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PUBLIC LAW 92-309-JUNE 2, 1972

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Congress to name and join the United States as a party in any litigation in the United States Supreme Court, if the United States is an indispensable party and if the litigation arises out of this Compact or its application, and if a signatory State is a party thereto. " '8.2 Notice of ratification by the Legislature of each State shall be given by the Governor of that State to the Governor of the other State and to the President of the United States, and the President is hereby requested to give notice to the Governor of each State of the consent by the Congress of the United States,' "IN W I T N E S S WHEREOF the authorized representatives have executed three counterparts hereof, each of which shall be and constitute an original, one of which shall be deposited with the Administrator of General Services of the United States, and one of which sha] 1 be forwarded to the Governor of each State. "Done at Lincoln, Nebraska, this 25th day of January 1971. "Keith S. Krause " K E I T H S. KILVUSE

"Commissioner for the State of Kansas "Dan S. Jones, J r. " D A N S. JONES, J r.

"Commissioner for the State of Nebraska "APPROVED: "Elmo W. McClendon " E L M O W. MCCLENDON

"Representative of the United States of America" SEC. 2. To carry out the purposes of Article VIII of the Compact, the Congress hereby consents to have the United States named and joined as a party m any litigation in the United States Supreme Court, if the United States is an indispensable party and if the litigation arises out of the Compact or its application, and if a signatory State is a party thereto. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved June 2, 1972. Public Law 92-309 AN ACT To provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Miami Tribe of Oklalioma and the Miami Indians of Indiana in Indian Claims Commission docltets numbered 255 and 124-C, doclvets numbered 256, 124-D, E, and F, and docliets numbered 131 and 253, and of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma in docket numbered 251-A, and for other purposes.

June 2, 1972 [H. R. 5199]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the funds oi^i^dllla'^and^ appropriated by the Acts of July 22, 1969 (83 Stat. 49), and January 8, Oklahoma. 1971 (84 Stat. 1981), to pay judgments awarded to the Miami Tribe distribution^""'^^' of Oklahoma and the Miami Indians of Indiana in Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 255 and 124-C, dockets numbered 256, 124-D, E, and F, and dockets numbered 131 and 253, and to pay a judgment awarded to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma in docket numbered 251-A, together with interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses, shall be distributed as provided in this Act. SEC. 2. The Secretary may make appropriate withdrawals from the judgment funds and interest thereon, using interest funds first, to pay costs incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act. 82-081 O - 73 - 16

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