An Act to provide for the disposition of Judgment funds of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band of snake Indians, and for other purposes
PL 89-224 (S.664), enacted 10/01/1965

79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-224-OCT. 1, 1965 
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Public Law 89-224 
AN A C T 
October 1, 1965 
To provide for the disposition of judgment funds of the Klamath and Modoc 
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Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians, and for other purposes. 
Klamath Tribe 
of Indians. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized and directed to distribute in accordance "'jud*gmerit funds. 
with the provisions of this Act the funds appropriated in satisfaction 
of a judgment obtained by the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and 
Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians, hereinafter called the Klamath 
Tribe for the purposes of the administration of this Act, from the 
Indian Claims Commission against the United States in docket num-
bered 100, and all other funds heretofore or hereafter deposited in the 
United States Treasury to the credit of the Klamath Tribe or any of 
its constituent parts or groups, except the funds heretofore or hereafter 
set aside for the purpose of paying the usual and necessary expenses 
of prosecuting claims against the United States. 
SEC. 2. (a) A distribution shall be made of the funds resulting from 
docket numbered 100, including interest, after deducting litigation 
expenses and estimated costs of distribution to all persons whose 
names appear on the final roll of the Klamath Tribe, which roll was 
closed and made final as of August 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 718). 
Except 
as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, a 
share or portion of a share payable to a living adult shall be paid 
directly to such adult; (b) a share payable to a deceased enrollee 
shall be paid to his heirs or legatees upon the filing of proof of death 
and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, whose 
findings and determinations upon such proof shall be final and con-
clusive : Provided^ That amounts payable to deceased heirs amounting 
to $5 or less shall not be paid, and such amounts shall remain in the 
United States Treasury to the credit of the Klamath Tribe; (c) a 
share payable to an adult under legal disability shall be paid to his 
legal representative; (d) a share payable to a person previously found 
to be in need of assistance under the provisions of section 15 of the Act 
of August 13, 1954, may be paid directly to the individual or, if the 
Secretary deems it in the best interest of the individual, it may be 
added to the trust now in force on behalf of said individual, with con-
currence of the trustee; and (e) a share or portion of a share payable 
to a person under age of majority as determined by the laws of the 
State of residence shall be paid to a parent, legal guardian, or trustee 
of such minor. 
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SEC. 3. Within sixty days of the date of approval of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall commence to pay the share due to each 
living person whose name appears on the final roll of August 13,1954. 
As to members who have died since promulgation of the final roll of 
August 13, 1954, the Secretary shall mail a notice of distribution of 
funds and a form for presentation of a claim thereunder to all known 
heirs or legatees of such deceased enroUees. All such claims shall be 
filed with the area director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland, 
Oregon, within two years following the date of approval of this Act. 
From and after that date, all claims and the right to file claims for any 
distribution from the judgment in docket numbered 100 shall be for-
ever barred. 
SEC. 4. Funds remaining in the United States Treasury to the credit 
of the said Klamath Tribe, or any of its constitutent parts or groups, 
after the distribution of funds resulting from Indian Claims Com-
mission docket numbered 100 as provided by sections 2 and 3 of this 
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Act, together with any other funds which may be deposited in the 
United States Treasury, including without limitation funds accruing 
from other judgments against the United States (after payment of 
expenses, including attorney fees, payments for rights-of-way, tres-
pass damages, or other revenues, together with any interest accrued 
thereon, shall, after deduction of the estimated cost of distribution, 
be distributed from time to time as determined by the Secretary to the 
members of the Klamath Tribe or to the members of any of its con-
stitutent parts or groups in the same manner as provided in sections 2 
and 3 of this Act. 
SEC. 5. After all claims of the Klamath Tribe or any of its con-
stituent parts or groups against the United States have been finally 
determined, appropriated, and distributed, as provided in sections 
2, 3, and 4 of this Act; and after all litigation expenses (including 
attorney fees) and costs of distributions have been paid, any funds 
remaining in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Klamath 
Tribe or any of its constituent parts or groups which, in the discretion 
of the Secretary of the Interior are insuflBlcient to justify a further 
distribution, shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts of the 
Treasury of the United States. 
SEC. 6. The costs of distribution may be paid out of the deductions 
authorized by sections 2 and 4 of this Act. Any unused portion of such 
amounts shall remain in the United States Treasury to the credit of 
the Klamath Tribe. 
SEC. 7. None of the funds distributed pursuant to this Act shall be 
subject to Federal or State income tax. 
SEC. 8. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe rules and regula-
tions to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 1, 1965. 
Public Law 89-225 
October 1, 1965 
AN A C T 
[H. R. 5252] 
rpQ provide for the relief of certain enlisted members of tlie Air Force. 
Air Force. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Revresentati^ves of the 
Enlisted men 
Vuited States of America in Congress assembled, That all payments 
relief. 
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of basic allowance for subsistence heretofore made to enlisted mem-
bers of the Air Force who wei-e assigned to the Tainan Air Force Sta-
tion, Tainan, Taiwan, during the period beginning on October 1,1960, 
and ending on June 30,1962, and which are otherwise correct, are vali-
dated to the extent that those allowances were paid because the mili-
tary commander concerned determined that no Government mess was 
available to those enlisted members under regulations prescribed under 
76 Stat. 470. 
section 402 of title 37, United States Code. Any enlisted member who 
has made a repayment to the United States of the amount so paid to 
him as a basic allowance for subsistence is entitled to be paid the 
amount involved, if otherwise proper. 
SEC. 2. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying 
or disbursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for any 
amounts expended imder this Act. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations available to the Department of the Air Force 
for the pay and allowances of military personnel are available for pay-
ments under this Act. 
Approved October 1, 1965.