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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 677j. Advances or expenditures from tribal funds; restrictions on mixed-blood group until adoption of plan for terminating supervision
Notwithstanding any other provision of existing law, the tribal
funds now on deposit or hereafter deposited in the United States
Treasury to the credit of the tribe or either group thereof, shall
be available for advance to the tribe or the respective groups, or
for expenditure, for such purposes, including per capita payments,
as may be designated by the Tribal Business Committee for the
full-blood members, and by the authorized agents of the mixed-blood
members, and in either event subject to the approval of the
Secretary: Provided, That the aggregate amount of the expenditures
and advances authorized by this section for the mixed-blood group
shall not exceed 50 per centum of the total funds of said
mixed-blood group after such division, until said mixed-blood group
has adopted a plan approved by the Secretary for termination of
Federal supervision of said mixed-blood group, as required under
section 677l of this title. After such termination of Federal
supervision, per capita payments to the mixed-blood group shall not
be subject to approval of the Secretary.
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