PUBLIC LAW 108–22—MAY 14, 2003
117 STAT. 699
(iii) Any individual who is disenrolled by the Community for just cause (such as dual enrollment or failure to meet the eligibility requirements for enrollment). (iv) Any individual who is determined or certified by the Secretary to be eligible to receive a per capita payment of funds relating to a judgment— (I) awarded to another community, Indian tribe, or tribal entity; and (II) appropriated on or before the date of enactment of this Act. (v) Any individual who is not enrolled as a member of the Community on or before the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) NOTICE TO SECRETARY.—On approval by the Community of the payment roll, the Community shall submit to the Secretary a notice that indicates the total number of individuals eligible to share in the per capita distribution under subsection (a), as expressed in subdivisions that reflect— (1) the number of shares that are attributable to eligible living adult Community members; and (2) the number of shares that are attributable to deceased individuals, legally incompetent individuals, and minors. (d) INFORMATION PROVIDED TO SECRETARY.—The Community shall provide to the Secretary enrollment information necessary to allow the Secretary to establish— (1) estate accounts for deceased individuals described in subsection (c)(2); and (2) IIM accounts for legally incompetent individuals and minors described in subsection (c)(2). (e) DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which the payment roll is approved by the Community and the Community has reconciled the number of shares that belong in each payment subdivision described in subsection (c), the Secretary shall disburse to the Community the funds necessary to make the per capita distribution under subsection (a) to eligible living adult members of the Community described in subsection (c)(1). (2) ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION.—On disbursement of the funds under paragraph (1), the Community shall bear sole responsibility for administration and distribution of the funds. (f) SHARES OF DECEASED INDIVIDUALS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary and in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act, shall distribute to the appropriate heirs and legatees of deceased individuals described in subsection (c)(2) the per capita shares of those deceased individuals. (2) ABSENCE OF HEIRS AND LEGATEES.—If the Secretary and the Community make a final determination that a deceased individual described in subsection (c)(2) has no heirs or legatees, the per capita share of the deceased individual and the interest earned on that share shall— (A) revert to the Community; and (B) be deposited into the general fund of the Community.
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