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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 573. Uses of judgment fund
(a) Purchase of lands
Not to exceed $1,000,000 of the said judgment fund, or interest
thereon, shall be available for expenditure upon the request of the
tribe and with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for
the purchase of lands in the manner prescribed in section 576 of
this title.
(b) Loan fund
The sum of $125,000 of said judgment fund, or interest thereon,
shall, at the request of the tribe and with the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, be set aside as a loan fund for making
loans to individual members, or groups of members, of said tribe
under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Productive enterprises
The remainder of said judgment fund, including interest thereon,
after making the segregation provided for in section 572 of this
title, and after setting aside the respective amounts authorized by
this section, shall be available for appropriation, upon the
recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, and with the
consent of the tribe, for purposes of benefit to the tribe,
including the establishment and administration of productive
enterprises for the benefit of said tribe, and any income derived
from such enterprises shall be credited to the Shoshone tribal
judgment fund: Provided, That should such enterprises also benefit
the Arapaho Tribe repayment proportionate to the benefit to the
Arapaho Tribe shall be made into the Shoshone judgment fund by the
Arapaho Tribe out of such tribal income as the Arapaho Tribe may
enjoy.
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