§ 781. — Distribution of funds.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC781]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXXIV--CREEK NATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 781. Distribution of funds
(a) Allotment equalization payments
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to use any
funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of
the Creek Nation to complete allotment equalization payments to persons
with claims thereto that were filed and adjudicated in accordance with
the provisions of section 18 in the Act of June 30, 1919 (41 Stat. 3,
24.)
(b) Per capita payments to enrollees, heirs, or legatees
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to distribute per capita
to the members of the Creek Nation whose names appear on the final rolls
approved under the Act of April 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 137), or to their
heirs or legatees, any funds heretofore or hereafter deposited in the
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Creek Nation that are
not used for the purposes of subsection (a) of this section and that are
not needed, in the judgment of the Secretary, for other tribal purposes
except the proceeds of any final judgment entered in Docket No. 21,
pending before the Indian Claims Commission, in which the Creek Nation
(Oklahoma) is plaintiff, and McGhee et al., on behalf of the Creek
Nation East of the Mississippi are intervenors, and the United States is
defendant.
(c) Judgment payments
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to
distribute among the persons entitled thereto the funds appropriated by
chapter XII of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952 (66 Stat.
101, 121), in payment of the judgment entered by the Indian Claims
Commission in favor of the Loyal Creek Band or Group of Creek Indians et
al., Docket No. 1. Such funds shall be paid to those persons whose names
appear on the payroll prepared pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1903 (32
Stat. 982, 994), by J. Blair Schoenfelt, United States Indian Agent, or
to their heirs or legatees, on a pro rata basis in proportion to the
amounts appearing opposite their names on such payroll.
(Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 444, Sec. 2, 69 Stat. 431.)
References in Text
Section 18 of the Act of June 30, 1919, referred to in subsec. (a),
is act June 30, 1919, ch. 4, Sec. 18, 41 Stat. 21, which is set out as a
note under section 375 of this title.
Act of April 26, 1906, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Apr. 26,
1906, ch. 1876, 34 Stat. 137, which is set out as a note under section
355 of this title.
The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c),
terminated Sept. 30, 1978. See Codification note set out under former
section 70 et seq. of this title.
Act of March 3, 1903, referred to in subsec. (c), is act Mar. 3,
1903, ch. 994, 32 Stat. 982, 994, which was not classified to the Code.
Chapter XII of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952,
referred to in subsec. (c), is chapter XII of act June 5, 1952, ch. 369,
66 Stat. 101, which was not classified to this Code.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 782, 783, 784, 785, 786 of
this title.
