A bill to provide for the distribution of certain funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and the Absentee Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma in Indian Claims Commission Dockets numbered 27A, 27B, 241, 289, and 338 to said Tribes, and for other purposes.

Summary

Declares that funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and the Absentee Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, awarded by the Indian Claims Commission, should be distributed to members of those tribes and thereby shall become tribal assets. Establishes criteria for tribal membership and directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a roll of eligible persons. Requires that such funds be placed to the credit of the tribes in the United States Treasury and establishes conditions for use of the money. Authorizes the tribes to prescribe all rules and regulations to carry out this Act subject to the approval of the Secretary.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 January 1979

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.