An Act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians in Indian Claims Commission dockets Nos. 18-A, 113, and 191, and for other purposes
PL 92-59 (H.R.6072), enacted 07/20/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-59-JULY 29, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
July 29, 1971 
[H. R. 607 2] 
Public Law 92-59 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor 
of the Pembina Band of Chippevpa Indians in Indian Claims Commission 
dockets numbered 18-A, 113, and 191, and for other purposes. 
Indians, 
Pembina Band 
of Chippewa, 
Judgment funds, 
disposition. 
Descendancy 
roll. 
25 u s e 594. 
Enrollment 
applications, 
eligibility. 
Apportionment. 
Be it enacted ~by the Senate and Houm of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the funds 
appropriated by the Act of June 9, 1964 (78 Stat. 204, 213), to pay 
a judgment to the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians in Indian 
Claims Commission dockets numbered 18-A, 113, and 191, together 
with the interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and liti-
gation expenses, and such expenses as may be necessary in carrying 
ou.t the provisions of this Act, shall be distributed as provided 
herein. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of all per-
sons born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act who are 
lineal descendants of members of the Pembina Band as it was con-
stituted in 1863, except that persons in the following categories shall 
not be so enrolled: 
a. those who are not citizens of the United States; 
b. those who are members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa 
Indians; and 
c. those who participated in the Mississippi, Pillager, and 
Lake Winnibigoshish Chippewa Band awards under the provi-
sions of the Act of September 27, 1967 (81 Stat. 230). 
SEC. 3. Applications for enrollment shall be filed with the Area 
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Aberdeen, South Dakota, in the 
manner and within the time limits prescribed for that purpose. The 
determination of the Secretary of the Interior regarding the utiliza-
tion of available rolls and records and the eligibility for enrollment 
of an applicant shall be final. 
SEC. 4. In developing the roll of Pembina descendants, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall determine which enrollees are members of the 
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas 
of North Dakota, or the Chippewa-Cree Tribe of Montana, and sub-
sequent to the establishment of the descendancy roll shall apportion 
funds to the three cited tribes on the basis of the numbers of descend-
ants having membership with these tribes. Funds not apportioned in 
this manner shall be distributed in equal shares to those enrolled 
descendants who are not members of the three cited tribes. 
SEC. 5. The funds apportioned to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
the Turtle Mountain Band, and the Chippewa-Cree Tribe may be 
advanced, expended, invested, or reinvested for any purpose authorized 
by the respective tribal governing bodies and approved by the Secre-
tary of the Interior: Provided^ That the governing body of the Min-
nesota Chippewa Tribe shall act in concert with the General Council 
of the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians of the White Earth Reser-
vation for the purpose of making recommendations to the Secretary; 
And provided 
further. 
That the Pembina descendants within the 
Turtle Mountain Band shall be authorized to establish pursuant to 
regulations set by the Secretary the Pembina Descendants Committee 
and that the tribal governing body shall be required to work in con-
cert with such committee for the purpose of making recommendations 
to the Secretary and only those members of the three cited tribes who 
are enrolled as Pembina descendants under the provisions of this Act 
shall be permitted to share in any per capita distribution of the funds 
accruing to the tribes. 
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SEC. 6. N'one of the funds distributed per capita under the provisions 
Tax exemption. 
of this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes. 
SEO. 7. Sums payable to adult living enroUees or to adult heirs or 
Payment. 
legatees of deceased enrollees shall be paid directly to such persons. 
Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less 
than twenty-one years of age or who are under 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. 
SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules 
and regulations to effect the provisions of this Act, including the 
establishment of deadlines. 
Approved July 29, 1971. 
Public Law 92-60 
AN ACT 
July 29, 1971 
To expand and extend the desalting program being conducted by the Secretary 
[s. 991] 
of the Interior, and for other purposes. 
Rules and 
regulations. 
The Saline 
Water Conversion 
studies. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as "The Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971". 
Act o
f 1971. 
SEC. 2. The Congress in consideration of the Federal responsibility 
for water resource conservation by means of comprehensive planning, 
planning and construction of water resource development projects, 
administration of the navigable waterways, and maintenance of water 
quality standards finds that the technology for the conversion of saline 
and other chemically contaminated waters is vital to all these areas 
of responsibility. It is the policy of the Congress, therefore, to pro-
vide for the development and demonstration of practicable means to 
convert saline and other chemically contaminated water to a quality 
suitable for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and other beneficial 
uses. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to— 
Research 
(a) conduct, encourage, and promote basic scientific research 
and fundamental studies to deveLop effective and economical proc-
esses and equipment for the purpose of converting saline and 
other chemically contaminated water into water suitable for bene-
ficial consumptive uses; 
(b) pursue the findings of research and studies authorized by 
this Act having potential practical applications to matters other 
than water treatment to the stage that such findings can be pub-
lished in an effective form for utilization by others; 
(c) conduct engineering and technical work including the 
design, construction, and testing of pilot plants, test beds, and 
modules to develop desalting processes and plant design concepts 
to the point of demonstration on a practical scale; 
(d) study methods for the recovery and marketing of byprod-
ucts resulting from the desalination of water to offset the costs 
of treatment and to reduce impact on the environment from the 
discharge of brines into lakes, streams, and other waters; and 
(e) undertake economic studies and surveys to determine pres-
ent and prospective costs of producing water for beneficial con-
sumptive purposes in various parts of the United States by the