Pub. L. 100-581, tit. II, sec. 203
Pub. L. 100-581, tit. II, sec. 203
Sec. 203. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the plan dated July 7, 1988, that was submitted by the Assistant Secretary of 102 STAT. 2940the Interior for Indian Affairs to the Congress pursuant to the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act, 87 Stat. 466, as amended (25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) for the division and use of the judgment funds awarded the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians in Docket Numbered 387–85L of the United States Claims Court shall take effect upon enactment of this Act: Provided, That in the case of the Chickasaw portion of the Plan, instead of the action by the tribal governing body or of the Chickasaw electorate, the Plan shall be deemed to require the proposal of a budget in accordance with the tribe’s governing documents, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.