An Act to authorize the use of funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.
PL 90-527 (S.3728), enacted 09/28/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-527-SEPT. 28, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
intei*mittently. The Commissioner on Aging shall act as Executive 
Secretary of the Committee. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 4. For the purposes of this joint resolution— 
(1) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare; and 
(2) the term "State" includes the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
SEC. 5. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this joint 
resolution the sum of $1,900,000. 
Approved September 28, 1968. 
September28,1968 
[S.3728] 
Indians, Kiowa, 
Comanche, and 
Apache Tribes. 
Judgment funds, 
disposition. 
Ante, p. 239. 
Tax exemption. 
Public Law 90-527 
AN ACT 
To authorize the use of funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Kiowa, 
Oomanehe, and Ayache Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma, and for otlier 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatk^es 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) the funds 
on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the 
Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes that were appropriated by the 
Act of June 19, 1968 (Public Law 90-352), to pay a judgment by the 
Indian Claims Conmiission entered in dockets numbered 258 and 259, 
and the interest thereon, after deducting attorney fees and litigation 
expenses, shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior ]Der 
capita to the persons whose names appear on a roll approved by the 
Tribes on May 20, 1960, as the basis for distributing a prior Indian 
Claims Commission judgment, after such roll has been brought current 
by said tribes, with the technical assistance of the Secretary, (1) by 
adding the names of children of enrol lees who were born on or prior to 
and were living on the date of this Act, (2) by adding the names of 
persons who were eligible for enrollment on the May 20,1960 roll, but 
were not enrolled, and their children, if they were living on the date of 
this Act, and (3) by deleting the names of persons who w^ere deceased 
on the date of this Act. 
(b) The Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes or their authorized 
representatives shall prescribe a date by which evidence of eligibility 
for enrollment must be submitted. 
(c) The cost of bringing such roll current, and the cost of making 
the per capita distribution, shall be paid by appropriate withdrawals 
from funds on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of 
said tribes in such amounts as the tribes and the Secretary may 
approve, and not out of said judgment and interest thereon. 
(d) On approval of the roll by the Secretary, payment shall be 
made directly to each enrollee, or his heirs or legatees upon proof of 
death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary, whose findings 
shall be final and conclusive, except that a share or interest therein 
payable to a person under twenty-one years of age or to a person under 
legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedure as the 
Secretary, with the advice of the tribes, determines appropriate to 
protect his best interests. 
(e) Funds distributed per capita pursuant to this Act shall not be 
subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
Approved September 28, 1968.