An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Upper and Lower Chehalis Tribes of Indians in Claims Commission docket No. 237, and for other purposes
PL 90-114 (H.R.678), enacted 10/24/1967

81 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-114-OCT. 24, 1967 
335 
SEC. 506, Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the 
Department for research and service work authorized by the Acts of 
August 14, 1946, July 28, 1954, and September 6, 1958 (7 U.S.C. 
427,1621-1629; 42 U.S.C. 1891-1893), shall be available for contract-
ing in accordance with said Acts. 
SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and 
Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1968". 
Approved October 24, 1967, 11:06 a.m. 
Contracting 
funds. 
60 Stat. 1082; 
68 Stat. 574; 
72 Stat. 1793. 
Short title. 
Public Law 90-114 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
of the Upper and Lower Chehalis Tribes of Indians in Claim,s Commission 
docket numbered 237, 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 Secretary 
of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all persons who meet the follow-
ing requirements for eligibility: (a) They were alive on the date of 
this Act, and (b) they are descendants of members of the Upper and 
Lower Chehalis Tribes as they existed in 1855. Applications for enroll-
ment must be filed with the Superintendent, Western Washington 
Agency, Everett, Washington, on forms prescribed for that purpose. 
The determination of the Secretary regarding the utilization of avail-
able 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 
costs of roll preparation, and such sums as may be required to dis-
tribute individual shares, the funds, including interest, remaining to 
the credit of the Upper and Lower Chehalis Tribes, which were appro-
priated 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. Sums payable to enrollees or to their heirs or legatees who 
are less than twenty-one years of age or who are under a legal disabil-
ity shall be held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior with use 
limited to emergency medical care and direct educational expensiis, 
until such minor becomes of age or disability ceases. Proportional 
shares of heirs or legatees amounting to $5 or less shall not be dis-
tributed, and shall escheat to the L^nited States. In the event that the 
sum of money reserved by the Secretary to pay the costs of distribut-
ing the individual shares exceeds the amount actually necessary to 
accomplish this purpose, the money remaining shall also be distributed 
per capita unless individual shares would have a value of less than $5. 
Individual shares or proportional shares of heirs or legatees amount-
ing to $5 or less shall not be distributed, but shall escheat to the United 
States. 
SEC. 4. The funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall 
not be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act, including 
appropriate deadline for filing enrollment applications. 
Approved October 24, 1967. 
October 24, 1967 
[H.R. 678] 
Upper and 
Lower Chehalis 
Indians, Wash. 
Judgment funds. 
Equal share 
distribution. 
Tax exemptions. 
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