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§1401 Funds Appropriated in Satisfaction of Judgments of Indian Claims Commission or United States Court of Federal Claims

Title 25 › CHAPTER 16 — DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUNDS › § 1401

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money paid to satisfy a court judgment for an Indian tribe, plus any investment income, must be used or given out under the rules in this chapter, after paying attorney fees and litigation costs. Indian tribe — any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or community. Except as provided in sections 164 and 165, if money remains after following a plan under this chapter or another law, the Secretary of the Interior must hold those funds in trust for the tribe, with any investment income, after paying attorney fees and litigation costs. The chapter is called the "Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act."

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1401

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(a)Use and distribution
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)Amounts remaining to be held in trust unless otherwise provided
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)Short title
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’.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1401

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110