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| Public Law 87-24 | Indians. Nez Perce Tribe, funds. |
| Sec. 2 | Deposit of funds. Conditions. |
| Sec. 2 | 46 |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Nez Perce Tribe that were appropriated to pay a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission in docket 175-A, and the funds that may be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Nez Perce Tribe to pay any judgments arising out of proceedings presently pending before the Indian Claims Commission in dockets 175 and 180-A, and the interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and expenses shall be divided by crediting 86.5854 per centum of such funds to the account of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho and 13.4146 per centum to the account of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. These funds may thereafter be advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the respective tribal governing bodies and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Any part of such funds that may be distributed per capita to the members of the tribes shall not be subject to Federal or State income tax.
The credit to the account of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation authorized by this Act, insofar as the judgment in docket 175-A is concerned, shall not be made until the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation submit to the Secretary of the Interior assurances satisfactory to him that the Confederated Tribes have agreed that any judgment against the United States that has been or may be recovered by one or more of the constituent groups thereof, including the judgment in docket 181, will be deposited to the credit of the Confederated Tribes. The credit to the account of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho authorized by this Act, insofar as the judgment in docket 175-A is concerned, shall not be made until the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho submits to the Secretary of the Interior assurances satisfactory to him that Indians who have resigned from the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho and have joined another tribe under conditions that do not permit them to share in the benefits of any claims judgment recovered by that tribe shall be given the opportunity to rejoin the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho if they wish to do so. The credits to the accounts of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho that are authorized by this Act, insofar as any judgment in docket 175 or 180-A is concerned, shall not be made until the tribal governing body of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the tribal governing body of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho have submitted to the Secretary of the Interior resolutions satisfactory to him which agree to a division of the judgment in accordance with the percentage figures specified in section 1 of this Act.
Approved, April 24, 1961.
