Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 4 — Performance by United States of Obligations to Indians
§ 119. Allotment of tribal funds to individual Indians
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, from time to time, to designate any individual Indian belonging to any tribe or tribes whom he may deem to be capable of managing his or her affairs, and he may cause to be apportioned and allotted to any such Indian his or her pro rata share of any tribal or trust funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the tribe or tribes of which said Indian is a member, and the amount so apportioned and allotted shall be placed to the credit of such Indian upon the books of the Treasury, and the same shall thereupon be subject to the order of such Indian: Provided, That no apportionment or allotment shall be made to any Indian until such Indian has first made an application therefor: Provided further, That the Secretaries of the Interior and of the Treasury are directed to withhold from such apportionment and allotment a sufficient sum of the said Indian funds as may be necessary or required to pay any existing claims against said Indians that may be pending for settlement by judicial determination in the United States Court of Federal Claims or in the Executive Departments of the Government, at time of such apportionment and allotment.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 59–2523 § 1 · 34 Stat. 1221
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 119
Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2523, § 1, 34 Stat. 1221
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2523, § 1, 34 Stat. 1221Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982
Pub. L. 97–164 title I § 160(a)(7) · 96 Stat. 25
Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 119
Pub. L. 97–164 substituted “United States Claims Court” for “Court of Claims”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 97–164 substituted “United States Claims Court” for “Court of Claims”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(7) Section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act providing for the allotment and distribution of Indian tribal funds”, approved March 2, 1907 (25 U.S.C. 119).Court of Federal Claims Technical and Procedural Improvements Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–572 title IX § 902(b)(1) · 106 Stat. 4506
Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 119
Pub. L. 102–572 substituted “United States Court of Federal Claims” for “United States Claims Court”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–572 substituted “United States Court of Federal Claims” for “United States Claims Court”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) the “United States Claims Court” shall be deemed to refer to the “United States Court of Federal Claims”; andEffective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1982–1992 · 2 rounds
1992
Pub. L. 102–572 substituted “United States Court of Federal Claims” for “United States Claims Court”.
1982
Pub. L. 97–164 substituted “United States Claims Court” for “Court of Claims”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–572 effective , see section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–164 effective , see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Credits
1907–1992 · 3 acts
- 1907Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2523, § 1, 34 Stat. 1221
- 1982Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 160(a)(7), , 96 Stat. 48
- 1992Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(b)(1), , 106 Stat. 4516.
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(Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2523, § 1, 34 Stat. 1221; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 160(a)(7), , 96 Stat. 48; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(b)(1), , 106 Stat. 4516.)