Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 25 : Section 1251


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1251. Distribution of funds; attorney fees and expenses

      The funds appropriated to the credit of the Confederated Salish
    and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana, in
    satisfaction of judgments awarded in paragraphs 7 and 10 in docket
    numbered 50233, United States Court of Claims, including interest
    thereon, after payment of attorneys fees and other litigation
    expenses, shall be used as follows: 85 per centum thereof shall be
    distributed in equal per capita shares to each person who is
    enrolled or entitled to be enrolled on March 17, 1972; the
    remainder may be advanced, expended, invested or reinvested for any
    purposes that are authorized by the tribal governing body and
    approved by the Secretary of the Interior.



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