§ 2302. — Payment of claims.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC2302]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 25--OLD AGE ASSISTANCE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
Sec. 2302. Payment of claims
(a) Authority of Secretary
The Secretary is authorized and directed to determine the portion of
any unauthorized disbursement to which any individual under this chapter
is entitled, and to pay to such individual the amount which the
Secretary determines such individual to be entitled. Any payment under
this provision shall include interest at a rate of 5 per centum per
annum, simple interest, from the date on which such disbursement was
made from the trust estate of the deceased Indian.
(b) Minimum amount for payment
No payment shall be made to a person under subsection (a) of this
section with respect to any unauthorized disbursement from the trust
estate of a deceased Indian if--
(1) the total amount of unauthorized disbursements from such
trust estate was less than $50; or
(2) the payment (not including interest) would be less than $10.
(Pub. L. 98-500, Sec. 3, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2317; Pub. L. 100-581,
title II, Sec. 201, Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2939.)
Amendments
1988--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-581 amended subsec. (b) generally.
Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ``No payment shall be
made under subsection (a) of this section with respect to any
unauthorized disbursement from the trust estate of a deceased Indian if
the total amount of unauthorized disbursement from such trust estate was
less than $50.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2304 of this title.
