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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 658. Distribution of $150 from fund to each enrolled Indian
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 656 of this title, the
Secretary of the Interior, under such regulations as he may
prescribe, is authorized and directed to distribute per capita the
sum of $150 to each Indian of California living on May 24, 1950,
who is now or may hereafter be enrolled under sections 651 and 657
of this title. The Secretary of the Interior may, in his
discretion, make such distribution from time to time to persons on
the roll of the Indians of California approved on May 16, 1933, as
he identifies such enrollees, before the completion of the revised
roll provided for in section 657 of this title. The Secretary of
the Interior is authorized to withdraw from the fund on deposit in
the Treasury of the United States arising from the judgment in
favor of the Indians of California entered by the Court of Claims
on December 4, 1944, and appropriated for them by section 203 of
the Act of April 25, 1945 (59 Stat. 77), such sums as may be
necessary to make the per capita payments required by this section,
including not to exceed $15,000 for the purpose of defraying the
expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of sections 657
and 658 of this title. Such payments shall be made out of the
accumulated interest on such judgment fund and so much of the
principal thereof as is necessary to complete the payments. The
money paid to enrollees pursuant to this section shall not be
subject to any lien or claim of any nature against any such
persons, except for debts owing to the United States.
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