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Judgment funds.
Definition.
PUBLIC LAW 89-131-AUGUST 21, 1965
[79 STAT.
ada, the Secretary, in his discretion, is authorized to approve such rules. The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians, composed of delegates elected in accordance with such approved rules and their duly elected successors in office, shall be the official Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians for purposes of this Act. Any amendments to such rules shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary. "SEC. 8. The amount of the appropriation made to pay any judgment in favor of said Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska, and such funds shall bear interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum. Such funds including the interest thereon shall not be available for advances, except for such amounts as may be necessary to pay attorney fees, expenses of litigation, organizational, operating and administrative expenses of the official Central Council, and expenses of program planning, until after legislation has been enacted that sets forth the purposes for which said funds shall be used. The Council is authorized to prepare plans for the use of said funds, and to exercise such further powers with respect to the advance, expenditure, and distribution of said funds as may be authorized by Congress. In order to facilitate the prompt use and distribution of said funds, the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, is authorized and directed to prepare a roll of all persons of Tlingit or Haida blood who reside in the various local communities or areas of the United States or Canada on the date of this Act. The costs of preparing such roll incurred subsequent to the appropriation to pay any judgment shall be deducted from such judgment funds. Any part of such funds that may be distributed per capita to persons of Tlingit or Haida blood shall not be subject to Federal or State income taxes." SEC. 2. As used in the Act of June 19, 1935, as amended by this Act, the terms "Indians of Tlingit or Haida blood who reside in the various local communities or areas in the United States or Canada" and "persons of Tlingit or Haida blood who reside in the various local communities or areas in the United States or Canada" mean only persons of Tlingit or Haida blood residing in a local community or area in the United States or Canada who were legal residents of the Territory of Alaska on June 19, 1935, or prior thereto, or who are descendants of persons of Tlingit or Haida blood who were legal residents of the Territory of Alaska on June 19, 1935, or prior thereto. Approved August 19, 1965.
Public Law 89-131 August 21, 1965 [H. R.10139]
House of Representatives. T e l e p h o n e and t e l e g r a p h allowance. 73 Stat. 605. Effective date.
AN ACT 'To amend the Act of June 23, 1949, relating to the telephone and telegraph service furnished Members of the House of Representatives.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That clause (1) of subsection (b) of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act relating to telephone and telegraph service and clerk hire for Members of the House of Representatives", approved June 23, 1949, as amended (2 U.S.C. 46g), is amended by striking out "five" and inserting in lieu thereof "four". SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act-shall take effect as of noon, January 3, 1965. Approved August 21, 1965.
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