§ 991. — Per capita payments to tribal members; closure of rolls; appropriations; accrued interest; deductions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC991]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XLVII--CHEROKEE NATION: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 991. Per capita payments to tribal members; closure of
rolls; appropriations; accrued interest; deductions
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to
distribute per capita to all persons whose names appear on the rolls of
the Cherokee Nation, which rolls were closed and made final as of March
4, 1907, pursuant to the Act of April 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 137), and
subsequent additions thereto, all funds which were appropriated by the
Act of September 30, 1961 (75 Stat. 733), in satisfaction of a judgment
that was obtained by the Cherokee Tribe in the Indian Claims Commission
against the United States in docket numbered 173, together with the
interest accrued thereon, except $1,432,084.17 which by stipulation of
the parties has been set aside for the payments of any offsets that are
finally determined to be due the United States, and except the amount
allowed for attorney fees and expenses.
(Pub. L. 87-775, Sec. 1, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 776.)
References in Text
Act of April 26, 1906, referred to in text, is act Apr. 26, 1906,
ch. 1876, 34 Stat. 137, which is set out as a note under section 355 of
this title.
Act of September 30, 1961, referred to in text, is act Sept. 30,
1961, Pub. L. 87-322, 75 Stat. 733. 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, terminated Sept.
30, 1978. See Codification note set out under former section 70 et seq.
of this title.
