Indian Law Technical Amendments of 1987
PL 100-153 (H.R.2937), enacted 11/05/1987

101 STAT. 886 
PUBLIC LAW 100-153—NOV. 5, 1987 
Public Law 100-153 
100th Congress 
An Act 
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Nov. 5, 1987 
[H.R. 2937] 
Indian Law 
Technical 
Amendments of 
1987. 
25 u s e 331 note. 
25 u s e 373. 
25 u s e 1401. 
Indian Tribal 
Judgment Funds 
Use or 
Distribution Act. 
25 u s e 2301. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
To make miscellaneous technical and minor amendments to laws relating to Indians, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Indian Law Technical 
Amendments of 1987". 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 856), as 
amended, is further amended by deleting the phrase "the age of 
twenty-one years, or over" and inserting, in lieu thereof, the phrase 
"the age of eighteen years or older". 
SEC. 3. (a) The Act of September 14, 1961 (75 Stat. 500) is amended 
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(1) deleting the phrase "Section 5, lots 7 and 8;" in section 1, 
and 
(2) inserting the phrase "Section 5, lots 7 and 8;" after the 
phrase "Township 15 north, range 3 east:" in section 2. 
(b) Subsection (e) of section 2 of the Act of October 28, 1986 (100 
Stat. 3243) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 4. Section 1 of the Act of October 19, 1973 (87 Stat. 466) is 
amended by— 
(1) inserting "(a)" before the word "That"; 
(2) deleting the phrase "any interest earned thereon" and 
inserting, in lieu thereof, the phrase "any investment income 
earned thereon"; and 
(3) adding the following new subsections— 
"(b) Except as provided in the Act of September 22, 1961 (75 Stat. 
584), amounts which the Secretary of the Interior has remaining 
after execution of either a plan under this Act, or another Act 
enacted heretofore or hereafter providing for the use or distribution 
of amounts awarded in satisfaction of a judgment in favor of an 
Indian tribe or tribes, together with any investment income earned 
thereon and after payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses, 
shall be held in trust by the Secretary for the tribe or tribes involved 
if the plan or Act does not otherwise provide for the use of such 
amounts. 
"(c) This Act may be cited as the 'Indian Tribal Judgment Funds 
Use or Distribution Act'.". 
SEC. 5. Paragraph (2) of section 2 of the Old Age Assistance Claims 
Settlement Act (98 Stat. 2317) is amended by inserting a colon after 
the phrase "trust property" and the following proviso— 
"Provided, That, except for purposes of section 4, the term also 
includes the reimbursements for welfare payments identified in 
either the list published on April 17, 1985, at page 15290 of 
volume 50 of the Federal Register, as modified or amended on 
November 13, 1985, at page 46835 of volume 50 of the Federal 
Register, or the list published on March 31, 1983, at page 13698 
of volume 48 of the Federal Register, as modified or amended on 
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25 u s e 331 note. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
November 7, 1983, at page 51204 of volume 48 of the Federal 
Register". 
SEC. 6. (a) Paragraph (1) of section 3 of the White Earth Reserva- Minnesota, 
tion Land Settlement Act of 1985 (100 Stat. 61, 62) is amended to 25 USC 331 note. 
read as follows— 
"(1) 'Heir' means a person who received or was entitled to receive 
an allotment or interest as a result of testate or intestate succession 
under applicable Federal or Minnesota law, or one who is deter-
mined under section 9, by the application of the inheritance laws of 
Minnesota in effect on March 26, 1986, to be entitled to receive 
compensation payable under section 8.". 
(b) Subsection (b) of section 5 of the White Earth Reservation Land 
Settlement Act is amended to read as follows— 
"Qo) The 'proper county recording officer', as that term is used in 
subsection (a) of this section, shall be a county recorder, registrar of 
titles, or probate court in Becker, Clearwater, or Mahnomen Coun-
ties, Minnesota.". 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
the Treasury is authorized and directed to transfer to the White 
Earth Economic Development and Tribal Government Fund, out of 
funds in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro-
priated, an amount equal to the sum o
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(1) $55,917 for the interest that would have accrued on the 
settlement funds appropriated pursuant to section 15 of the 
White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 1985 if such 
funds had been properly invested during the period beginning 
on November 17, 1986, and ending on January 12, 1987, plus 
(2) an amount equal to the interest that would have accrued 
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on $55,917 during the period beginning on January 12, 1987, and 
ending on the date the transfer required under this subsection 
is made by the Secretary of the Treasury if $55,917 had been 
invested as part of the White Earth Economic Development and 
Tribal Government Fund on January 12, 1987. 
Amounts transferred to the White Earth Economic Development 
and Tribal Government Fund under this subsection shall be treated 
as interest accrued on such Fund. 
