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 95 STAT. 1518

PUBLIC LAW 97-112—DEC. 29, 1981

Public Law 97-112 97th Congress

An Act Dec. 29, 1981 [H.R. 4894]

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to disburse certain trust funds of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, and for atbsr purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lac Courte United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Oreilles Indians. of the Interior shall, at the request of the governing body of the Lac Trust fund Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wiscondisbursement. sin, pay to the State Bank of Drummond, Drummond, Wisconsin, a portion (not to exceed 20 per centum) of the funds of such tribe derived from awards of the Indian Claims Commission in dockets numbered 18-C and 18-T which are deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit of such tribe in trust accounts numbered 14x9228 and 14x9728. Such payments shall be used for the sole purpose of covering or reducing an overdraft on an account (designated "general fund") maintained by such tribe in such bank which was incurred by such tribe in support of the administration of Federal contracte. SEC. 2. In the event that the United States acts to adjust the accounts of Indian tribes or organizations administering Federal contracts for the overrecovery or underrecovery of indirect costs, the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion, may reimburse the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, in whole or in part, for any disbursement made under the first section of this Act. Approved December 29, 1981.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4894 (S. 1890): HOUSE REPORT No. 97-348 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 97-296 accompanying S. 1890 (Select Comm. on Indian Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 127 (1981): Dec. 15, considered and passed House; considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1890. Dec. 16, House concurred in Senate amendment.

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