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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1128. Distribution of shares
(a) Payments to enrollees, next of kin, or legatees
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the
Secretary of the Interior shall distribute a per capita share
payable to a living enrollee directly to such enrollee, and shall
distribute a per capita share payable to a deceased enrollee
directly to his heirs or legatees upon proof of death and
inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary, whose findings upon such
proof shall be final and conclusive.
(b) Payments to minors or persons under legal disability
Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less
than eighteen years of age or who are under a legal disability
shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the
establishment of trusts, as the Secretary of the Interior
determines appropriate to protect the best interest of such
persons.
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