Provides for the use and distribution of funds awarded in a judgment of the U.S. Court of Claims to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and the Miami Indians of Indiana.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allocate the funds between the two tribes according to the number of enrollees of each group as designated on the 1972 Miami Indians of Oklahoma and Indiana payment roll. Directs the Secretary to prepare a roll of persons of Miami Indian ancestry meeting specified requirements. Sets forth procedures by which the allocated funds are to be distributed for per capita payments and tribal investments.
Exempts funds distributed by this Act from Federal, State, or local income taxes and from being used to determine eligibility under assistance programs.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-815.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-815.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 501.
Placed on Consent Calendar No: 48.
Called up by House on Call of Consent Calendar.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Passed House (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 97-376.
Became Public Law No: 97-376.
Enacted as Public Law 97-376
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