§ 676a. — 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: 25USC676a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXVII--UTE INDIANS OF UTAH
Sec. 676a. Distribution of judgment fund
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to
divide the trust fund belonging to the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians
appropriated by the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1965, and
deposited in the United States Treasury pursuant to the final judgment
entered in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 327, including the
interest thereon, by crediting 60 per centum to the Ute Indian Tribe of
the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, and the Ute Distribution Corporation,
to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,\1\ 20 per
centum to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, and 20
per centum for the Southern Ute Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation.
The portion of the trust fund, upon its division as herein directed,
credited to the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, to
the Ute Distribution Corporation, to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, and to the Southern Ute Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, shall be available for use in accordance with existing
authorizations for use of funds of the tribes and the Ute Distribution
Corporation, including the Act of August 21, 1951 (65 Stat. 193), as
amended [25 U.S.C. 671-673], the Act of August 12, 1953 (67 Stat. 540)
[25 U.S.C. 674, 675], the Act of June 28, 1954 (68 Stat. 300) [25 U.S.C.
676], and the Act of August 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 868), as amended [25
U.S.C. 677 et seq.]. Any part of such funds that may be distributed to
the members of the tribe shall not be subject to Federal or State income
taxes.
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\1\ So in original.
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(Pub. L. 90-60, Aug. 1, 1967, 81 Stat. 164; Pub. L. 90-332, June 7,
1968, 82 Stat. 171.)
References in Text
The Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1965, referred to in
text, is Pub. L. 89-16, Apr. 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 81. The trust fund
appropriated by the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1965, was
provided for by title IV of the Act which was not classified to the
Code.
Act of August 27, 1954, referred to in text, is act Aug. 27, 1954,
ch. 1009, 68 Stat. 868, as amended, which is classified generally to
subchapter XXVIII (Sec. 677 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1968--Pub. L. 90-332 inserted reference to Ute Mountain Tribe of Ute
Mountain Reservation in provisions covering authorized uses of trust
funds, inserted reference to Act August 12, 1953, and made minor changes
in punctuation.
