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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1163. Payments to enrollees, heirs or legatees; trust for minors and persons under legal disability; approval of agreement
The Secretary of the Interior shall distribute remaining funds
per capita to all persons alive on October 31, 1967, whose names
appear on the membership roll of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma or who, on October 31, 1967, were eligible for membership,
hereinafter referred to as "enrollees", as follows:
(a) A share payable to an enrollee not less than eighteen years
of age shall be paid directly in one payment to such enrollee,
except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section;
(b) A share payable to an enrollee dying after October 31,
1967, shall be distributed to his heirs or legatees upon the
filing of proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the
Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized representative,
whose findings and determinations upon such proof shall be final
and conclusive: Provided, That if a share of such deceased
enrollee, or a portion thereof, is payable to an heir or legatee
under eighteen years of age or to an heir or legatee under legal
disability other than because of age, the same shall be paid and
held in trust pursuant to subsection (c) of this section;
(c) A share or proportional share payable to an enrollee or
person under eighteen years of age or to an enrollee or person
under legal disability other than because of age shall be paid
and held in trust for such enrollee or person pursuant to a trust
agreement to be made and entered into by and between the
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, as grantor, and a national
banking association located in the State of Oklahoma, as Trustee,
which trust agreement shall be authorized and approved by the
tribal governing body and approved by the Secretary of the
Interior. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to approve
amendments to trust agreements entered into pursuant to this
subchapter, to permit the distribution of assets to, and the
termination of trusts for, minor beneficiaries, not under other
legal disability, who have attained or who shall hereafter attain
the age of eighteen years.
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