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25 U.S.C. § 4022 — Voluntary withdrawal from trust funds
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 4027
§ 4022. Voluntary withdrawal from trust funds
program
(a) In general
An Indian tribe may, in accordance with this
section, submit a plan to withdraw some or all
funds held in trust for such tribe by the United
States and managed by the Secretary through
the Bureau.
(b) Approval of plan
The Secretary shall approve such plan within
90 days of receipt and when approving the plan,
the Secretary shall obtain the advice of the Spe-
cial Trustee or prior to the appointment of such
Special Trustee, the Director of the Office of
Trust Fund Management within the Bureau.
Such plan shall meet the following conditions:
(1) Such plan has been approved by the ap-
propriate Indian tribe and is accompanied by a
resolution from the tribal governing body ap-
proving the plan.
(2) The Secretary determines such plan to be
reasonable after considering all appropriate
factors, including (but not limited to) the fol-
lowing:
(A) The capability and experience of the
individuals or institutions that will be man-
aging the trust funds.
(B) The protection against substantial loss
of principal.
(c) Dissolution of trust responsibility
Beginning on the date funds are withdrawn
pursuant to this section, any trust responsi-
bility or liability of the United States with re-
spect to such funds shall cease except as pro-
vided for in section 4027 of this title.
(Pub. L. 103–412, title II, § 202, Oct. 25, 1994, 108
Stat. 4242.)
§ 4023. Judgment funds
(a) In general
The Secretary is authorized to approve plans
under section 4022 of this title for the with-
drawal 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
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 4027
§ 4022. Voluntary withdrawal from trust funds
program
(a) In general
An Indian tribe may, in accordance with this
section, submit a plan to withdraw some or all
funds held in trust for such tribe by the United
States and managed by the Secretary through
the Bureau.
(b) Approval of plan
The Secretary shall approve such plan within
90 days of receipt and when approving the plan,
the Secretary shall obtain the advice of the Spe-
cial Trustee or prior to the appointment of such
Special Trustee, the Director of the Office of
Trust Fund Management within the Bureau.
Such plan shall meet the following conditions:
(1) Such plan has been approved by the ap-
propriate Indian tribe and is accompanied by a
resolution from the tribal governing body ap-
proving the plan.
(2) The Secretary determines such plan to be
reasonable after considering all appropriate
factors, including (but not limited to) the fol-
lowing:
(A) The capability and experience of the
individuals or institutions that will be man-
aging the trust funds.
(B) The protection against substantial loss
of principal.
(c) Dissolution of trust responsibility
Beginning on the date funds are withdrawn
pursuant to this section, any trust responsi-
bility or liability of the United States with re-
spect to such funds shall cease except as pro-
vided for in section 4027 of this title.
(Pub. L. 103–412, title II, § 202, Oct. 25, 1994, 108
Stat. 4242.)
§ 4023. Judgment funds
(a) In general
The Secretary is authorized to approve plans
under section 4022 of this title for the with-
drawal 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 et seq.] or an
Act of Congress which provides for the secre-
tarial 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 fol-
lowed 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 in-
cluded in the plan.
(Pub. L. 103–412, title II, § 203, Oct. 25, 1994, 108
Stat. 4242.)
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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, Oct. 19, 1973, 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 Ta-
bles.
§ 4024. Technical assistance
The Secretary shall—
(1) directly or by contract, provide Indian
tribes with technical assistance in developing,
implementing, and managing Indian trust
fund investment plans; and
(2) among other things, ensure that legal, fi-
nancial, and other expertise of the Depart-
ment of the Interior has been made fully avail-
able in an advisory capacity to the Indian
tribes to assist in the development, implemen-
tation, and management of investment plans.
(Pub. L. 103–412, title II, § 204, Oct. 25, 1994, 108
Stat. 4243.)
§ 4025. Grant program
(a) General authority
The Secretary is authorized to award grants to
Indian tribes for the purpose of developing and
implementing plans for the investment of Indian
tribal trust funds.
(b) Use of funds
The purposes for which funds provided under
this section may be used include (but are not
limited to)—
(1) the training and education of employees
responsible for monitoring the investment of
trust funds;
(2) the building of tribal capacity for the in-
vestment and management of trust funds;
(3) the development of a comprehensive trib-
al investment plan;
(4) the implementation and management of
tribal trust fund investment plans; and
(5) such other purposes related to this sub-
chapter that the Secretary deems appropriate.
(Pub. L. 103–412, title II, § 205, Oct. 25, 1994, 108
Stat. 4243.)
§ 4026. Return of withdrawn funds
Subject to such conditions as the Secretary
may prescribe, any Indian tribe which has with-
drawn trust funds may choose to return any or
all of the trust funds such tribe has withdrawn
by notifying the Secretary in writing of its in-
tention to return the funds to the control and
management of the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 103–412, title II, § 206, Oct. 25, 1994, 108
Stat. 4243.)
§ 4027. Savings provision
By submitting or approving a plan under this
subchapter, neither the tribe nor the Secretary
shall be deemed to have accepted the account
balance as accurate or to have waived any rights
regarding such balance and to seek compensa-
tion.
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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 sections 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”.
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 1341
is neither granted nor denied within ninety days
following the making of such application, such
approval shall be deemed to have been granted.
(Pub. L. 90–284, title VI, § 601, Apr. 11, 1968, 82
Stat. 80.)
SUBCHAPTER V—MATERIALS AND
PUBLICATIONS
§ 1341. Authorization of Secretary
(a) Revision of document on ‘‘Indian Affairs,
Laws and Treaties’’ and treatise on ‘‘Federal
Indian Laws’’; compilation of official opin-
ions; printing and republication
In order that the constitutional rights of Indi-
ans might be fully protected, the Secretary of
the Interior is authorized and directed to—
(1) have the document entitled ‘‘Indian Af-
fairs, Laws and Treaties’’ (Senate Document
Numbered 319, volumes 1 and 2, Fifty-eighth
Congress), revised and extended to include all
treaties, laws, Executive orders, and regula-
tions relating to Indian affairs in force on Sep-
tember 1, 1967, and to have such revised docu-
ment printed at the Government Publishing
Office;
(2) have revised and republished the treatise
entitled ‘‘Federal Indian Law’’; and
(3) have prepared, to the extent determined
by the Secretary of the Interior to be feasible,
an accurate compilation of the official opin-
ions, published and unpublished, of the Solic-
itor of the Department of the Interior relating
to Indian affairs rendered by the Solicitor
prior to September 1, 1967, and to have such
compilation printed as a Government publica-
tion at the Government Publishing Office.
(b) Current services
With respect to the document entitled ‘‘Indian
Affairs, Laws and Treaties’’ as revised and ex-
tended in accordance with paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a), and the compilation prepared in ac-
cordance with paragraph (3) of such subsection,
the Secretary of the In
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The purpose of this subchapter is to allow tribes an opportunity to manage tribal funds currently held in trust by the United States and managed by the Secretary through the Bureau, that, consistent with the trust responsibility of the United States and the principles of self-determination, will—
(1) give Indian tribal governments greater control over the management of such trust funds; or
(2) otherwise demonstrate how the principles of self-determination can work with respect to the management of such trust funds, in a manner consistent with the trust responsibility of the United States.
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