An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Otoe and Missouria Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes
PL 89-661 (H.R.10674), enacted 10/14/1966

80 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 8 9 - 6 6 1 - O C T . 14, 1966 
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AffairSj Portland, Oregon, on forms prescribed for that purpose. 
The 
determination of the Secretary regarding the utilization of available 
rolls or records and the eligibility for enrollment of an applicant shall 
be final. 
SEC. 2. After the deduction of attorney fees, litigation expenses, the 
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costs of roll preparation, and such sums as may be required to distrib-
ute individual snares, the funds, including interest, remaining to the 
credit of the Duwamish Tribe, which were appropriated by the Act 
of June 9, 1964 (78 Stat. 213), 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 enroUee's best interest. The Secretary shall 
distribute 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 escheat to the United 
States. In the event that the sum of money reserved by the Secretary 
to pay the costs of distributing the individual shares exceeds the 
amount actually necessary to accomplish this purpose, such funds shall 
also escheat to the United States. 
SEC. 4. The funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall 
income tax 
not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
exemp ion. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules ^"^^^ ^"'^ "^^s"-
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
lations. 
Approved October 14, 1966. 
Public Law 89-661 
A N A C T 
October 14, 1966 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
[H. R. IO674] 
of the Otoe and Missouria Tribe of Indians, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate mid Hou-ne of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America m Congress assembled^ That the unexpended 
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balance of funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to ind^aL." 
the credit of the Otoe and Missouria Tribe of Indians that were appro- 
Judgment funds. 
priated by the Act of June 9, 1964, to pay a judgment by the Indian 
78 stat. 204. 
Claims Commission in docket numbered 11-A, and the interest 
thereon, less payment of attorney fees and expenses, may be advanced 
or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal govern-
ing body and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, Any part of ^ J"^°H^„*^'' 
such funds that may be distributed to "the members of the tribe shall "''''""" '"" 
not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. The sum of $150,000, 
and any accrued interest thereon, shall be held in the United States 
Treasury pending final determination of the Yankton Sioux claim m 
docket numbered 332-A. Any portion of such sum that is determined 
to belong to the Otoe and Missouria Tribe shall thereupon become 
subject to the foregoing provisions of this Act. 
Approved October 14, 1966. 
exemption.