PUBLIC LAW 100-581—NOV. 1, 1988
102 STAT. 2945
served, or established pursuant to treaty, statute, or Executive order pertaining to any Indian tribe, band, or community. TITLE V—POTAWATOMI JUDGMENT FUNDS SEC. 501. That, notwithstanding any provision of the Act of October 19, 1973 (87 Stat. 466; 25 U.S.C. 1401, et seq.), or any other law, regulation, or plan promulgated pursuant thereto, the funds appropropriated in satisfaction of the judgment awarded to the Wisconsin Band of Potawatomi in docket 28 of the United States Claims Court (including all interests and investment income accrued thereon) shall be used and distributed as provided in this title. SEC. 502. (a) The funds appropriated with respect to the judgment awarded the Wisconsin Band of Potawatomi in docket 28 of the United States Claims Court (less attorney fees and litigation expenses), including all interest and investment income accrued thereon, are allocated as follows: (1) **y45i of such funds are allocated to the Hannahville Indian Community, and (2) 310/4 5 J of such funds shall be allocated to the Forest County Potawatomi. (b)(l) The funds allocated to each Indian tribe under subsection (a), Securities. and any interest and investment income accrued on such funds, are hereby declared to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of such Indian tribe and shall be invested by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of such Indian tribe. (2) The funds held in trust by the United States under paragraph (1) for the benefit of an Indian tribe shall be available to the governing body of such Indian tribe, on a budgetary basis and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for tribal, social, and economic development programs for such Indian tribe. SEC. 503. None of the funds held in trust by the United States Taxes. under this title (including interest and investment income accrued on such funds while such funds are held in trust by the United States), and none of the funds made available under this title for programs or for distributions under any programs, shall be subject to Federal, State, or local income taxes, nor shall such funds nor their availability be considered as income or resources or otherwise utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which any household or individual would otherwise be entitled under the Social Security Act or, except for per capita payments in excess of $2,000, any other Federal or federally assisted program. TITLE VI—POTAWATOMI TRUST LANDS SEC. 601. (a) All rights, title and interests of the United States in Wisconsin. the surface and mineral estate of approximately 11,300 acres of land located in Forest County and Oconto County, Wisconsin, that was acquired by the United States by reason of section 24 of the Act of June 30, 1913 (38 Stat. 102), including any improvements on such land, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit and use of the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin and such land is hereby declared to be the reservation of the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin. (b) All rights, title, and interests of the United States in the Michigan. surface and mineral estates of approximately 3,359 acres of land
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