§ 594. — Distribution of judgment funds; Mississippi Bands; Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC594]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XVI--CHIPPEWA TRIBE OF MINNESOTA
Sec. 594. Distribution of judgment funds; Mississippi Bands;
Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands
The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the
credit of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe of Indians on behalf of the
Mississippi Bands and the Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands of
Chippewa Indians that were appropriated by the Act of October 31, 1965,
to pay a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission in docket 18-B, and
the interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and expenses, may
be advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal
governing bodies of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and the White Earth,
Leech Lake, and Mille Lacs Reservations with whom the members of the
Mississippi Bands and Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands of Chippewa
Indians are affiliated, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Only those persons who are descendants of the Mississippi Bands and the
Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands of Chippewa Indians who were born
on or prior to and living on September 27, 1967 and who meet the
requirements for membership in the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe shall be
entitled to share in the use or distribution of the funds. Any part of
such funds that may be distributed per capita to the members of the
tribe shall not be subject to the Federal or State income tax.
(Pub. L. 90-94, Sec. 1, Sept. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 230.)
References in Text
Act of October 31, 1965, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 89-309,
Oct. 31, 1965, 79 Stat. 1133. That portion of the act which appropriated
the funds referred to was not classified to the Code.
The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text, was terminated on
Sept. 30, 1978. See Codification note set out under former section 70 et
seq. of this title.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act June 8, 1940, ch. 285, 54
Stat. 254, which comprises this subchapter.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 594a, 1242 of this title.
