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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 676a. Distribution of judgment fund
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed
to divide the trust fund belonging to the Confederated Bands of Ute
Indians appropriated by the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1965, and deposited in the United States Treasury pursuant to the
final judgment entered in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered
327, including the interest thereon, by crediting 60 per centum to
the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, and the
Ute Distribution Corporation, to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation,(!1) 20 per centum to the Ute Mountain Tribe
of the Ute Mountain Reservation, and 20 per centum for the Southern
Ute Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation. The portion of the trust
fund, upon its division as herein directed, credited to the Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, to the Ute
Distribution Corporation, to the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, and to the Southern Ute Tribe of the Southern
Ute Reservation, shall be available for use in accordance with
existing authorizations for use of funds of the tribes and the Ute
Distribution Corporation, including the Act of August 21, 1951 (65
Stat. 193), as amended [25 U.S.C. 671-673], the Act of August 12,
1953 (67 Stat. 540) [25 U.S.C. 674, 675], the Act of June 28, 1954
(68 Stat. 300) [25 U.S.C. 676], and the Act of August 27, 1954 (68
Stat. 868), as amended [25 U.S.C. 677 et seq.]. Any part of such
funds that may be distributed to the members of the tribe shall not
be subject to Federal or State income taxes.
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