S 1224 · 95th Congress · Native Americans
A bill to amend the Act of May 18, 1947, c.80, sec. 3, 61 Stat. 102, as amended (25 U.S.C. 613) to permit per capita payments from excess tribal trusts funds of the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indian Tribes of Wyoming.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.(1977-04-04)
Plain Language Summary
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Amends the provision of law dealing with Shoshone and Apapahoe Indian tribal funds to require the Secretary of the Interior to make per capita payments of the yearly interest accruals to those tribes. Directs the Secretary to add to the distribution fund of those trusts as much of that fund in excess of $1,000,000 as is needed (1) to prevent a decrease in per capita exceed 20 percent of the per capita for the preceding year.…
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