§ 1245. — Use of funds apportioned; approval by Secretary on receipt of recommendations from certain tribal organizations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1245]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LXVI--PEMBINA BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS: DISTRIBUTION OF
JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 1245. Use of funds apportioned; approval by Secretary on
receipt of recommendations from certain tribal organizations
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 Secretary of the Interior:
Provided, That the governing body of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe shall
act in concert with the General Council of the Pembina Band of Chippewa
Indians of the White Earth Reservation 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 concert 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 subchapter shall be permitted to share in any per
capita distribution of the funds accruing to the tribes.
(Pub. L. 92-59, Sec. 5, July 29, 1971, 85 Stat. 158.)
