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| Public Law 90-80 | Sac and Fox Indians. Judgment funds. |
| Sec. 2 | Tax exemption. |
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 Sac ad Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, the Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska that were appropriated by the Acts of April 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 81), and October 31, 1965 (79 Stat. 1133), to pay judgments by the
Indian Claims Commission in dockets numbered 138 and 143, together with interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and other litigation expenses, shall be divided as follows:
36.91 percent to the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa;
51.70 percent to the Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma; and
11.39 percent to the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska.
The funds so divided, including the interest thereon, and the funds on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska that were appropriated by the Act of April 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 81), to pay a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 195, including interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and other litigation expenses, may be used, advanced, expended, invested, or reinvested for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal governing bodies of the respective tribes and approved by the Secrtary of the Interior.
Any portion of such funds that may be distributed per capita to the members of the respective tribes shall not be subject to Federal or State income tax.
Approved, August 31, 1967.
