An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and the Miami Indians of Indiana in Indian Claims Commission dockets Nos. 255, 256, 124-C, D, E, and F, and of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Miami Tribe of Indians in the Commissioner's docket No. 251-A, and for other purposes
PL 92-309 (H.R.5199), enacted 06/02/1972

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Congress to name and join the United States as a party in any litiga-
tion in the United States Supreme Court, if the United States is an 
indispensable party and if the litigation arises out of this Compact 
or its application, and if a signatory State is a party thereto. 
" '8.2 Notice of ratification by the Legislatui-e of each State shall 
be given by the Governor of that State to the Governor of the other 
State and to the President of the United States, and the President is 
hereby requested to give notice to the Governor of each State of the 
consent by the Congress of the United States,' 
"IN WITNESS W H E R E O F the authorized representatives have 
executed three counterparts hereof, each of which shall be and con-
stitute an original, one of which shall be deposited with the Adminis-
trator of General Services of the United States, and one of which 
sha] 1 be forwarded to the Governor of each State. 
"Done at Lincoln, Nebraska, this 25th day of January 1971. 
"Keith S. Krause 
"KEITH S. KILVUSE 
"Commissioner for the State of Kansas 
"Dan S. Jones, Jr. 
"DAN S. JONES, Jr. 
"Commissioner for the State of Nebraska 
"APPROVED: 
"Elmo W. McClendon 
"ELMO W . MCCLENDON 
"Representative of the United States of America" 
SEC. 2. To carry out the purposes of Article V I I I of the Compact, 
the Congress hereby consents to have the United States named and 
joined as a party m any litigation in the United States Supreme 
Court, if the United States is an indispensable party and if the litiga-
tion arises out of the Compact or its application, and if a signatory 
State is a party thereto. 
SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
Approved June 2, 1972. 
Public Law 92-309 
AN ACT 
June 2, 1972 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in 
[H. R. 5199] 
favor of tlie Miami Tribe of Oklalioma and tlie Miami Indians of Indiana 
in Indian Claims Commission docltets numbered 255 and 124-C, doclvets num-
bered 256, 124-D, E, and F, and docliets numbered 131 and 253, and of funds 
appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma in 
docket numbered 251-A, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the funds oi^i^dllla'^and^ 
appropriated by the Acts of July 22,1969 (83 Stat. 49), and January 8, Oklahoma. 
1971 (84 Stat. 1981), to pay judgments awarded to the Miami Tribe distribution^""'^^' 
of Oklahoma and the Miami Indians of Indiana in Indian Claims 
Commission dockets numbered 255 and 124-C, dockets numbered 256, 
124-D, E, and F, and dockets numbered 131 and 253, and to pay a 
judgment awarded to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma in docket num-
bered 251-A, together with interest thereon, after payment of attorney 
fees and litigation expenses, shall be distributed as provided in this 
Act. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary may make appropriate withdrawals from 
the judgment funds and interest thereon, using interest funds first, 
to pay costs incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act. 
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Ancestry roll. 
SEC. 3. TliG Secretary of the Interior shall brmg current to the 
date of this Act the roll prepared pursuant to section 4 of the Act 
25 use 1114. 
of October M, 19(56 (80 Stat. 909), by (a) adding the names of 
persons living- on the date of this Act -who were eligible for enrollment 
under said section 4 but \Yere not enrolled, (b) by adding the names 
of children born to enrollees on or prior to the date of this Act and 
who are living on said date, (c) by adding the names of children 
born to persons who were eligible for enrollment under said section 4 
but who were not enrolled, regardless of whether such persons are 
living or deceased on the date of this Act, provided said children 
of such persons are living on the date of this Act, and (d) by deleting 
the names of persons wlio are deceased as of the date of this Act. 
Enrollment 
SEC. 4. Au appHcatiou for addition of a name to the roll pursuant 
application. 
^^ sectlou 3 of this Act must be filed with the area director of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, on forms prescribed 
for that purpose. The determination of the Secretary regarding the 
eligibility of an applicant shall be final. 
SEC. 5. On completion of the roll by the Secretary of the Interior, 
the balance of the funds appropriated to satisfy the judgments in 
dockets numbered 255 and 124-C, dockets numbered 256, 124-D, E, 
and F, and dockets numbered 131 and 253, and interest accumulated 
thereon, shall be distributed equally to the individuals enrolled. 
SEC. 6. The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States 
to the credit of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma that were appropriated 
by the Act of July 22, 1969 (83 Stat. 49), to pay a judgment by the 
Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 251-A, together with 
the interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and expenses, may 
be advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the 
tribal governing body of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, and approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior. 
Per capita 
SEC. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the 
payments. 
Secretary of the Interior shall distribute a per capita share payable to 
a living enrollee directly to such enrollee, and shall distribute a per 
capita share payable to a deceased enrollee directly 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. 
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(b) Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are 
less than eighteen years of age or who are under a legal disability 
shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the estab-
lishment of trusts, as the Secretary of the Interior determines appro-
priate to protect the best interest of such persons. 
Tax exemption. 
g^c^ 8. None of the fuuds distributed under the })r-ovisions of this 
Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
Rules and 
g£(.^ Q, xhc Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe 
regulations. 
^.^j^^ ^^^^ reguktioiis to Carry out the provisions of this Act. includ-
ing the establishment of deadlines. 
Approved June 2, 1972.