An Act to authorize a per capita distribution of $550 from funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
PL 90-531 (S.3420), enacted 09/28/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-530-SEPT. 28, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
September28, 1968 
[S.3621] 
Public Lav/ 90-530 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropi'iated to pay a judgment in favor 
of the Muckleshoot Tribe of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket 
numbered 98, and for other purposes. 
Indians, 
Muckleshoot 
Tribe. 
Judgment funds, 
disposition. 
Tax exemption. 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreHeidatlces of the 
United States of America In Congress assemNed, Tliat the unexpended 
balance of funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the 
credit of the Muckleshoot Tribe of Indians that were appropriated by 
the Act of May 29, 1967 (81 Stat. 80, 42), to pay a jud^uent by the 
Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 98, and the interest 
thereon, less attorneys' fees and expenses, may be advanced, expended, 
invested, or reinvested for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal 
governing body and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Any 
part of such funds that may be distributed to the individual members 
of the tribe shall not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe 
rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved September 28, 1968. 
Public Law 90-531 
September 28, 1968 
A.N A C T 
[s. 3420] 
To authorize a per capita distribution of $.5r)0 from funds arising from a judg-
ment in favor of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. 
Indians, Con-
federated Tribes 
of the Colville 
Reservation. 
Judgment funds, 
distribution. 
Tax exemp-
tions. 
Be it enacted hy the Semate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States' of America In Congress a.ssemhled. That the funds which 
have been or may be deposited in the Treasury of the United States 
to pay a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission dated September 
7, 1967, in dockets numbered 181-A and 181-B, and the interest on 
said funds, after payment of attorney fees and expenses, shall be 
credited to the account of the (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Res-
ervation and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed 
to make a per capita distribution from such funds of a sum no more 
than $550, to the extent that such funds are available, to each person 
born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act who meets the 
requirements for membership in the Confederated Tribes of the Col-
ville Reservation. The balance of such funds, and the interest thereon, 
shall be combined and distributed with any other tribal funds that 
may hereafter become available for per capita distribution. 
SEC. 2. Sums payable to persons or their heirs or legatees who are 
less than twenty-one years of age or who are under a legal disability 
shall be paid in accordance with such procedure as the Secretary, after 
consultation with the tribal governing body, determines will ade-
quately protect their best interests. 
SEC. 8. The funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall 
not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved September 28, 1968.