Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 25 : Section 661


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 661. Equal share distribution of undistributed balance of 1945 appropriation

    (a) Persons covered; amounts
      The Secretary shall distribute to each person whose name appears
    on the roll prepared pursuant to section 659 of this title
    regardless of group affiliation an equal share of the undistributed
    balance of the moneys appropriated in satisfaction of the judgment
    of the Court of Claims in the case of The Indians of California
    against United States (102 Court of Claims 837; 59 Stat. 94), plus
    the interest earned thereon, including the reimbursed moneys and
    unexpended balances of the funds established by the Acts of July 1,
    1946 (60 Stat. 348), August 4, 1955 (69 Stat. 460), and July 14,
    1960 (74 Stat. 512), minus a proper share of the costs of roll
    preparation and such amounts as may be necessary to effect the
    distribution.
    (b) Credit to judgment account
      The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to
    credit to the judgment account referred to in subsection (a) of
    this section, for distribution as a part of such account, the sum
    of $83,275, plus interest at 4 per centum per annum from December
    4, 1944, which sum represents the value of sixty-six thousand six
    hundred and twenty acres of land erroneously used as an offset
    against said judgment.



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