§ 659. — Distribution of judgment fund.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC659]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXV--INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA
Sec. 659. Distribution of judgment fund
(a) Preparation of Indian roll
The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a roll of persons of
Indian blood who apply for inclusion thereon and (i) whose names or the
name of a lineal or collateral relative appears on any of the approved
rolls heretofore prepared pursuant to this subchapter and the amendments
thereto or (ii) who can establish, to the satisfaction of the Secretary,
lineal or collateral relationship to an Indian who resided in California
on June 1, 1852, and (iii) who were born on or before and were living on
September 21, 1968.
(b) Contents
The roll so prepared shall indicate, as nearly as possible, the
group or groups of Indians of California with which the ancestors of
each enrollee were affiliated on June 1, 1852. If the affiliation of an
enrollee's ancestors on that date is unknown, it shall be presumed to be
the same as that of the ancestors' relatives whose affiliation is known
unless there is sound reason to believe otherwise. Applicants whose
ancestry is derived partly from one of the groups named in section
660(b) of this title and partly from another group of Indians in
California shall elect the affiliation to be shown for them on the roll.
(c) Application for enrollment
Application for enrollment shall be filed with the Area Director of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Sacramento, California, on forms
prescribed for that purpose.
(Pub. L. 90-507, Sec. 1, Sept. 21, 1968, 82 Stat. 860.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act May 18, 1928, ch. 624, 45
Stat. 602, which comprises this subchapter.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 660, 661, 662, 663 of this
title.
