Provides for the use and distribution of funds awarded the Shawnee Tribe in specified judgments by the Indian Claims Commission and the U.S. Court of Claims.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allocate the funds among the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and Cherokee Band of Shawnee descendants.
Allocates 75 percent of the funds provided the Absentee Shawnee Tribe for per capita payments and 25 percent for specified construction and tribal programs. Allocates 80 percent of the funds provided the Eastern Shawnee Tribe for per capita payments and 20 percent for a tribal land purchase program. Allocates all of the funds provided for the Cherokee Band of Shawnee descendants for per capita payments.
Exempts funds distributed under this Act from Federal or State income taxes and from being used in determining eligibility for Social Security assistance.
Ordered to be Reported.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-817.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-817.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 503.
Placed on Consent Calendar No: 50.
Called up by House on Call of Consent Calendar.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed House 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: 97-372.
Became Public Law No: 97-372.
Enacted as Public Law 97-372
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