Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§1401 Funds appropriated in satisfaction of judgments of Indian Claims Commission or United States Court of Federal Claims
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 16— - DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUNDS › § 1401
Summary
All money paid to an Indian tribe because of a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, plus any investment earnings and after paying lawyer fees and legal costs, must be used or shared under the rules in this chapter. Unless sections 164 and 165 say otherwise, any amounts left after carrying out a plan must be held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for the tribe or tribes involved. The chapter is called the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §1401
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(a)Notwithstanding any other law, all use or distribution of funds appropriated in satisfaction of a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Federal Claims in favor of any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or community (hereinafter referred to as “Indian tribe”), together with any investment income earned thereon, after payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses, shall be made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(b)Except as provided in section 164 and 165 of this title, amounts which the Secretary of the Interior has remaining after execution of either a plan under this chapter, or another Act enacted heretofore or hereafter providing for the use or distribution of amounts awarded in satisfaction of a judgment in favor of an Indian tribe or tribes, together with any investment income earned thereon and after payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses, shall be held in trust by the Secretary for the tribe or tribes involved if the plan or Act does not otherwise provide for the use of such amounts.
(c)This chapter may be cited as the “Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act”.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text, terminated Sept. 30, 1978. See Codification note set out under former section 70 et seq. of this title.
Amendments
1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–572 substituted “United States Court of Federal Claims” for “United States Claims Court”. 1987—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–153, § 4(1), (2), designated existing provision as subsec. (a) and substituted “any investment income” for “any interest”. Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 100–153, § 4(3), added subsecs. (b) and (c). 1982—Pub. L. 97–164 substituted “United States Claims Court” for “Court of Claims”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1992 AmendmentAmendment 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.
Effective Date
of 1982 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Short Title
of 2014 Amendment Pub. L. 113–290, § 1, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3291, provided that: “This Act [amending section 1407 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act’.”
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 1401
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73