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25 USC 355 note.

Choctaw funds. Per capita distribution.

D i s p o s ition of unclaimed funds.

PUBLIC LAW 86-193-AUG. 26, 1959

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SEC. 8. Xothhig in this Act shall affect any claim heretofore filed against the United States by the Choctaw Tribe. SEC. 9. Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 666). SEC. 10. I n any per capita distribution of tribal funds that is hereafter made to members of the Choctaw Tribe, or their heirs or legatees, no payment shall be made in an amount that is less than $1, and any share that is less than $1 shall be credited to the appropriation available for carrying out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 11. No principal chief of the Choctaw Tribe shall be appointed pursuant to section 6 of the Act of April 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 137), after a legal entity is designated and approved pursuant to subsection (a) of the first section of this Act, or after three years from the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is sooner. SEC. 12. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is directed to exercise the discretionary authority granted by the Act of May 24, 1949 (63 Stat. 76, 84), to distribute per capita all of the funds held by the United States for the benefit of the Choctaw Tribe; except the amount necessary for the operation of the Choctaw Tribal Government until a legal entity is designated and approved pursuant to subsection (a) of the first section of this Act or until three years from the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is sooner. (b) Any per capita sum or other tribal funds or securities accruing to any member of the Choctaw Tribe or to his heirs or legatees, under this or any other Act, including any such sums that have been credited to individual Indian money accounts without application of the Indian for his distributive share of the tribal asset involved, that is not claimed by such person within seven years after the Secretary has first announced the procedure for submitting claims or within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later, shall escheat to the tribe by operation of law and shall be transferred by the Secretary immediately upon the expiration of such time to the legal entity that is designated and approved pursuant to subsection (a) of the first section of this Act. If no such legal entity is designated and approved within three years from the date of enactment of this Act, any sums that would escheat to the tribe under this subsection shall escheat to the United States and be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. (c) The legal entity organized under State law and designated and approved pursuant to subsection (a) of the first section of this Act, if any, shall be the successor in interest to the Choctaw Tribe for all purposes. Approved August 25, 1959.

Public Law 86-193 August 25, 1959 [H. R. 2191]

Petaluma River, Calif.

AN ACT To designate a stream in California as the "Petaluma River".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the body of water in California now designated and referred to as "Petaluma Creek" shall hereafter be known and designated as "Petaluma River". Any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such body of water is designated or referred to by the name of "Petaluma Creek" shall be held and considered to refer to such body of water as "Petaluma River". Approved August 25, 1959.

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