A bill to provide for the use and distribution of Seminole judgement funds in Dockets 73 and 151, and 73-A, before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.

Summary

Provides for the use and distribution of funds awarded in judgments of the Indian claims Commission to: (1) the Seminole Indians; and (2) the Seminole Indians of Florida. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allocate 75 percent of the funds awarded the Seminole Indians to the Seminole by blood members of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and 25 percent of such funds to the Seminole Indians of Florida. Allocates specified amounts of the Oklahoma portion of such funds for per capita payments and for tribal and community programs. Allocates the Florida funds among the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, and the unaffiliated Seminoles of Florida. Sets forth procedures by which such allocations are to be distributed for per capita payments and tribal programs. Exempts funds distributed by this Act from Federal, State, or local income taxes or from determining eligibility under assistance programs.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 25 February 1982

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