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[CITE: 25USC164]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
    CHAPTER 4--PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS
 
     SUBCHAPTER III--DEPOSIT, CARE, AND INVESTMENT OF INDIAN MONEYS
 
Sec. 164. Restoration to tribal ownership of unclaimed per 
        capita and other individual payments of tribal trust funds; 
        deposit in general fund of the Treasury
        
    Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, the share of an 
individual member of an Indian tribe or group in a per capita or other 
distribution, individualization, segregation, or proration of Indian 
tribal or group funds held in trust by the United States, or in an 
annuity payment under a treaty, heretofore or hereafter authorized by 
law, and any interest earned on such share that is properly creditable 
to the individual shall be restored to tribal ownership if for any 
reason such share cannot be paid to the individual entitled thereto and 
remains unclaimed for a period of six years from the date of the 
administrative directive to make the payment, or one year from September 
22, 1961, whichever occurs later: Provided, That if such individual is a 
member of an Indian tribe or group that has no governing body recognized 
by the Secretary of the Interior as authorized to act on behalf of the 
tribe or group, such unpaid share and interest shall be regarded as not 
capable of restoration to a tribal or group entity and shall be 
deposited in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States.

(Pub. L. 87-283, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 584.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 165, 1401 of this title.
