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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 14. Money accruing to Indians from Department of Veterans Affairs or other governmental agencies
Any money accruing from the Department of Veterans Affairs or
other governmental agency to incompetent adult Indians, or minor
Indians, who are recognized wards of the Federal Government, for
whom no legal guardians or other fiduciaries have been appointed
may be paid, in the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, or other head of a governmental bureau or agency, having
such funds for payment, to such superintendent or other bonded
officer of the Indian Service as the Secretary of the Interior
shall designate, for the use of such beneficiaries, or to be paid
to or used for, the heirs of such deceased beneficiaries, to be
handled and accounted for by him with other moneys under his
control, in accordance with existing law and the regulations of the
Department of the Interior.
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