§ 876. — Advances or expenditures from tribal funds; tax exemption.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC876]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXXVIII--OTOE AND MISSOURIA INDIANS
Sec. 876. Advances or expenditures from tribal funds; tax
exemption
The unexpended balance of funds on deposit in the Treasury of the
United States to the credit of the Otoe and Missouria Tribe of Indians
that were appropriated by the Act of June 9, 1964, to pay a judgment by
the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 11-A, and the interest
thereon, less payment of attorney fees and expenses, may be advanced or
expended for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal governing body
and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 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. The sum of $150,000, and any accrued
interest thereon, shall be held in the United States Treasury pending
final determination of the Yankton Sioux claim in docket numbered 332-A.
Any portion of such sum that is determined to belong to the Otoe and
Missouria Tribe shall thereupon become subject to the foregoing
provisions of this section.
(Pub. L. 89-661, Oct. 14, 1966, 80 Stat. 911.)
References in Text
Act of June 9, 1964, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88-317, June 9,
1964, 78 Stat. 204, which was not classified to the Code.
The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text, terminated 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 Pub. L. 85-395, May 9, 1958, 72
Stat. 105, which comprises this subchapter.
