Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 2.djvu/94

 102 STAT. 1098

Records.

Federal Register, publication.

PUBLIC LAW 100-411—AUG. 22, 1988

(d)(1) In the event that the plan provides for the per capita distribution of any portion of the funds to the members of the Tribe, such per capita payments shall be made as provided in this subsection. (2)(A) Within one hundred and eighty days after the approval, by the Secretary, of a plan for the use and distribution of funds as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary shall prepare a roll of all persons who— (i) were born on or prior to and living on the date of enactment of this Act, (ii) are persons— (I) on the roll prepared by the Tribe which is on file with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, or (II) who can show, by evidence satisfactory to the Secretary, that such person is at least one-fourth degree of Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana blood, and (iii) are not enrolled with any other Indian tribe. (B)(i) Within thirty days after the date of the Secretarial approval of a plan, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the right of persons to apply for enrollment under subparagraph (A)(i)(II) of this paragraph and shall, contemporaneously, publish such notice in an appropriate newspaper or newspapers of general circulation, including those in the parish within which the Tribe is located. (ii) Applications submitted for enrollment pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i)(II) must be submitted within ninety days after the publication of the notice in the Federal Register as required by this subparagraph. (C) The determination of the Secretary of the eligibility of an applicant under subparagraph (A)(i)(II) of this paragraph for enrollment under this subsection shall be final. (3)(A) Upon final approval of the roll by the Secretary, the funds provided for per capita payments under the plan adopted pursuant to this section shall be paid in equal shares to persons on such roll. (B) Payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the provisions of section 7 of the Act of October 19, 1973 (25 U.S.C. 1407). SEC. 3. ATTORNEY FEES.

Not more than 10 per centum of the payment specified in section 1(a) shall be paid to, or received by, any agent or attorney as consideration for any services rendered in connection with such Law payment, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Violation of enforcement and this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of crime. not more than $1,000. SEC. 4. TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.

(a) The provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.) are made applicable to the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana and the Tribe is authorized to organize under section 16 of such Act. (b) For the purpose of such organization, the base roll of the Tribe shall be the roll established pursuant to section 2(d) of this Act. (c)(1) The Secretary shall reserve, for a period of three years, from the funds authorized to be distributed pursuant to section 2 an amount equal to 5 per centum of such funds.

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