25-U.S.C.-1261

§1261 – Distribution of Funds; Attorney Fees and Expenses

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Title 25 > Chapter 14 > Subchapter LXVIII > Section 1261

Details

• Reference: Section 1261
• Legend: §1261 – Distribution of Funds; Attorney Fees and Expenses
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

The funds appropriated by the Act of October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1190, 1198), to pay a judgment to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, and the Gros Ventre Tribe of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana, in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 279–A, together with interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees, litigation expenses, and the cost of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, shall be divided by the Secretary of the Interior on the basis of 73.2 per centum to the Blackfeet Tribe and 26.8 per centum to the Gros Ventre Tribe.

(Pub. L. 92–254, §1, Mar. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 64.)

References in Text

Act of October 21, 1968, referred to in text, is act Oct. 21, 1968, Pub. L. 90–608, 82 Stat. 1190, known as the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1969. Chapter XII of the act set out at 82 Stat. 1198, appropriated the funds referred to and was not classified to the Code.

The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text, terminated Sept. 30, 1978. See Codification note set out under former section 70 et seq. of this title.

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25-U.S.C.-1253 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Indians

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25-U.S.C.-1243 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Distribution of Judgment Fund

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