§ 1300c-3. — Per capita distributions to tribal members; advances, expenditures, investments, or reinvestments for authorized purposes; trusts and other procedures for protection of minors and persons under legal disability.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1300c-3]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LXXIV--YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 1300c-3. Per capita distributions to tribal members;
advances, expenditures, investments, or reinvestments for
authorized purposes; trusts and other procedures for protection
of minors and persons under legal disability
The judgment fund, less funds otherwise provided in section 1300c-1
of this title, shall be used as follows: 75 per centum thereof shall be
distributed in equal per capita shares to each person who is enrolled or
entitled to be enrolled on October 6, 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. Sums payable to adult living enrollees or to adult heirs
or legatees of deceased enrollees shall be paid directly to such
persons. Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are
less than eighteen years of age or who are under legal disability shall
be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment
of trusts, as the Secretary of the Interior determines appropriate to
protect the best interests of such persons.
(Pub. L. 92-468, Sec. 4, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 782.)
