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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 967a. Per capita payments to enrolled tribal members; use of balance of funds
From the funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to
the credit of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska that were appropriated by
the Act of June 9, 1964, to pay a judgment obtained by the tribe in
Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 138, after deduction of
attorney fees, litigation expenses, and such sums as may be
required to distribute individual shares, the Secretary of the
Interior shall make a per capita distribution of no more than $270
to each person living on November 2, 1966, whose name appears on
the roll of the tribe prepared pursuant to section 961 of this
title, and to each child living on November 2, 1966, who was born
after September 14, 1961, and who possesses aboriginal Omaha blood
of the degree of one-fourth or more except for any such child who
is enrolled with any other tribe of Indians. The balance of such
funds, and the interest thereon, may be advanced or expended for
any purpose that is authorized by the tribal governing body and
approved by the Secretary. The amount of $150,000 of said funds and
any interest thereon shall not be distributed, advanced or expended
until said $150,000 and any interest thereon becomes available for
disbursement pursuant to the terms of the final judgment dated
April 14, 1964, by the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered
138.
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