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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1071. Per capita payments to enrolled tribal members; tax exemption
The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the
credit of the Colville Tribe, San Poeils-Nespelem Tribe, Okanogan
Tribe, Methow Tribe, and Lake Tribe (certain constituent groups of
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation) that were
appropriated to pay a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission
dated March 1, 1960, in docket numbered 181, and the funds which
may be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit
of the said constituent groups or any other constituent groups of
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to pay any
judgments arising out of claims presently pending before the Indian
Claims Commission and the interest on said judgments, after payment
of attorney fees and expenses, shall be credited to the account of
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to make a per
capita distribution from such funds of $350, to the extent that
such funds are available, to each enrolled member of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Any part of such
funds distributed per capita to the members of the tribes shall not
be subject to Federal or State income tax.
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