§ 587. — Funds apportioned to ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC587]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XV--SHOSHONE TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 587. Funds apportioned to Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation
(a) Distribution to enrollees
The funds apportioned to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort
Hall Reservation shall be placed to their credit in the United States
Treasury. Seventy-five percent of such funds shall be distributed per
capita to all persons born on or before and living on December 18, 1971,
who are duly enrolled on the roll prepared in accordance with section
585(a) of this title.
(b) Determination of per capita share
The per capita shares shall be determined on the basis of the number
of persons eligible for per capitas and the number of persons rejected
for per capitas who have taken a timely appeal. The shares of those
persons whose appeals are denied shall revert to the Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes to be expended for any purpose designated by the tribal governing
body and approved by the Secretary.
(c) Trust for minors and persons under legal disability
Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less
than twenty-one years of age or who are under a 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.
(d) Remaining funds
The funds remaining after provision is made for the per capita
distribution may be used, advanced, expended, invested, or reinvested
for any purpose authorized by the tribal governing body and approved by
the Secretary of the Interior.
(Pub. L. 92-206, Sec. 7, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 738.)
