : Provided, That if a share oi such deceased enrollee, or a 
Per capita dis-
tribution. 
•Enrollees." 
338 
PUBLIC LAW 90-118-OCT. 31, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
Per capita 
share claims, 
termination date. 
Reverted funds, 
disposition. 
Tax exemptions. 
Payment of 
costs. 
portion thereof, is payable to an heir or legatee under twenty-one 
years of age or under legal disability, the same shall be paid and 
held in trust pursuant to subsection (c) of this section; 
(c) a share or proportional share payable to an enrollee or per-
son under twenty-one years of age or to an enrollee or person 
under legal disability shall be paid and held in trust for such 
enrollee or person pursuant to a trust agreement to be made and 
entered into by and between the Cheyenne-A rapaho Tribes of 
Oklahoma, as grantor, and a national banking association located 
in the State of Oklahoma, as trustee, which trust agreement shall 
be authorized and approved by the tribal governing body and 
approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. (a) All claims for per capita shares, whether by a living 
enrollee or by the heirs or legatees of a deceased enrollee, shall be filed 
with the area director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anadarko, 
Oklahoma, not later than three years from the date of approval of this 
Act. Thereafter, all claims and the right to file same shall be forever 
barred and the unclaimed shares shall revert to the tribes. 
(b) Tribal funds that revert to the tribes pursuant to subsection (a) 
of this section, including interest and income therefrom, may be 
advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal 
governing body. 
SEC. 5. Xo part of any funds distributed or held in trust under the 
provisions of this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 6. (a) All costs incident to making the payments authorized by 
this Act, including the costs of payment roll preparation and such 
sums as may be required to distribute said funds, shall be paid by 
appropriate withdrawals from the judgment fund and interest on the 
judgment fund, using the interest fund first. 
(b) In the event that the sum of money reserved by the Secretary 
of the Interior to pay the costs of distributing said funds exceeds the 
amount actually necessary to accomplish this purpose, the money 
lemaining shall revert to the tribes and may be advanced or expended 
for any purpose that is authorized and approved by the tribal govern-
ing body. 
SEC. 7. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 31, 1967. 
October 31, 1967 
[S.J. Res. 112] 
Public Law 90-118 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Extending the time for filing report of Commission on Urban Problems. 
79 Stat. 474. 
42 use 1456 
note. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, Section 301 (b) of the Hous-
ing and l^ban Development Act of 1965 is amended by striking 
"within 18 months" and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof 
"not later than December 31,1968." 
Approved October 31, 1967.