An Act to provide for the apportionment of funds in payment of a judgment in favor of the Shoshone Tribe in consolidated dockets numbered 326-D, 326-E, 326-F, 326-G, 326-H, 306, and 367 before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.
PL 92-206 (S.2042), enacted 12/18/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-206-DEC. 18, 1971 
737 
Public Law 92-206 
AN ACT 
To provide for the apportionment of funds in payment of a judgment in favor 
of the Shoshone Tribe in consolidated docliets numbered 326-D, 326-E, 326-F, 
326-G, 326-H, 306, and 367 before the Indian Claims Commission, and for 
other purposes. 
December 18, 1971 
[S.2042] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the funds on 
deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Sho-
shone Xation or Tribe of Indians and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes 
that were appropriated by the Act of June 19, 1968 (82 Stat. 239), to 
pay a judgment in the sum of $15,700,000 entered by the Indian Claims 
(Commission in consolidated dockets numbered 326-D, 326-E, 326-F, 
326-(T, 3 2 6 - H , 366, and 367. and the interest thereon, after deducting 
attorneys' fees, litigation expenses, and other appropriate deductions, 
shall be apportioned by the Secretary of the Interior to the Shoshone 
Tribe of the Wind Kiver Reservation, Wyoming, the Shoshone-Ban-
nock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho, and the Northwest 
Band of Shoshone Indians (hereinafter the "three groups"), as set 
forth in this Act. 
SEC. 2. The sum of $500,000, and the interest thereon, less attorneys' 
fees and other appropriate deductions all in the proportion that the 
$500,000 bears to the $15,700,000. shall be credited to the Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation for claims of the tribes 
enumerated in dockets numbered 326-D, 326-E, 326-F, 326-CJ, and 
366. 
SEC. 3. The sum of $1,375,000 plus the earned interest thereon less 
$181,732 shall be credited to the Northwestern Bands of Shoshone 
Indians for claims of the bands enumerated in dockets numbered 
326-H and 367. 
SEC. 4. The remainder of the award shall be apportioned between the 
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and the Sho-
shone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation in accordance with an 
agreement entered into between the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and the 
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation in May 1965, approved 
by the Associate Commissioner of Indian Aii'airs in December 1965. 
SEC. 5. For the purpose of apportioning the award in accordance 
with this Act, membership rolls, duly approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, shall be prepared for each of the three groups, as follows: 
(a) The governing body of the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation and the governing body of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, 
each shall, with the assistance of the Secretary, bring current the 
membership rolls of their respective tribes, to include all persons born 
l)rior to and alive on the date of this Act, who are enrolled or eligible 
to be enrolled in accordance with the membership requirements of their 
respective tribes. 
(b) The proposed roll of the Northwestern Bands of Shoshone 
Indians entitled to participate in the distribution of the judgment 
funds shall be prepared by the governing officers of said Northwestern 
l^ands, with the assistance of the Secretary of the Interior, within six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act authorizing dis-
tribution of said funds. The roll shall include all persons who meet all 
of the following requirements of eligibility: 
(1) They were born prior to and alive on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) Either their names appear on one of the following Indian 
census rolls of the Washakie Sub-Agency of the Fort Hall 
jurisdiction: 
Indians. 
Shoshone tribes. 
Judgment funds, 
apportionment. 
Membership rolls. 
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[85 STAT. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Northwestern 
Band of Shoshone 
Indians. 
Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes of 
Fort Hall Reser-
vation. 
(a) Roll dated January 1, 1937, by F. A. Gross, Super-
intendent of the Fort Hall Reservation. 
(b) Roll dated January 1, 1940, by F. A. (^ross. Super-
intendent of the Fort Hall Reservation. 
(c) Roll dated March 10,1954. 
(d) Roll dated April 21,1964. 
or they possess one-quarter Shoshone Indian blood and they are 
descendants of those appearing on at least one of said rolls; 
(8) They are not recognized as members of the Shoshone-Ban-
nock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation, the Shoshone Tribe of 
the AVind River Reservation, or any other Indian Tribe; and 
(4) They shall elect not to participate in any settlement of 
claims pending before the Indian Claims Commission in docket 
3*2()-J, Shoshone-Ooshute, and docket 326-K, Western Shoshone. 
