§ 1251. — Distribution of funds; attorney fees and expenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1251]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LXVII--CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE
FLATHEAD RESERVATION, MONTANA: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 1251. Distribution of funds; attorney fees and expenses
The funds appropriated to the credit of the Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, in satisfaction of
judgments awarded in paragraphs 7 and 10 in docket numbered 50233,
United States Court of Claims, including interest thereon, after payment
of attorneys fees and other litigation expenses, shall be used as
follows: 85 per centum thereof shall be distributed in equal per capita
shares to each person who is enrolled or entitled to be enrolled on
March 17, 1972; the remainder may be advanced, expended, invested or
reinvested for any purposes that are authorized by the tribal governing
body and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
(Pub. L. 92-253, Sec. 1, Mar. 17, 1972, 86 Stat. 64.)
References in Text
The United States Court of Claims, referred to in text, and the
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals were merged effective
Oct. 1, 1982, into a new United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit by Pub. L. 97-164, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 25, which also created
a United States Claims Court [now United States Court of Federal Claims]
that inherited the trial jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. See
sections 48, 171 et seq., 791 et seq., and 1491 et seq. of Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
