S. 618 · 108th Congress
Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Harry Reid
- Introduced
- 2003-03-13
- Latest action
- 2003-10-17 · Held at the desk.
Summary
Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act - Provides for the per capita distribution of specified funds appropriated in satisfaction of a judgment award granted to the Western Shoshone Indians in Docket Number 326-K before the Indian Claims Commission to U.S. citizens who have at least 1/4 Western Shoshone blood and who are enrolled on a Western Shoshone Judgment Roll to be established by the Secretary of the Interior.Requires specified funds appropriated in satisfaction of the judgment awards granted to such Indians in Docket Numbers 326-A-1 and 326-A-3 before the U.S. Court of Claims be credited to and distributed (on a non-per capita basis) from a Western Shoshone Educational Trust Fund to be established by the Secretary: (1) for educational grants and other forms of educational assistance to individual Western Shoshone members; and (2) to pay reasonable and necessary expenses of an Administrative Committee established by this Act to oversee the distribution of such grants and assistance.