An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Nooksack Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes
PL 89-656 (H.R.12437), enacted 10/14/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-656-OCT. 14, 1966 
[80 
STAT. 
Income 
emption. 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
14X7235 Proceeds of Labor, Hoh Indians, Washington; 
14X7735 Interest and Accruals on Interest, Proceeds of Labor, 
Hoh Indians, Washington. 
SEC. 7. Any part of the funds that may be distributed to individual 
members of the Quileute and Hoh Tribes under the provisions of this 
Act shall not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe 
rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 14, 1966. 
October 14, 1966 
[H. R. 12437] 
Public Law 89-656 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
of the Nooksack Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes. 
Nooksack Tribe 
of Indians. 
Judgment funds. 
79 Stat. 81. 
Income tax 
exemption. 
Rules and 
regulations. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons who meet the f 
oUow^-
ing requirements for eligibility: (a) They were bom on or prior to 
and were living on the date of this Act, and (b^ they are descendants 
of members of the Nooksack Tribe as it existed m 1855. Applications 
for enrollment must be filed with the area director of the Bureau of 
Indian Ajffairs, Portland, Oregon, on forms prescribed for that pur-
pose. The determination of the Secretary regarding the utilization 
of avaihible rolls or records and the eligioility for enrollment of an 
applicant shall be final. 
SEC. 2. After the deduction of attorney fees, litigation expenses, 
the costs of roll preparation, and such sums as may be required to 
distribute individual shares, the funds, including interest, remaining 
to the credit of the Nooksack Tribe, which were appropriated by the 
Act of April 30,1965 (Public Law 89-16), shall be distributed in equal 
shares to those persons whose names appear on the roll prepared in 
accordance with section 1 of this Act. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living 
enrollee directly to such enrollee or in such manner as is deemed by the 
Secretary to be in the enrollee's best interest. 
The Secretary shall dis-
tribute the per capita share of a deceased enrollee to his heirs or 
legatees upon proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secre-
tary whose findings upon such proof shall be final and conclusive. 
Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less than 
twenty-one years of age or who are under a legal disability shall be 
paid to the persons whom the Secretary determines will best protect 
their interests. 
Proportional shares of heirs or legatees amounting to 
$5 or less shall not be distributed and shall remain to the credit of the 
Nooksack Tribe. Any sum of money remaining to the credit of the 
Nooksack Tribe as a result of this judgment, three years after the date 
of this Act, shall escheat to the United States and shall be deposited in 
the Treasury of the United States in miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 4. The funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall 
not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 14, 1966.