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PUBLIC LAW 92-557-OCT. 25, 1972

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Public Law 92-557 AN ACT October 25, 1972 [S. 3230] To provide for the division and for the disposition of the funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap Reservations, Montana.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the funds ^'^'f^^!; ^^^ appropriated by the Act of January 8, 1971 (84 Stat. 1981), to pay a Tribes^'Mon"^ judgment to the Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap judgment Reservations, Montana, in Indian Claims Commission docket num- funds, disposition. bered 279-A, together with interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses, shall be divided by the Secretary of the Interior on the basis of 50 per centum to the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation and 50 per centum to the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Belknap Reservation. SEC. 2. The share of the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Reserva- Per capita shares, eligibiltion, after deducting $50,000 to be used as provided in section 3 of this ity. Act, and after deducting the estimated costs of distribution and all other appropriate expenses, shall be distributed per capita to each person born on or before, and living on, the date of this Act who is a citizen of the United States, is duly enrolled on the approved roll of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, and is of Assiniboine lineal descent: Provided, That persons in the following categories shall not be eligible to receive a per capita payment: (a) persons who possess a greater degree of Fort Peck Sioux blood than Fort Peck Assiniboine blood, (b) persons who possess equal degrees of Fort Peck Assiniboine and Fort Peck Sioux blood and who elect to be enrolled as Sioux, and (c) persons who participated, or were eligible to participate, in the distribution of funds under the provisions of the Act of June 19, 1970 (84 Stat. 313), for the disposition of the judg- 25 USC 12011205. ment of the Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation in docket immbered 279-A. Certain salaries SEC. 3. Upon agreement by the Fort Peck Assiniboine Tribe and the and expenses, Fort Peck Sioux Tribe on the amount each agrees to contribute from payment. the award to each tribe in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered '279-A, the agreed contribution of the Fort Peck Assiniboine Tribe shall be withdrawn from the $50,000, and interest thereon, withheld from per capita distribution pursuant to section 2 of this Act, and shall be credited to the joint account for expenditure pursuant to the Act of June 29, 1954 (68 Stat. 329): Provided, That upon request of the Fort Peck Assiniboine Tribe the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion may distribute all or part of the aforesaid $50,000 and interest thereon per capita to each person eligible under section 2 of this Act. SEC. 4. The share of the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Belknap Res- Per capita ervation, after deducting $100,000 to be used as provided in section 5,.fy^'"' ^"«^^" and after deducting the estimated costs of distribution and all other appropriate expenses, shall be distributed per capita to each person born on or before, and living on, the date of this Act who is a citizen of the United States, is duly enrolled on the approved roll of the organized Fort Belknap Community, and is of Assiniboine lineal descent: Provided, That persons in the following categories shall not be eligible to receive a per capita payment: (a) persons who possess a greater degree of Gros Ventre blood than Assiniboine blood, (b) persons who possess equal degrees of Fort Belknap Assiniboine and Fort Peck Gros

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