§ 119. — Allotment of tribal funds to individual Indians.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC119]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 4--PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER II--DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES
Sec. 119. Allotment of tribal funds to individual Indians
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, from
time to time, to designate any individual Indian belonging to any tribe
or tribes whom he may deem to be capable of managing his or her affairs,
and he may cause to be apportioned and allotted to any such Indian his
or her pro rata share of any tribal or trust funds on deposit in the
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the tribe or tribes of
which said Indian is a member, and the amount so apportioned and
allotted shall be placed to the credit of such Indian upon the books of
the Treasury, and the same shall thereupon be subject to the order of
such Indian: Provided, That no apportionment or allotment shall be made
to any Indian until such Indian has first made an application therefor:
Provided further, That the Secretaries of the Interior and of the
Treasury are directed to withhold from such apportionment and allotment
a sufficient sum of the said Indian funds as may be necessary or
required to pay any existing claims against said Indians that may be
pending for settlement by judicial determination in the United States
Court of Federal Claims or in the Executive Departments of the
Government, at time of such apportionment and allotment.
(Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2523, Sec. 1, 34 Stat. 1221; Pub. L. 97-164, title I,
Sec. 160(a)(7), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 48; Pub. L. 102-572, title IX,
Sec. 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)
Amendments
1992--Pub. L. 102-572 substituted ``United States Court of Federal
Claims'' for ``United States Claims Court''.
1982--Pub. L. 97-164 substituted ``United States Claims Court'' for
``Court of Claims''.
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section
911 of Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402
of Pub. L. 97-164, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
