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 27-A and 241, 289, and 27-B and 338, and for other purposes.
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(Measure passed Senate, amended) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare rolls of eligible persons and to distribute, on a per capita basis, funds appropriated to pay specified Indian Claims Commission judgments in favor of the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma and other members of the Delaware Tribe of Indians. Allocates a portion of such funds for the payment of legal expenses by the Kansas Delaware Tribe of Indians, Incorporated, and the Delawares of Idaho, Incorporated. Authorizes the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma to invest the remaining funds, after the per capita distribution, for tribal social and economic programming purposes. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the per capita distribution of shares to deceased individual beneficiaries, legal incompetents, and persons under 18 years of age. Provides that none of the funds to be distributed shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes or be considered as income or resources in determining eligibility for Federal, State, or local assistance programs. Directs the Secretary to promulgate rules and regulations governing enrollment procedures to effect this Act.
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Public Law 96-318.
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Who is behind it?
NANCY KASSEBAUM (R-KS) introduced it on July 9, 1979, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
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It was introduced on July 9, 1979, 17277 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16888 days ago, on August 1, 1980.
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Vote history
- SenatePublic Law 96-318.
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