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 89 STAT. 1094

Tax exemption.

42 USC 1305. Rules and regulations.

PUBLIC LAW 94-189—DEC. 31, 1975 according to the formula for division of the judgment funds as provided in section 2(a). SEC. 4. (a) The funds, as divided under the provisions of this Act, may be utilized for any purposes that are authorized by the respective tribal governing bodies and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That not less than 20 per centum, together with accrued interest thereon, of the share of each Sac and Fox Tribe shall be used for programing purposes. (b) Any portion of the share of the judgment funds accruing to any Sac and Fox Tribe that may be distributed in individual shares shall be paid to persons whose names appear on the membership roll of said tribe compiled in accordance with the membership criteria of the tribe's constitution, made current as of the date of this Act. SEC. 5. Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less than eighteen years of age or who are under a legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary of the Interior determines appropriate to protect the best interests of such persons. SEC. 6. None of the funds distributed per capita or held in trust under the provisions of this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes, nor shall such funds or their availability be considered as income or resources or otherwise utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which such household or member would otherwise be entitled to under the Social Security Act or any other Federal or federally assisted program. SEC. 7. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved December 31, 1975.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-712 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 94-555 accompanying S. 1823 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): Dec. 16, considered and passed House. Dec. 19, considered and passed Senate, in lieu of S. 1823.

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