§ 1201. — Per capita distributions to tribal members; attorney's fees, expenses, and other deductions; eligibility of members.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1201]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LXII--SIOUX TRIBE OF MONTANA: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 1201. Per capita distributions to tribal members;
attorney's fees, expenses, and other deductions; eligibility of
members
The funds appropriated by the Act of October 21, 1968 (82 Stat.
1190, 1198), to pay a judgment to the Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck
Reservation, Montana, in Indian Claims Commission Docket Numbered 279A
and the interest thereon, after payment of attorney's fees and all
appropriate expenses, and after deducting $50,000 to be used as provided
in section 1205 of this title, and after deducting the estimated costs
of distribution, shall be distributed per capita to each person born on
or before, and living on, June 19, 1970, who is a citizen of the United
States and duly enrolled, on a roll approved by the Secretary of the
Interior, as a member of the Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation,
in accordance with eligibility requirements and procedures agreed upon
by the Secretary of the Interior and the tribe, or its authorized
representatives.
(Pub. L. 91-283, Sec. 1, June 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 313.)
References in Text
Act of October 21, 1968, referred to in text, is act Oct. 21, 1968,
Pub. L. 90-608, 82 Stat. 1190, known as the Supplemental Appropriation
Act, 1969. Chapter XII of act Oct. 21, 1968, set out at 82 Stat. 1198,
appropriated the funds referred to and was not classified to the Code.
The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text, terminated Sept.
30, 1978. See Codification note set out under former section 70 et seq.
of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1205 of this title.
