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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 594. Distribution of judgment funds; Mississippi Bands; Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands
The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the
credit of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe of Indians on behalf of the
Mississippi Bands and the Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands of
Chippewa Indians that were appropriated by the Act of October 31,
1965, to pay a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission in docket
18-B, and the interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and
expenses, may be advanced or expended for any purpose that is
authorized by the tribal governing bodies of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe and the White Earth, Leech Lake, and Mille Lacs Reservations
with whom the members of the Mississippi Bands and Pillager and
Lake Winnibigoshish Bands of Chippewa Indians are affiliated, and
approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Only those persons who
are descendants of the Mississippi Bands and the Pillager and Lake
Winnibigoshish Bands of Chippewa Indians who were born on or prior
to and living on September 27, 1967 and who meet the requirements
for membership in the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe shall be entitled to
share in the use or distribution of the funds. Any part of such
funds that may be distributed per capita to the members of the
tribe shall not be subject to the Federal or State income tax.
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