96 STAT. 2022
PUBLIC LAW 97-403—DEC. 31, 1982
Public Law 97-403 97th Congress An Act Dec. 31, 1982 [S. 1735] Pembina Chippewa Indians. Distribution and use of funds.
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
To provide for the use and distribution of funds awarded the Pembina Chippewa Indians in dockets numbered 113, 191, 221, and 246 of the Court of Claims.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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, any funds appropriated in satisfaction of a judgment awarded to the Pembina Chippewa Indians in dockets numbered 113,191, 221, and 246 of the Court of Claims shall be used and distributed as provided in this Act. SEC. 2. All of the funds appropriated with respect to the judgment awarded the Pembina Chippewa Indians in dockets 113, 191, 221, and 246 (less attorney fees and litigation expenses), including all interest and investment income accrued, shall be divided by the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") among the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Reservation, the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, the Little Shell Band of the Chippewa Indians of Montana, and the nonmember Pembina descendants (as a group) so that each is allocated an amount which bears the same relationship to such funds as the number of members of such band, tribe, or group who are described under section 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), or 6(1) or 7(a) bears to the sum of^ (1) the number of members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians described in section 3(1), (2) the number of members of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Reservation described in section 4(1), (3) the number of members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe described in section 5(1), (4) the number of members of the Little Shell Band of the Chippewa Indians of Montana as described in section 6(1) plus (5) the number of nonmember Pembina Chippewas enrolled by the Secretary under section 7(a). SEC. 3. The funds allocated by section 2 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians shall be used and distributed as follows: (1) Eighty per centum of such funds shall be distributed in the form of per capita payments (in sums as equal as possible) to all enrolled members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians who are living on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Twenty per centum of such funds shall be held in trust and invested by the Secretary for the benefit of the members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. The governing body of such band is authorized to use the interest and investment income accrued on such 20 per centum portion, on an annual budgetary basis subject to the approval of the Secretary, for—
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