The i)roposed roll shall be published in the Federal Register, and in 
a newspaper of general circulation in the State of Utah. Any person 
claiming membership rights in the Northwestern Bands of Shoshone 
Indians, or any interest in said judgment funds, or a representative of 
the Secretary on behalf of any such person, within sixty days from 
the date of publication in the Federal Register, or in the newspaper of 
general circulation, as hereinbefore provided, whichever publication 
date is last, may file an appeal with the Secretary contesting the inclu-
sion or omission of the name of any person on or from such pro-
posed roll. The Secretary shall review such appeals, and his decision 
thereon shall be final and conclusive. After disposition of all such 
appeals to the Secretary, the roll of the Northwestern Bands of Sho-
shone Indians shall be published in the Federal Register and such 
roll shall be final. 
SEC. 6. The funds apportioned to the Northwestern Band of Sho-
shone Indians, less attorneys' fees, and expenses due the attorneys 
representing tlie Northwestern Band under an approved contract, 
effective March 1, 1968, shall be placed to its credit in the United 
States Treasury and shall be distributed equally to the members whose 
names appear on the final roll and in accordance with the provisions 
of this Act, 
(a) The per capita shares shall be determined on the basis of the 
number of pei-sons listed on the proposed roll published as herein-
l)efore provided and the number of persons on whose behalf an appeal 
has been taken to the Secretary contesting omission from such pro-
posed roll. The share of those persons excluded from the final roll by 
reason of the decision of the Secretary on appeal shall be distributed 
equally to the persons included on the final roll. 
(b) The Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living 
enrollee directly to such enrollee. The per capita share of a deceased 
enrollee shall be paid to his heirs or legatees upon proof of death and 
inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary, whose findings upon such 
[)roof shall be final and conclusive. A share or interest therein payable 
to enrollees or their heirs or legatees w'ho are less than twenty-one 
years of age or who are under legal disability shall be paid in accord-
ance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as 
the Secretary determines appropriate to protect the best interest of 
such persons. 
SEC. 7. (a) The funds apportioned to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes 
of the Fort Hall Reservation shall be placed to their credit in the 
I'^nited States Treasury. Seventy-five percent of such funds shall be 
distributed per capita to all persons born on or before and living on 
the date of this Act who are duly enrolled on the roll prepared in 
accordance with section 5(a) of this Act. 
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(b) 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 Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes to be expended for any purpose designated by the 
tribal governing body and approved bjr the Secretary. 
(c) 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 in accordance with such procedures, including the establish-
ment of trusts, as the Secretary of the Interior determines appropriate 
to protect the best interests of such persons. 
(d) The funds remaining after provision is made for the per capita 
distribution may be used, advanced, expended, invested, or reinvested 
for any purpose authorized by the tribal governing body and approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 8. The funds apportioned to the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind 
River Reservation shall be placed to its credit in the United States 
Treasury and shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of 
the Act of May 19,1947, as amended (61 Stat. 102; 25 U.S.C. 611-613). 
SEC. 9. Any funds distributed per capita under provisions of this 
Act shall not be subject to Federal or State income tax. 
SEC. 10. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved December 18, 1971. 
Shoshone Tribe 
of Wind River 
Reservation. 
72 Stat. 541. 
Tax exemption. 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
Public Law 92-207 
AN ACT 
To establish the Capitol Reef National Park in the State of Utah. 
December 18, 1971 
[S. 29] 
He it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representative's 
of the 
Vnlted States of America in Congress as.semhled^ That (a) subject to 
valid existing rights, the lands, Avaters. and interests therein within the 
boundary generally depicted on the map entitled "Boundary Map, 
l^roposed Capitol Reef Xational Park. L^tah," numbered 158-91,002, 
and dated January 1971, are hereb}' established as the Capitol Reef 
Xational Park (hereinafter referred to as the "park"). Such map shall 
1)e (m file and available for public inspection in the offices of the 
Xational Park Service, Department of the Interior. 
(b) The Capitol Reef Xational Monument is herebj- abolished, and 
any funds available for purposes of the monument shall be avail-
able for purposes of the park. Federal lands, waters, and interests 
therein excluded from the monument by this Act shall be administered 
by the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Sec-
retary") in accordance with the laws applicable to tlie public lands of 
the United States. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary is authorized to ac(iuire by donation, purchase 
with donated or appropriated fluids, transfer from any Federal 
agency, exchange, or otherwise, the lands and interests in lands 
(lescribed in the first section of this Act, except that lands or interests 
therein owned by the State of Utah, or any political subdivision 
thereof, may be acquired only with the approval of such State or 
political subdivision. 
Capitol Reef 
National Park, 
Utah. 
Establishment. 
Land acquisi-
tion. 
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