25 U.S.C. § 1771a : US Code - Section 1771A: Gay Head Indian claims settlement fund

Search 25 U.S.C. § 1771a : US Code - Section 1771A: Gay Head Indian claims settlement fund

(a) Fund established
There is hereby established within the Treasury of the United
States a fund to be known as the "Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay
Head, Inc. Claims Settlement Fund". Amounts in the fund shall be
available to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this
subchapter.
(b) Authorization for appropriation
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated $2,250,000 for such
fund to remain available until expended.
(c) State contribution required
Amounts may be expended from the fund only upon deposit by the
State of Massachusetts into the fund of an amount equal to that
amount to be expended by the United States so that both the United
States and the State of Massachusetts bear one-half of the cost of
the acquisition of lands under section 1771d of this title.
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