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 PUBLIC LAW 96-194—FEB. 21, 1980

94 STAT. 61

Public Law 96-194 96th Congress Joint Resolution To validate the effectiveness of certain plans for the use or distribution of funds appropriated to pay judgments awarded to Indian tribes or groups.

Feb. 21, 1980 [S.J. Res. 108]

Whereas, pursuant to Public Law 93-134 (Act of October 19, 1973; 87 Stat. 466; 25 U.S.C. 1401), the Secretary of the Interior or his designee has submitted plans for the use or distribution of funds appropriated to pay judgments awarded to Indian tribes or groups; and Whereas none of such plans have been disapproved by congressional action; and Whereas a recent July 9, 1979, decision of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida versus Andrus has called into question the effectiveness and validity of those plans submitted to Congress under Public Law 93-134; and Whereas it is the purpose of this resolution to validate the effectiveness of the plans (other than the plan involved in the Seminole decision and a plan involving the tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation which is the subject of pending litigation) which were submitted to the Congress pursuant to Public Law 93-134: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following plans forIndians, the use or distribution of funds submitted to the Congress pursuant to distribution of funds for Public Law 93-134 are hereby declared to be valid and effective as of judgments; the dates indicated: validation of plans. Tribe or group

Docket numbers)

ICC 288 Washoe Seneca ICC 342-A and 368-A Fort Berthold (Three Affiliated ICC 350-A, E, and H Tribes). Paiute, Northern ICC 87 Nez Perce ICC 175-B Cherokee, Eastern ICC 282-A through L Ponca ICC 322, 323, and 324 Tuscarora ICC 321 Chippewa, Red Lake ICC 189 Sioux, Yankton ICC 332-B Kikiallus ICC 263 Skagit, Lower ICC 294 Lummi ICC 110 Apache, Chiricahua ICC30and48and30-Aand48-A.. Sioux, Cheyenne River ICC 114 Iowa ICC 135 Ottawa, Oklahoma ICC 304 and 305 Pueblos de Jemez, Santa Ana, and ICC 137 Zia. Apache, Jicarilla ICC 22-K Suquamish ICC 132 Winnebago ICC 243, 244, and 245 Cabazon ICC 148 Apache, Western ICC 22-D

Effective date September 25, 1974. September 26, 1974. October 2, 1974. October 10, 1974. October 10, 1974. October 10, 1974. November 23, 1974. December 18, 1974. February 3, 1975. February 7, 1975. February 18, 1975. February 18, 1975. March 3, 1975. March 16, 1975. March 16, 1975. March 24, 1975. June 17, 1975. June 17, 1975. July 8, 1975. September 14, 1976. October 30, 1975. October 80, 1975. December 8, 1976.

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