Preparation and submission to Congress by Secretary of the Interior; contents; copy to affected Indian tribe
Within one year after appropriation of funds to pay a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Federal Claims to any Indian tribe, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and submit to Congress a plan for the use and distribution of the funds. Such plan shall include identification of the present-day beneficiaries, a formula for the division of the funds among two or more beneficiary entities if such is warranted, and a proposal for the use and distribution of the funds. The Secretary shall simultaneously submit a copy of such plan to each affected tribe or group.
Time for preparation and submission of plan
With respect to judgments, for which funds have been appropriated prior to , but for which use or distribution has not been authorized by enactment of legislation or by an effective plan under this chapter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit such plans within one year of .
Submission of proposed legislation and report to Congress
In any case where the Secretary determines that the circumstances do not permit the preparation and submission of a plan as provided in this chapter, he shall submit to the Congress within the one-year period proposed legislation to authorize use or distribution of such funds, together with a report thereon.
Submission of proposed legislation and report to Congress in absence of consent of tribal governments to division of judgment funds between two or more beneficiary entities
In cases where the Secretary has to submit a plan dividing judgment funds between two or more beneficiary entities, he shall obtain the consent of the tribal governments involved to the proposed division. If the Secretary cannot obtain such consent within one hundred and eighty days after appropriation of the funds for the award or within one hundred and eighty days of , he shall submit proposed legislation to the Congress as provided in subsection (c).
Extension of time for preparation and submission of plan
An extension of the one-year period, not to exceed one hundred and eighty days, may be requested by the Secretary or by the affected Indian tribe, submitting such request to the committees through the Secretary, and any such request will be subject to the approval of both the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the United States House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources.
Pub. L. 93–134, § 287 Stat. 466Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 160(a)(1)96 Stat. 48Pub. L. 97–458, § 196 Stat. 2512Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(b)(1)106 Stat. 4516Pub. L. 103–437, § 10(e)(1)108 Stat. 4589(, , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , (2)(A), , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in subsec. (a), terminated . See Codification note set out under former section 70 et seq. of this title.
Codification
section 160(a)(1) of Pub. L. 97–164section 1 of Pub. L. 97–458In subsec. (a), “United States Claims Court” [now United States Court of Federal Claims] substituted for “Court of Claims” pursuant to , as the probable intent of Congress, notwithstanding later amendment by , which made reference to Court of Claims.
Amendments
Pub. L. 103–4371994—Subsec. (e). substituted “Committee on Indian” for “Select Committee on Indian” and “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs”.
Pub. L. 102–5721992—Subsec. (a). substituted “United States Court of Federal Claims” for “United States Claims Court”.
Pub. L. 97–4581983—Subsec. (a). substituted “one year” for “one hundred and eighty days”; inserted provision for contents of the plan; inserted provision for submission of copy of the plan to each affected tribe or group, incorporating part of former subsec. (c); struck out proviso prescribing , as the commencing date with respect to judgments for which funds were appropriated and for which legislation authorizing use or distribution was not enacted prior to ; and struck out second sentence respecting submission of proposed legislation and report to Congress, incorporated in subsec. (c). See Codification note above.
Pub. L. 97–458Subsec. (b). added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (e).
Pub. L. 97–458section 1405(b) of this titleSubsec. (c). redesignated second sentence of subsec. (a) as subsec. (c) and substituted “he shall submit to the Congress within the one-year period proposed legislation to authorize use or distribution of such funds, together with a report thereon” for “he shall submit, within such one hundred and eighty-day period, proposed legislation as provided in ”. Former subsec. (c) respecting notification of affected Indian tribe on the date of submission of the plan covered in part in subsec. (a) as to provision for a copy of the plan.
Pub. L. 97–458Subsec. (d). added subsec. (d).
Pub. L. 97–458Subsec. (e). redesignated subsec. (b) as (e); increased time allowed for submission of plans to one year from a one hundred and eighty-day period and additional time allowed for such submissions to one hundred and eighty from ninety days; and substituted the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs for the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs as the Senate committee approving any extensions.
Pub. L. 97–1641982—Subsec. (a). substituted “United States Claims Court” for “Court of Claims”. See Codification note above.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Pub. L. 102–572section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572section 171 of Title 28Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Pub. L. 97–164section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164section 171 of Title 28Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.