§ 1261. — 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: 25USC1261]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LXVIII--BLACKFEET AND GROS VENTRE TRIBES: DISTRIBUTION OF
JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 1261. Distribution of funds; attorney fees and expenses
The funds appropriated by the Act of October 21, 1968 (82 Stat.
1190, 1198), to pay a judgment to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation, Montana, and the Gros Ventre Tribe of the Fort
Belknap Reservation, Montana, in Indian Claims Commission docket
numbered 279-A, together with interest thereon, after payment of
attorney fees, litigation expenses, and the cost of carrying out the
provisions of this subchapter, shall be divided by the Secretary of the
Interior on the basis of 73.2 per centum to the Blackfeet Tribe and 26.8
per centum to the Gros Ventre Tribe.
(Pub. L. 92-254, Sec. 1, Mar. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 64.)
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 the act 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 1262 of this title.
