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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 993. Claims
(a) Time for filing; reversion of funds upon failure to file
All claims for per capita shares, whether by a living enrollee or
by the heirs or legatees of a deceased enrollee, shall be filed
with the Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee,
Oklahoma, not later than three years from October 9, 1962.
Thereafter, all claims and the right to file same shall be forever
barred and the unclaimed shares shall revert to the tribe.
(b) Use of reverted funds
Tribal funds that revert to the tribe pursuant to this
subchapter, including interest and income therefrom, may be
advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the
principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and approved by the
Secretary of the Interior.
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