An Act to provide for the disposition of funds to pay a judgment in favor of the Shoshone Bannock Tribes of Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho, as representatives of the Lemhi Tribe, in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 326 1, and for other purposes
PL 92-442 (S.2478), enacted 09/29/1972

86 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-442-SEPT. 29, 1972 
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SEC. 2. The third sentence of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act 
granting the consent of Congress to the Western Interstate Nuclear 
Compact, and related purposes", approved October 16, 1970 (84 Stat. 
979), is amended to read as follows: "He shall be compensated for 
each day of service rendered in such capacity in an amount fixed by 
the President not to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum rate 
for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule prescribed in section 5332 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided, That if the representative 
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be an employee of the United States, he shall serve without such "°'^' 
additional compensation.". 
Approved September 29, 1972. 
Public Law 92-441 
A N A C T 
September 29, 1972 
To declare that certain federally owned land is held by the United States in 
[H. R. 2185] 
trust for the Lac dn Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. 
Indians. 
Lac du Flam-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the northwest quarter, beau Band, wis. 
northwest quarter, section 35, township 41 north, range 5 east, fourth 
Lands in trust. 
principal meridian, Wisconsin, containing forty acres, more or less, 
including improvements thereon, is hereby declared to be held by the 
United States in trust for the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, subject to valid existing rights-
of-way of record and to the continued use of the fire observation tower 
located on the above-described land by the State of Wisconsin, for so 
long as it is needed for fire protection purposes. 
SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in ^ a|ns'^u°s^^^* 
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, ^ " 
1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title con- 25 use 70a. 
veyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim 
against the L^nited States determined by the Commission. 
Approved September 29, 1972. 
Public Law 92-442 
A N A C T 
September 29. 1972 
To provide for the disposition of funds to pay a judgment in favor of the Sbo- 
[s.2478] 
.shone-Bannock Tribes of Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho, as 
representatives of the Lemhi Tribe, in Indian Claims Commission docket 
numbered 326-1, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
f'nited 
states of America in Congress assembled. That the funds on 
Indians. 
tleposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Lemhi Bannock "rribes, 
Tribe, represented by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Indians of the i^aho. 
Fort Hall Keservation, Idaho, appropriated by the Act of May 25, ^iifolT".!!'""'^"' 
1971 (Public Law 92-18), to i)ay a judgment of $4,500,000 entered by 
ss stat. 4o. 
the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 326-1, and inter-
est thereon less attorneys' fees and expenses shall be credited to the 
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation for the claims 
of said tribes enumerated in docket numbered 326-1. 
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[86 STAT. 
Tax exemption. 
SEC. 2. The funds credited to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the 
Fort Hall Reservation pursuant to section 1, may be advanced, 
deposited, expended, invested, or reinvested for any purposes that are 
authorized by the tribal governing body and approved by the Secre-
tary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. None of the funds distributed per capita to members of the 
tribes under the provisions of this Act shall be subject to Federal or 
State income taxes. A share or interest payable to enroUees less than 
eighteen years of age or 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. 
Approved September 29, 1972. 
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September 29, 1972 
[H. R.10436] 
Indians. 
Nez Perce 
Tribe, Idaho. 
Inheritance. 
Public Law 92-443 
AN ACT 
To provide with respect to the inheritance of interests in restricted or trust 
land witliin the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America hi Congress assembled^ That a person who 
is not an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho with one-
fourth degree or more blood of such Tribe shall not be entitled to 
receive by devise or inheritance any interest in trust or restricted land 
within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation or within the area ceded by 
the Treaty of June 11, 1855 (12 Stat. 957), if, while the decedent's 
estate is pending before the Examiner of Inheritance, the Nez Perce 
Tribe of Idaho pays to the Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of such 
person, the fair market value of such interest as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior after appraisal. The interest for which such 
payment is made shall be held by the Secretary in trust for the Nez 
Perce Tribe of Idaho. 
SEC. 2. On request of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho the Examiner of 
Inheritance shall keep an estate pending for not less than two years 
from the date of decedent's death. 
SEC. 3. When a person who is prohibited by section 1 from acquiring 
any interest by devise or inheritance is a surviving spouse of the 
decedent, a life estate in one-half of the interest acquired by the Nez 
Perce Tribe of Idaho shall, on the request of such spouse, be reserved 
for that spouse and the value of such life estate so reserved shall be 
reflected in the Secretary's appraisal under section 1. 
SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all estates pending 
before the Examiner of Inheritance on the date of this Act and to all 
future estates, but shall not apply to any estate heretofore closed. 
Approved September 29, 1972. 
Public Law 92-444 
September 29, 1972 
A N A C T 
[H. R. 12207] 
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y authorize a program for the development of tuna and other latent Jisheries 
resources in the Central. Western, and South Pacific Ocean. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate a'nd House of liepresentatives 
of the 
Central. West- 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may 
pTcifU: Fisheries '^c cited as the "C"entral, Western, and South Pacific Fisheries Devel-
Development Act. 
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