Pub. L. 92-555, tit. II, sec. 202

Pub. L. 92-555, tit. II, sec. 202

EnactedYear: 1972Length: 362 wordsOfficial source
Sec. 202. (a) After deducting the amount authorized in section 1 of this Act, the funds derived from the judgment awarded in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 142 and the one-half remaining from the amount awarded in docket numbered 359, plus accrued inter-est, shall be apport ioned on the basis of reservation residence and other residence shown on the 1909 McLaughlin annuity roll, as follows: Tribe or group Percentage Devils Lake Sioux of North Dakota 21.6892 Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux of South Dakota 42. 9730 Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana 10.3153 All other Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux 25. 0225 (b) The shares of the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, as apportioned in accordance with subsection (a), shall be placed on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the respective groups. Seventy per centum of such funds shall be distributed per capita to their tribal members: Provided, That none of the funds may be paid per capita to any person whose name does not appear on the rolls prepared pursuant to section 201(a) of this Act. The remainder of such funds may be advanced, deposited, expended, invested, or reinvested for any purpose designated by the respective tribal governing bodies and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided,86 Stat. 1170That, in the case of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, the Fort Peck SissetonWahpeton Sioux Council shall act as the governing body in determining the distribution of funds allotted for programing purposes: Provided further, That the SissetonWahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota shall act in concert with its membership residing in the Upper Sioux Community in Minnesota and its membership affiliated with the Urban SissetonWahpeton Council of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area in jointly submitting programing proposals to the Secretary. (c) The funds allocated to all other Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux, as provided in subsection (a), shall be distributed per capita to the persons enrolled on the roll prepared by the Secretary pursuant to section 201(b) of this Act.
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