1 June 2009

[Federal Register: June 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 103)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

 
Plan for the Use and Distribution of Judgment Funds Awarded to 
the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in Docket 660-87L

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the plan for the use and 
distribution of the judgment funds awarded to the Pueblo of San 
Ildefonso v. U.S., Docket 660-87L, is effective as of March 10, 2009. 
The judgment fund was awarded by the United States Court of Federal 
Claims on June 10, 1991, and appropriated on August 14, 1991.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Iris A. Drew, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Division of Tribal Government Services, 1001 Indian School 
Road, NW., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104. Telephone number: (505) 563-
3530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 2, 2008, the plan for the use 
and distribution of the funds was submitted to Congress pursuant to 
Section 137 of the Act of November 10, 2003, Public Law 108-108; 117 
Stat. 1241, and the Indian Tribal Judgment Fund Act, 25 U.S.C. 1401 et 
seq. Receipt of the Plan by the House of Representatives and the Senate 
was recorded in the Congressional Record on September 16, 2008, and 
September 18, 2008, respectively. The plan became effective on March 
10, 2009, because a joint resolution disapproving it was not enacted. 
The plan reads as follows:

Plan

For the Use and Distribution of Judgment Funds Awarded to the Pueblo of 
San Ildefonso in Docket No. 660-87L Before the United States Court of 
Federal Claims

    The judgment funds appropriated August 14, 1991, in satisfaction of 
the award granted to the Pueblo de San Ildefonso in settlement of 
Docket 660-87L before the United States Court of Federal Claims, less 
attorney fees and litigation expenses, and including all interest and 
investment income accrued, and pursuant to Section 14 of the Pueblo de 
San lldefonso Claims Settlement Act of 2005 and the Indian Tribal 
Judgment Funds Use and Distribution Act, shall be as follows:
A. Management
    All judgment funds, including accrued interest and investment 
income, shall be managed by the Pueblo de San Ildefonso upon approval 
of this Plan for Use and Distribution of Judgment Funds by the 
Secretary of the Interior. After approval, the Secretary shall disburse 
these judgment funds and accrued interest, which shall be reinvested, 
in accordance with future tribal council resolutions and applicable 
Federal Regulations.
B. Authorized Expenditures
    Judgment funds shall be used or distributed for Governmental 
Purposes only. Governmental Purposes includes, but is not limited to, 
programs owned or operated by the Pueblo including social and economic 
development for the benefit of the Pueblo de San Ildefonso. The Tribal 
Council, pursuant to Tribal Council Resolution, may expend judgment 
funds, including accrued interest, for use for any tribal program, 
including land purchases, economic development, tribal loan repayments, 
or other tribal governmental purposes established for the social and 
economic welfare of the members of the Pueblo.
    No authorized tribal program shall provide per capita or dividend 
payments to tribal members.

    Dated: May 21, 2009.
George T. Skibine,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development.
[FR Doc. E9-12635 Filed 5-29-09; 8:45 am]

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