§ 2302. Payment of claims

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.

1. 1984

   Pub. L. 98–500 § 3 · 98 Stat. 2317

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 2302

   Pub. L. 98–500, § 3, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2317

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 98–500, § 3, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2317

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. payment of claims (a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to determine 25 USC 2302. the portion of any unauthorized disbursement to which any individual under this Act is entitled, and to pay to such individual the amount which the Secretary determines such individual to be entitled. Any payment under this provision shall include interest at a rate of 5 per centum per annum, simple interest, from the date on which such disbursement was made from the trust estate of the deceased Indian. (b) No payment shall be made under subsection (a) with respect to any unauthorized disbursement from the trust estate of a deceased Indian if the total amount of unauthorized disbursement from such trust estate was less than $50.

2. 1988

   Pub. L. 100–581 title II § 201 · 102 Stat. 2938

   Amended · 25 U.S.C. § 2302(b)

   Pub. L. 100–581 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “No payment shall be made under subsection (a) with respect to any unauthorized disbursement from the trust estate of a deceased Indian if the total amount of unauthorized disbursement from such trust estate was less than $50.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–581 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “No payment shall be made under subsection (a) with respect to any unauthorized disbursement from the trust estate of a deceased Indian if the total amount of unauthorized disbursement from such trust estate was less than $50.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 201. Subsection (b) of section 3 of the Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement Act (98 Stat. 2317; 25 U.S.C. 2302(b)) is amended to read as follows: “(b) No payment shall be made to a person under subsection (a) with respect to any unauthorized disbursement from the trust estate of a deceased Indian if— “(1) the total amount of unauthorized disbursements from such trust estate was less than $50; or “(2) the payment (not including interest) would be less than $10.”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision