U.S. Code as of: 01/02/2006
Section 788b. Distribution of funds; tax exemption; equal shares

      After the deduction of attorney fees, litigation expenses, the
    costs of distribution, and the cost of preparing the roll pursuant
    to section 788a of this title, the funds, including interest,
    remaining to the credit of the Creek Nation as constituted August
    9, 1814, which were appropriated by the Act of April 30, 1965, to
    pay a judgment obtained in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered
    21, shall be distributed on a per capita basis to all persons whose
    names appear on the roll. The funds so distributed shall not be
    subject to Federal or State income taxes.



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