§ 572. — Payments to individuals; expenditure of payments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC572]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XV--SHOSHONE TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 572. Payments to individuals; expenditure of payments
There shall be credited on the books of the Office of Indian Affairs
the sum of $2,450 to each member of said tribe whose name appears on the
roll provided for in section 571 of this title, and out of such sum so
credited the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make available
immediately to each individual member of the tribe the sum of $100; and,
under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, the sum of $1,350
to each adult and the sum of $500 to each minor for the following
purposes: Purchase of land, improvement of lands to be acquired or
already held by the Indian, for the erection and improvement of suitable
homes, the purchase of building material, farming equipment, livestock,
feed, food, seed, grain, tools, machinery, implements, household goods,
bedding, clothing, and any other equipment or supplies necessary to
enable the Indians to fit themselves for or to engage in farming,
livestock, industry, or such other pursuits or vocations, including
education, as will enable them to become self-supporting: Provided,
however, That the funds of the aged, infirm, decrepit, and incapacitated
members may be used for their proper maintenance and support in the
discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. The remainder of the share
of each adult individual Indian, including accrued interest, shall be
made available under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the
Interior may prescribe, and the remainder of the share of each minor
Indian shall, with accrued interest, be held intact until such Indian
reaches the age of eighteen years, when it shall be available under the
same conditions as herein provided for adults. As herein used the term
``adult'' shall include the members of the tribe eighteen years of age
or over, and the term ``minor'' shall include all members less than
eighteen years of age. On the death of any enrolled member, adult or
minor, the sum on deposit to his credit shall be available for
expenditure for the benefit of his heirs for the purposes herein
authorized.
(July 27, 1939, ch. 387, Sec. 2, 53 Stat. 1128.)
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of the Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to the
Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3
of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 571, 573, 575, 577 of this
title.
