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[CITE: 25USC1300d-23]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
SUBCHAPTER LXXV--MISSISSIPPI SIOUX TRIBES: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
 
                   Part B--1998 Distribution Authority
 
Sec. 1300d-23. Distribution of funds to tribes


(a) In general

                       (1) Amount distributed

        (A) In general

            Subject to section 1300d-27(e) of this title and if no 
        action is filed in a timely manner (as determined under section 
        1300d-27(d) of this title) raising any claim identified in 
        section 1300d-27(a) of this title, not earlier than 365 days 
        after November 13, 1998, and not later than 415 days after 
        November 13, 1998, the Secretary shall transfer to the Fund 
        Account to be credited to accounts established in the Fund 
        Account for the benefit of the applicable governing bodies under 
        paragraph (2) an aggregate amount determined under subparagraph 
        (B).

        (B) Aggregate amount

            The aggregate amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is an 
        amount equal to the remainder of--
                (i) the funds described in section 1300d-22 of this 
            title; minus
                (ii) an amount equal to 71.6005 percent of the funds 
            described in section 1300d-22 of this title.

      (2) Distribution of funds to accounts in the Fund Account

        The Secretary shall ensure that the aggregate amount transferred 
    under paragraph (1) is allocated to the accounts established in the 
    Fund Account as follows:
            (A) 28.9276 percent of that amount shall be allocated to the 
        account established for the benefit of the tribal governing body 
        of the Spirit Lake Tribe of North Dakota.
            (B) 57.3145 percent of that amount, after payment of any 
        applicable attorneys' fees and expenses by the Secretary under 
        the contract numbered A00C14202991, approved by the Secretary on 
        August 16, 1988, shall be allocated to the account established 
        for the benefit of the tribal governing body of the Sisseton and 
        Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
            (C) 13.7579 percent of that amount shall be allocated to the 
        account established for the benefit of the tribal governing body 
        of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation 
        in Montana, as designated under subsection (c) of this section.

(b) Use

    Amounts distributed under this section to accounts referred to in 
subsection (d) of this section for the benefit of a tribal governing 
body shall be distributed and used in a manner consistent with section 
1300d-24 of this title.

(c) Tribal governing body of Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck 
        Reservation

    For purposes of making distributions of funds pursuant to this part, 
the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Council of the Assiniboine and Sioux 
Tribes shall act as the governing body of the Assiniboine and Sioux 
Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation.

(d) Tribal Trust Fund Accounts

    The Secretary of the Treasury, in cooperation with the Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Office of Trust Fund Management of the 
Department of the Interior, shall ensure that such accounts as are 
necessary are established in the Fund Account to provide for the 
distribution of funds under subsection (a)(2) of this section.

(Pub. L. 105-387, Sec. 4, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3471.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1300d-21, 1300d-24, 1300d-
26, 1300d-27 of this title.
