An Act to provide for the disposition of judgment funds of the Cherokee Nation or Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
PL 87-775 (H.R.11590), enacted 10/09/1962

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October 9, 1962 
[H, R. 11590] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-775-OCT. 9, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Public Law 87-775 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of judgment funds of the Cherokee Nation or Tribe 
of Indians of Oklahoma. 
Indians. 
Cherokee Tribe, 
Okla. 
Judgment funds, 
disposition. 
25 u s e 355 
note. 
Share payments. 
Claims. 
Tax exemption. 
Funds not sub-
ject to liens, etc. 
74 Stat. 988; 
S3 Stat. 1379; 
74 Stat. 997; 
64 Stat. 555. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hpuse of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized and directed to distribute per capita to 
all persons whose names appear on the rolls of the Cherokee Nation, 
which rolls were closed and made final as of March 4, 1907, pursuant 
to the Act of April 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 137), and subsequent additions 
thereto, all funds which were appropriated by the Act of September 
30,1961 (75 Stat. 733), in satisfaction of a judgment that was obtained 
by the Cherokee Tribe in the Indian Claims Commission against the 
United States in docket numbered 173, together with the interest 
accrued thereon, except $1,432,084.17 which by stipulation of the 
parties has been set aside for the payments of any offsets that are 
finally determined to be due the United States, and except the amount 
allowed for attorney fees and expenses. 
SEC. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this 
section, a share or proportional share payable to a living adult shall 
be paid directly to such adult; (b) a share payable to a deceased 
enrollee shall be distributed to his heirs or legatees upon the filing 
of proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary of 
the Interior, or his authorized representative, whose findings and 
determinations upon such proof shall be final and conclusive: Pro-
vided^ That proportional shares of deceased heirs amounting to $10 
or less shall not be distributed, and no inherited share amounting to 
$5 or less shall be paid, and the money shall revert to the tribe; (c) 
a share or proportional share payable to a person under twenty-one 
years of age or to a person under legal disability shall be paid in 
accordance with such procedures as the Secretary determines will 
adequately protect the best interests of such persons. 
SEC. 3. (a) All claims for per capita shares, whether by a living 
enrollee or by the heirs or legatees or a deceased enrollee, shall be filed 
with the Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, 
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 tribe. 
(b) Tribal funds that revert to the tribe pursuant to this Act, 
including interest and income therefrom, may be advanced or expended 
for any purpose that is authorized by the principal chief of the 
Cherokee Nation and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. No part of any funds which may be distributed in accordance 
with the provisions of this Act shall be subject to Federal or State 
income tax. 
SEC. 5. No part of any of the funds which may be so distributed 
shall be subject to any lien, debt, or claim of any nature whatsoever 
against the tribe or individual Indians except delinquent debts owed 
by the tribe to the United States, or owed by individual Indians to 
the tribe or to the United States. 
SEC. 6. Payments made under this Act shall not be held to be "other 
income and resources", as that term is used in sections 2(a) (10) (A), 
402(a)(7), 1002(a)(8), and 1402(a)(8) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 302(a) (10) (A), 602(a) (7), 1202(a) (8), and 1352(a) (8)). 
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SEC. 7. All costs incident to making the payments authorized by this 
Act shall be paid by appropriate withdrawals from the judgment fund 
and interest on the judgment fund, using the interest fund first. 
SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe 
rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 9, 1962. 
Cost payments. 
Rules and 
regulations. 
Public Law 87-776 
AN ACT 
To amend the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 to provide a more reasonable 
allowance for transportation of house trailers or mobile dwellings by certain 
governmental oflScers and employees upon their transfer from one official 
station to another. 
October 9, 1962 
[H. R. 10652] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the last sen-
tence of subsection (b) of the first section of the Administrative 
Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-l) is amended by striking out 
"to a reasonable allowance, not to exceed 20 cents per mile, in lieu 
of such transportation" and inserting in lieu thereof, "in lieu of the 
transportation to which he would otherwise be entitled under subsec-
tion (a) of this section, to a reasonable allowance, not to exceed 20 
cents per mile for transportation of the house trailer or mobile dwell-
ing if such trailer or dwelling is transported by such officer or 
employee, or, if such trailer or dwelling is not so transported by such 
officer or employee, to commercial transportation of the house trailer 
or mobile dwelling, at Government expense, or reimbursement to such 
officer or employee therefor, including the payment of necessary tolls, 
charges, and permit fees, except that no payment under this sentence 
shall exceed the maximum payment to wnich such officer or employee 
would otherwise be entitled under this section for transportation and 
temporary storage of his household goods and personal effects in con-
nection with this transfer". 
Approved October 9, 1962. 
Administrative 
Expenses Act of 
1946, amendment. 
60 Stat. 806: 
72 Stat. 14. 
Public Law 87-777 
AN ACT 
To amend section 6112 of title 10, United States Code. 
October 9,1962 
[H. R. 11217] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 6112 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out tke designation " ( a ) " at the beginning 
thereof; and 
(2) by repealing subsection (b). 
SEC. 2. Section 1409 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953 
(66 Stat. 661), and section 1309 of the Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1954 (67 Stat. 437; 5 U.S.C. 59c), are each amended by striking 
out the word "two" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three". 
Approved October 9, 1962. 
Naval Service. 
Retired officers, 
withholding pay. 
70A Stat. 381.