2011 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 4 - PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS (§§ 91 - 166)
Subchapter II - DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES (§§ 111 - 148)
Section 117a - Per capita distribution of funds to tribe members
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 25 - INDIANS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 4 - PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS SUBCHAPTER II - DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES Sec. 117a - Per capita distribution of funds to tribe members |
| Contains | section 117a |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Short Titles | Per Capita Act |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-64, §1, Aug. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 365. |
| Statutes at Large References | 30 Stat. 502 97 Stat. 365 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 98-64 |
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Funds which are held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) for an Indian tribe and which are to be distributed per capita to members of that tribe may be so distributed by either the Secretary or, at the request of the governing body of the tribe and subject to the approval of the Secretary, the tribe. Any funds so distributed shall be paid by the Secretary or the tribe directly to the members involved or, if such members are minors or have been legally determined not competent to handle their own affairs, to a parent or guardian of such members or to a trust fund for such minors or legal incompetents as determined by the governing body of the tribe.
(Pub. L. 98–64, §1, Aug. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 365.)
Short TitlePub. L. 98–64, Aug. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 365, which enacted sections 117a to 117c and repealed section 117 of this title and repealed section 19 (per capita payments provisions) of act June 28, 1898, ch. 517, 30 Stat. 502, is popularly known as the “Per Capita Act”.
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