2017 US Code
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
| 25 U.S.C. § 117a (2017) |
| §117a. Per capita distribution of funds to tribe members |
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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. |
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(Pub. L. 98–64, §1, Aug. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 365.) |
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SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 98–64, Aug. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 365, which enacted sections 117a to 117c and repealed section 117 of this title and repealed section 19 (per capita payments provisions) of act June 28, 1898, ch. 517, 30 Stat. 502, is popularly known as the "Per Capita Act". |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 25 - INDIANS |
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| 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 |
| section 117a |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
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| "Per Capita Act". |
| 30 Stat. 502 97 Stat. 365 |
| Public Law 98-64 |
