TITLE 25 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER LXV - CHEMEHUEVI TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND

25 USC 1231 - Persons eligible for equal share payments

The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians which were appropriated (by the Act entitled An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes, approved April 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 81)), to pay the judgment awarded by the Indian Claims Commission (dockets numbered 351 and 351A), together with interest thereon, shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as Secretary) in equal shares to those persons whose names appear on the roll prepared in accordance with section 1232 of this title.

25 USC 1232 - Enrollment

(a) Preparation of roll; applications; finality of determination

(1) The Secretary shall prepare a roll of all persons

(A) who were born on or prior to and living on September 25, 1970;

(B) who are lineal descendants of members of the Chemehuevi Tribe as it existed in 1860; and

(C) whose name or the name of a lineal ancestor appears as a Chemehuevi Indian on any available census roll or other record or evidence acceptable to the Secretary.

(2) Applications for enrollment must be filed in the manner and within the time limits prescribed by the Secretary for that purpose. The determination of the Secretary regarding the utilization of available rolls or records and the eligibility for enrollment of an applicant shall be final.

(b) Dual awards
Any person who has applied for and has been determined as eligible to share in the awards granted by the Indian Claims Commission in dockets numbered 88, 330, and 330A, to the Southern Paiute Indian Nation or in dockets numbered 31, 37, 80, 80D, 176, 215, 333, and 347, to Certain Indians of California shall not be entitled to share in the awards granted under this subchapter.

25 USC 1233 - Payments to enrollees; per capita shares to heirs or legatees; trusts and other procedures for protection of minors and persons under legal disability

The Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a living enrollee directly to such enrollee. The Secretary shall distribute the per capita share of a deceased enrollee to his heirs or legatees upon proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary. Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less than twenty-one years of age or who are under a legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to protect their best interests.

25 USC 1234 - Tax exemption

No part of any funds distributed under this subchapter shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes.

25 USC 1235 - Identity of eligibility roll and membership roll

The roll prepared by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to this subchapter shall not be deemed to constitute the membership roll of the Chemehuevi Tribe.

25 USC 1236 - Costs

The Secretary may make appropriate withdrawals from the judgment funds and interest thereon, using interest funds first, to pay costs incident to carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.