Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 42 — American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform
§ 4023. Judgment funds
Statutory text
In general
The Secretary is authorized to approve plans under section 4022 of this title for the withdrawal of judgment funds held by the Secretary.
Limitation
Only such funds held by the Secretary under the terms of the Indian Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act [25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.] or an Act of Congress which provides for the secretarial management of such judgment funds shall be included in such plans.
Secretarial duties
In approving such plans, the Secretary shall ensure—
that the purpose and use of the judgment funds identified in the previously approved judgment fund plan will continue to be followed by the Indian tribe in the management of the judgment funds; and
that only funds held for Indian tribes may be withdrawn and that any funds held for individual tribal members are not to be included in the plan.
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.
American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–412 title II § 203 · 108 Stat. 4239
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 4023
(Pub. L. 103–412, title II, § 203, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4242.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–412, title II, § 203, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4242.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 203. JUDGMENT FUNDS. (a) In General.— The Secretary is authorized to approve plans under section 202 of this title for the withdrawal of judgment funds held by the Secretary. (b) Limitation.— Only such funds held by the Secretary under the terms of the Indian Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401) or an Act of Congress which provides for the secretarial management of such judgment funds shall be included in such plans. (c) Secretarial Duties.— In approving such plans, the Secretary shall ensure— (1) that the purpose and use of the judgment funds identified in the previously approved judgment fund plan will continue to be followed by the Indian tribe in the management of the judgment funds; and (2) that only funds held for Indian tribes may be withdrawn and that any funds held for individual tribal members are not to be included in the plan.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Indian Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act, Pub. L. 93–134, , 87 Stat. 466, which is classified generally to chapter 16 (§ 1401 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.