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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1300c-3. Per capita distributions to tribal members; advances, expenditures, investments, or reinvestments for authorized purposes; trusts and other procedures for protection of minors and persons under legal disability
The judgment fund, less funds otherwise provided in section
1300c-1 of this title, shall be used as follows: 75 per centum
thereof shall be distributed in equal per capita shares to each
person who is enrolled or entitled to be enrolled on October 6,
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. Sums
payable to adult living enrollees or to adult heirs or legatees of
deceased enrollees shall be paid directly to such persons. Sums
payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less than
eighteen years of age or who are under 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 interests of such
persons.
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