§ 661. — Equal share distribution of undistributed balance of 1945 appropriation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC661]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXV--INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA
Sec. 661. Equal share distribution of undistributed balance of
1945 appropriation
(a) Persons covered; amounts
The Secretary shall distribute to each person whose name appears on
the roll prepared pursuant to section 659 of this title regardless of
group affiliation an equal share of the undistributed balance of the
moneys appropriated in satisfaction of the judgment of the Court of
Claims in the case of The Indians of California against United States
(102 Court of Claims 837; 59 Stat. 94), plus the interest earned
thereon, including the reimbursed moneys and unexpended balances of the
funds established by the Acts of July 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 348), August 4,
1955 (69 Stat. 460), and July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 512), minus a proper
share of the costs of roll preparation and such amounts as may be
necessary to effect the distribution.
(b) Credit to judgment account
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to credit
to the judgment account referred to in subsection (a) of this section,
for distribution as a part of such account, the sum of $83,275, plus
interest at 4 per centum per annum from December 4, 1944, which sum
represents the value of sixty-six thousand six hundred and twenty acres
of land erroneously used as an offset against said judgment.
(Pub. L. 90-507, Sec. 3, Sept. 21, 1968, 82 Stat. 860; Pub. L. 91-64,
Aug. 25, 1969, 83 Stat. 105.)
References in Text
The moneys appropriated in satisfaction of the judgment of the Court
of Claims in the case of The Indians of California against United States
(102 Court of Claims 837; 59 Stat. 94), referred to in subsec. (a), are
the moneys appropriated by act Apr. 25, 1945, ch. 95, 59 Stat. 77, known
as the First Deficiency Appropriations Act, 1945. That portion of the
act which appropriated the moneys referred to was not classified to the
Code.
The Court of Claims, referred to in text, and the Court of Customs
and Patent Appeals were merged effective Oct. 1, 1982, into a new United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by Pub. L. 97-164, Apr.
2, 1982, 96 Stat. 25, which also created a United States Claims Court
[now United States Court of Federal Claims] that inherited the trial
jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. See sections 48, 171 et seq., 791
et seq., and 1491 et seq. of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Acts of July 1, 1946, August 4, 1955, and July 14, 1960, referred to
in subsec. (a), are, respectively, act July 1, 1946, ch. 529, 60 Stat.
348, known as the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1947, act Aug.
4, 1955, ch. 541, 69 Stat. 450, known as the Supplemental Appropriation
Act, 1956, and act July 14, 1960, Pub. L. 86-651, 74 Stat. 509, known as
the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961. Those portions of the acts
which appropriated the funds referred to were not classified to the
Code.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act May 18, 1928, ch. 624, 45
Stat. 602, which comprises this subchapter.
Amendments
1969--Pub. L. 91-64 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
and added subsec. (b).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 662, 663 of this title.
