§ 1231. Persons eligible for equal share payments

The funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians which were appropriated (by the Act entitled “An Act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes”, approved April 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 81)), to pay the judgment awarded by the Indian Claims Commission (dockets numbered 351 and 351–A), together with interest thereon, shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as “Secretary”) in equal shares to those persons whose names appear on the roll prepared in accordance with section 1232 of this title.