U.S. Code as of: 01/02/2006
Section 82a. Contracts for payment of money permitted certain tribes; payment for legal services

      Contracts involving the payment or expenditure of any money or
    affecting any property belonging to the Choctaw, Chickasaw,
    Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole Tribes of Indians, including contracts
    for professional legal services, may be made by said tribes, with
    the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized
    representative, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary
    of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That the provisions of
    this section shall not apply to contracts for professional legal
    services involving the prosecution of claims against the United
    States.



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