An Act to provide for the division and for the disposition of the funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap Reservations, Montana
PL 92-557 (S.3230), enacted 10/25/1972

86 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-557-OCT. 25, 1972 
1171 
Public Law 92-557 
AN ACT 
To provide for the division and for the disposition of the funds appropriated 
to pay a judgment in favor of the Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Peck and 
Fort Belknap Reservations, Montana. 
October 25, 1972 
[S. 3230] 
funds, disposi-
tion. 
Per capita 
shares, eligibil-
ity. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the funds 
^'^'f^^!; ^^^ 
appropriated by the Act of January 8, 1971 (84 Stat. 1981), to pay a Tribes^'Mon"^ 
judgment to the Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap 
judgment 
Reservations, Montana, in Indian Claims Commission docket num-
bered 279-A, together with interest thereon, after payment of attorney 
fees and litigation expenses, shall be divided by the Secretary of the 
Interior on the basis of 50 per centum to the Assiniboine Tribe of the 
Fort Peck Reservation and 50 per centum to the Assiniboine Tribe 
of the Fort Belknap Reservation. 
SEC. 2. The share of the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Reserva-
tion, after deducting $50,000 to be used as provided in section 3 of this 
Act, and after deducting the estimated costs of distribution and all 
other appropriate expenses, shall be distributed per capita to each 
person born on or before, and living on, the date of this Act who is a 
citizen of the United States, is duly enrolled on the approved roll of the 
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, and is of 
Assiniboine lineal descent: Provided^ That persons in the following 
categories shall not be eligible to receive a per capita payment: (a) 
persons who possess a greater degree of Fort Peck Sioux blood than 
Fort Peck Assiniboine blood, (b) persons who possess equal degrees of 
Fort Peck Assiniboine and Fort Peck Sioux blood and who elect to be 
enrolled as Sioux, and (c) persons who participated, or were eligible 
to participate, in the distribution of funds under the provisions of the 
Act of June 19, 1970 (84 Stat. 313), for the disposition of the judg-
ment of the Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation in docket 
immbered 279-A. 
SEC. 3. Upon agreement by the Fort Peck Assiniboine Tribe and the 
Fort Peck Sioux Tribe on the amount each agrees to contribute from 
the award to each tribe in Indian Claims Commission docket num-
bered '279-A, the agreed contribution of the Fort Peck Assiniboine 
Tribe shall be withdrawn from the $50,000, and interest thereon, with-
held from per capita distribution pursuant to section 2 of this Act, and 
shall be credited to the joint account for expenditure pursuant to the 
Act of June 29, 1954 (68 Stat. 329) : Provided, That upon request of 
the Fort Peck Assiniboine Tribe the Secretary of the Interior in his 
discretion may distribute all or part of the aforesaid $50,000 and 
interest thereon per capita to each person eligible under section 2 of 
this Act. 
SEC. 4. The share of the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Belknap Res-
ervation, after deducting $100,000 to be used as provided in section 5, .fy^'"' ^"«^^" 
and after deducting the estimated costs of distribution and all other 
appropriate expenses, shall be distributed per capita to each person 
born on or before, and living on, the date of this Act who is a citizen 
of the United States, is duly enrolled on the approved roll of the orga-
nized Fort Belknap Community, and is of Assiniboine lineal descent: 
Provided, That persons in the following categories shall not be eligible 
to receive a per capita payment: (a) persons who possess a greater 
degree of Gros Ventre blood than Assiniboine blood, (b) persons who 
possess equal degrees of Fort Belknap Assiniboine and Fort Peck Gros 
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1205. 
Certain salaries 
and expenses, 
payment. 
Per capita 
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Ante, p. 64. 
Withheld funds, 
Per capita 
shares, reversion 
to tribe. 
Tax exemption. 
Minors, protec-
tion of interests. 
Rules and 
regulations. 
Ventre blood and who elect to be enrolled as Gros Ventre, and (c) per-
sons who participated, or were eligible to participate, in the distribu-
tion of funds under the Act of March 18, 1972 (Public Law 92-254), 
for the disposition of the judgment of the Blackfeet Tribe and the 
Oros Ventre Tribe in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 
279-A. 
SEC. 5. The $100,000 withheld from distribution under section 4, and 
interest thereon, may be used for any purpose authorized by the Assini-
boine Treaty Committee of the Fort Belknap Assiniboine Tribe and 
approved by the Secretary of the Interior, including contributions to 
Reservation community projects and further per capita distribution. 
SEC. 6. The per capita shares shall be determined on the basis of the 
number of persons eligible for per capitas and the number of persons 
rejected for per capitas who have taken a timely appeal. The shares of 
those persons whose appeals are denied shall revert to the tribe from 
whose share the per capita would have been paid, to be expended for 
any purpose designated by such tribe and approved by the Secretary. 
SEC. 7. None of the funds distributed per capita under the provisions 
of this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes. Sums pay-
able to persons under eighteen years of age or under legal disability 
shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the estab-
lishment of trusts, as the Secretary determines will protect the best 
interests of such persons. 
SEC. 8. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations 
to effect the provisions of this Act, including the establishment of 
deadlines. 
Approved October 25, 1972. 
October 25, 1972 
[H. R. 11091] 
Public La-w 92-558 
AN ACT 
To provide additional funds for certain wildlife restoration projects, and for 
other purposes. 
Wildlife res-
toration fund. 
Bows and 
arrows, tax. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
TITLE I—WILDLIFE RESTOKATION FUND 
84 Stat. 1097. 
Post, p. 1173. 
68A Stat. 490. 
83 Stat. 269. 
84 Stat. 1098. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 101. (a) The first sentence of section 3 of the Federal Aid in 
Wildlife Restoration Act of September 2, 1937 (16 U.S.C. 669b), is 
amended to read as follows: "An amount equal to all revenues accru-
ing each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year 1975) from any tax 
imposed on specified articles by sections 4161 (b) and 4181 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 4161(b), 4181) shall, subject 
to the exemptions in section 4182 of such Code, be covered into the 
Federal aid to wildlife restoration fimd in the Treasury (hereinafter 
referred to as the 'fund') and is authorized to be appropriated and 
made available until expended to carry out the purposes of this Act." 
(b) That part of section 4(b) of such Act of September 2, 1937 
(16 U.S.C. 669c-(b)), which precedes the proviso is amended to read 
as follows: "One-half of the revenues accruing to the fund under 
this Act each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year 1975) from 
any tax imposed on pistols, revolvers, bows, and arrows shall be 
apportioned among the States in proportion to the ratio that the 
population of each State bears to the population of all the States:". 
(c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this sec-
tion shall take effect July 1, 1974.