Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/1020

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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 970

PUBLIC LAW 96-318—AUG. 1, 1980

(c) The Secretary shall identify those persons who qualify and are enrolled under section 5(a)(1) and (3) of this Act exclusive of those persons who qualify under section 5(a)(2) of this Act. The amount of their individual shares shall be multiplied by the number of such enrollees. The Secretary shall pay 10 per centum of this total amount to the Kansas Delaware Tribe of Indians, Incorporated, and to the Delawares of Idaho, Incorporated, in a ratio proportionate to their respective number of members enrolled under subsection (a) of this section for the sole purpose of the payment of their attorneys' fees in connection with their efforts to achieve participation in the funds set forth in subsection (a) of this section. The Secretary shall distribute the balance of said total amount on a per capita basis to those persons enrolled under section 5(a)(1) and (3) of this Act subject to the requirement of section 5(b) of this Act. (d) No person shall be entitled to more than one per capita share under subsection (a) of this section, nor shall any person who received a per capita share under section 4 of this Act be eligible to receive any share under this section. SEC. 6. The per capita shares of living competent adults shall be paid directly to them. Per capita shares of deceased individual beneficiaries shall be determined and distributed pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Per capita shares of legal incompetents and per capita shares of persons under age eighteen shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary determines to be necessary to protect the interests of such persons. SEC. 7. (a) Except for funds to be held in escrow as provided hereinafter in this section, the Secretary shall pay and distribute all funds, as provided in this Act, forthwith upon completion of the enrollment process to be established by the rules and regulations to be promulgated under section 10 of this Act, which enrollment process period shall not be deemed to include the period of time for action upon enrollment appeals. Escrow account. (b) The Secretary, in arranging for the per capita payments under sections 3, 4, and 5 of this Act, shall hold at interest in an escrow account the apportioned shares, including any attorneys fees applicable thereto as provided in sections 3 and 5, of all applicants whose entitlements are the subjects of enrollment appeals, pending determinations of all enrollment appeals. (c) The aggregate amount of any apportioned shares applicable to unsuccessful applicants for enrollment under section 3 of this Act, including the attorneys fees attributable to such apportioned shares as provided in such section, shall be paid and distributed by the Secretary, 17 per centum to the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma for programing purposes as provided in section 4 of this Act, and the remaining 83 per centum shall be paid and distributed as provided in section 5 of this Act: Provided, That per capita payments which would be payable under section 5 of this Act of less than $5 shall be aggregated and paid 19 per centum to the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma and 81 per centum to the Delaware Tribe of Indians, both for programing purposes. (d) The amount of any apportioned shares applicable to unsuccessful applicants for enrollment who claimed entitlement through membership in the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma shall be added to the programing portion of that tribe's share of these awards. (e) The amount of any apportioned shares applicable to unsuccessful applicants who claimed entitlement under section 5(a)(2) of this Act shall be added to the programing portion of the Delaware Tribe of