Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act
This act repeals the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act, which sets forth how funds credited to the Klamath Tribe must be distributed.
The Department of the Interior must disburse to the tribe the balance of funds that were appropriated or deposited into per capita trust accounts and trust accounts for remaining legal fees and administration.
[117th Congress Public Law 261]
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Public Law 117-261
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
    To repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act. <<NOTE: Dec. 21, 
                           2022 -  [S. 314]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Klamath Tribe 
Judgment Fund Repeal Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 25 USC 565 note.>>  SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal 
Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL.

    Public Law 89-224 (commonly known as the ``Klamath Tribe Judgment 
Fund Act'') (79 Stat. 897) <<NOTE: 25 USC 565, 565a-565g.>>  is 
repealed.
SEC. 3. DISBURSEMENT OF REMAINING FUNDS.

    Notwithstanding any provision of Public Law 89-224 (79 Stat. 897) 
(as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) 
relating to the distribution or use of funds, as soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall disburse to the Klamath Tribe the balance of any funds that, on or 
before the date of enactment of this Act, were appropriated or deposited 
into the trust accounts for remaining legal fees and administration and 
per capita trust accounts, as identified by the Secretary of the 
Interior, under that Act (as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act).

    Approved December 21, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 314:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 117-617 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 117-11 (Comm. on Indian Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 167 (2021):
                                    May 26, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.
                                                        Vol. 168 (2022):
                                    Dec. 12, considered and passed 
                                        House.

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Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act
A bill to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act.
Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act
Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act
Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act
Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act
Sen. Merkley, Jeff