2013 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 14 - MISCELLANEOUS (§§ 441 - 1300n-6)
Subchapter XLVII - CHEROKEE NATION: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND (§§ 991 - 998)
Section 993 - Claims
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 25 - INDIANS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 14 - MISCELLANEOUS SUBCHAPTER XLVII - CHEROKEE NATION: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND Sec. 993 - Claims |
| Contains | section 993 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 87-775, §3, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 776. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 76 Stat. 776 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 87-775 |
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All claims for per capita shares, whether by a living enrollee or by the heirs or legatees of a deceased enrollee, shall be filed with the Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, not later than three years from October 9, 1962. Thereafter, all claims and the right to file same shall be forever barred and the unclaimed shares shall revert to the tribe.
(b) Use of reverted fundsTribal funds that revert to the tribe pursuant to this subchapter, including interest and income therefrom, may be advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
(Pub. L. 87–775, §3, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 776.)
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