25 U.S.C. § 1401 : US Code - Section 1401: Funds appropriated in satisfaction of judgments of Indian Claims Commission or United States Court of Federal Claims

Search 25 U.S.C. § 1401 : US Code - Section 1401: Funds appropriated in satisfaction of judgments of Indian Claims Commission or United States Court of Federal Claims

(a) Use and distribution
Notwithstanding any other law, all use or distribution of funds
appropriated in satisfaction of a judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission or the United States Court of Federal Claims in favor of
any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or community (hereinafter
referred to as "Indian tribe"), together with any investment income
earned thereon, after payment of attorney fees and litigation
expenses, shall be made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Amounts remaining to be held in trust unless otherwise provided
Except as provided in sections 164 and 165 of this title, amounts
which the Secretary of the Interior has remaining after execution
of either a plan under this chapter, or another Act enacted
heretofore or hereafter providing for the use or distribution of
amounts awarded in satisfaction of a judgment in favor of an Indian
tribe or tribes, together with any investment income earned thereon
and after payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses, shall
be held in trust by the Secretary for the tribe or tribes involved
if the plan or Act does not otherwise provide for the use of such
amounts.
(c) Short title
This chapter may be cited as the "Indian Tribal Judgment Funds
Use or Distribution Act".