§ 993. — Claims.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC993]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XLVII--CHEROKEE NATION: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 993. Claims
(a) Time for filing; reversion of funds upon failure to file
All claims for per capita shares, whether by a living enrollee or by
the heirs or legatees of a deceased enrollee, shall be filed with the
Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, not
later than three years from October 9, 1962. Thereafter, all claims and
the right to file same shall be forever barred and the unclaimed shares
shall revert to the tribe.
(b) Use of reverted funds
Tribal funds that revert to the tribe pursuant to this subchapter,
including interest and income therefrom, may be advanced or expended for
any purpose that is authorized by the principal chief of the Cherokee
Nation and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
(Pub. L. 87-775, Sec. 3, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 776.)