SEC. 7. The Secretary of the Interior shall calculate and certify to Alaska, 
the Secretary of the Treasury for payment out of funds in the 
judgments, awards, and compromise settlements account of the 
United States Treasury to Cook Inlet Region, Inc., pursuant to 
section 2 (a) and (e) of Public Law 94-204 (89 Stat. 1146), as amended 
by section 1411 of Public Law 96-487 (94 Stat. 2497) and section 22 of 
Public Law 99-396 (100 Stat. 846), a final determination of interest 
on funds withheld from revenues owed to Cook Inlet Region, Inc. 
under section 14(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 
U.S.C. 1613(g), and paid to the Treasury as windfall profits taxes on 
oil production from the Swanson River and Beaver Creek units in 
Alaska of which Cook Inlet Region, Inc. may be regarded as a 
producer under 26 U.S.C. 4996(a)(1), as though such funds had been 
withheld before conveyance to Cook Inlet Region, Inc. of interests in 
leases within those units. Such interest shall be calculated and paid 
for the period from the dates on which such funds otherwise would 
have been paid to Cook Inlet Region, Inc. to the date of refund of the 
principal amounts withheld. 
SEC. 8. Section 1514 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4421) is amended— 
101 STAT. 888 
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New Mexico. 
Contracts. 
Schools and 
colleges. 
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(1) by striking out "During the 2-year period beginning on the 
date referred to in subsection (f) of this section" in subsection (d) 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Unless the Board provides 
(2) by inserting ", until October 1, 1989," after "Secretary of 
^" the Interior shall" in subsection (d), and 
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(3) by striking out subsections (e) and (f) and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"(e)(1) The transfers required under subsection (b) shall be com-
pleted by no later than June 1,1988. 
"(2) The Institute shall be under the direction and control of the 
Secretary of the Interior until the earlier o
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"(A) June 1,1988, or 
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"(B) a date agreed to by the Board and the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
"(f)(1) Before the later of October 15, 1987, or the date that is 10 
days after the date of enactment of the Indian Law Technical 
Amendments of 1987, the Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a 
contract with the University of New Mexico, the terms of which 
shall— 
"(A) include all administrative systems which are customary 
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to the operation of a national art institute, 
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"(B) require the provision by the University of New Mexico of 
technical assistance to the Institute, including the monitoring of 
. the transfers that are required to be made under subsection (b), 
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"(C) provide for the establishment by the University of New 
^ Mexico of an advisory council that makes recommendations to 
Ij, the University of New Mexico with respect to the operation of 
.., the contract, 
"(D) allow the University of New Mexico to fulfill its obliga-
tions under the contract through subcontracts that are entered 
into in accordance with section 7 of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450e), 
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"(E) provide for the expiration of the contract on the date that 
is 6 months after the date the contract is entered into, but the 
Board and the University of New Mexico may mutually agree to 
extend the contract for an additional 2-month period, 
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"(F) provide that any materials furnished to the Secretary of 
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the Interior by the University of New Mexico, or any sub-
b; contractor of the University of New Mexico, under the contract 
shall become the property of the Institute, and 
"(G) include such other terms as the Secretary of the Interior 
determines to be necessary. 
"(2) The advisory council that is required to be established under 
the contract entered into under paragraph (1) shall be composed o
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"(A) a delegate of the executive director of the National 
Congress of American Indians, 
"(B) a delegate of the president of the American Indian 
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Higher Education Consortium, and 
"(C) at least 5 individuals possessing knowledge and experi-
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ence in Indian arts and culture and in postsecondary education, 
a majority of whom shall be Indians.". 
SEC. 9. Subsection (e) of section 3 of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian 
Tribe of Michigan Distribution of Judgment Funds Act (100 Stat. 
675) is amended— 
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(1) by striking "Payments" in paragraph (4)(B) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (5), 
payments", 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) 
and (7), respectively, and 
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
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paragraph: 
"(5)(A) The Tribal Council may accelerate the payment of the 
aggregate sum of $3,000 to those members of the tribe certified 
under paragraph (3) who— 
Health and 
"(i) are certified by a physician to be— 
medical care. 
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''(I) terminally ill, or 
"(II) at least 50 percent permanently disabled, or 
"(ii) are at least 60 years of age. 
"(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Tribal Council may use interest accrued on the Investment 
Fund for the purpose of making accelerated payments under 
subparagraph (A).". 
SEC. 10. The Frank's Landing Indian Community in the State of Washington. 
Washington is hereby recognized as eligible for the special programs Contracts. 
and services provided by the United States to Indians because of ^^^"t^. 
their status as Indians and is recognized as eligible to contract, and 
to receive grants, under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act for such services, but the proviso in section 
4(c) of such Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(c)) shall not apply with respect 
to grants awarded to, and contracts entered into with, such 
Community. 
Approved November 5, 1987. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2937: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-250 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-186 (Select Ck)mm. on Indian Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1987): 
Aug. 3, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 22, House concurred in Senate amendments.