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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 992. Payments to adults, heirs or legatees; shares under certain amounts to revert to tribe; protection of minors and persons under legal disability
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this
section, a share or proportional share payable to a living adult
shall be paid directly to such adult; (b) a share payable to a
deceased enrollee 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 proportional shares of deceased
heirs amounting to $10 or less shall not be distributed, and no
inherited share amounting to $5 or less shall be paid, and the
money shall revert to the tribe; (c) a share or proportional share
payable to a person under twenty-one years of age or to a person
under legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such
procedures as the Secretary determines will adequately protect the
best interests of such persons.
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