INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES

Vol. VI, Laws     (Compiled from February 10, 1939 to January 13, 1971)

Washington : Government Printing Office

PUBLIC LAWS OF THE EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, 1966
Public Law 89-363 | Public Law 89-364 | Public Law 89-408 | Public Law 89-426 | Public Law 89-435 | Public Law 89-442 | Public Law 89-445 | Public Law 89-459 | Public Law 89-524 | Public Law 89-535 | Public Law 89-554 | Public Law 89-574 | Public Law 89-592 | Public Law 89-635 | Public Law 89-653 | Public Law 89-655 | Public Law 89-656 | Public Law 89-659 | Public Law 89-660 | Public Law 89-661 | Public Law 89-663 | Public Law 89-664 | Public Law 89-689 | Public Law 89-697 | Public Law 89-702 | Public Law 89-707 | Public Law 89-715 | Public Law 89-717 | Public Law 89-750 | Public Law 89-753 | Public Law 89-754 | Public Law 89-794

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Public Law 89-717
November 2, 1966 | [H.R. 8917] 80 Stat. 1114

AN ACT
To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, and for other purposes.
Section 2 | 3 | 4

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from the funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska that were appropriated by the Act of June 9, 1964, to pay a judgment obtained by the tribe in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 138, after deduction of attorney fees, litigation expenses, and such sums as may be required to distribute individual shares, the Secretary of the Interior shall make a per capita distribution of no more than $270 to each person living on the date of this Act whose name appears on the roll of the tribe prepared pursuant to Section 1 of the Act of September 14, 1961 (75 Stat. 508), and to each child living on the date of this Act who was born after September 14, 1961, and who possesses aboriginal Omaha blood of the degree of one-fourth or more except for any such child who is enrolled with any other tribe of Indians. The balance of such funds, and the interest thereon, may be advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal governing body and approved by the Secretary. The amount of $150,000 of said funds and any interest thereon shall not be distributed, advanced or expended until said $150,000 and any interest thereon becomes available for disbursement pursuant to the terms of the final judgment dated April 14, 1964, by the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 138.

SEC. 2.

Sums payable to persons or to their heirs or legatees who are less than twenty-one years of age or who are under a legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary, after consultation with the tribal governing body, determines will adequately protect their best interests. Proportional shares of heirs or legatees amounting to $5 or less shall not be distributed and such amounts shall escheat to the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.

SEC. 3.

The funds distributed under the provisions of this Act shall not be subject to Federal or State income taxes.

SEC. 4.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Approved, November 2, 1966.

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