To Provide for the Disposition of Funds Appropriated to Pay a Judgment in Favor of the Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma and the Sac and Fox Tribe of the, 1968-10-21

Item — Box: 67, Folder: 13

Identifier: CAC_CC_009_2_67_13_0004

Staff Only

This bill would appropriate funds to pay a judgment in favor of the Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma and the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa in Indian Claims Commission docket number 219. The funds would be divided between the two tribes based on the number of enrollees on each tribe's basic membership roll, and the funds could be used for any purpose approved by the tribal governing bodies and the Secretary of the Interior. Any part of the funds that is distributed to tribe members per capita would not be subject to federal or state income tax. Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are under the age of 21 or who have a legal disability would be paid in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary of the Interior to protect their best interests.