---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1401"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1401"
heading: "Funds appropriated in satisfaction of judgments of Indian Claims Commission or United States Court of Federal Claims"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1401"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — Distribution of Judgment Funds"
---

# §1401. Funds appropriated in satisfaction of judgments of Indian Claims Commission or United States Court of Federal Claims

- (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](/usc/25/5130.md?p=2), band, group, pueblo, or community (hereinafter referred to as “[Indian tribe](/usc/25/5130.md?p=2)”), 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](/usc/25/164.md) and [165](/usc/25/165.md) of this title, amounts which the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) 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](/usc/25/5130.md?p=2) 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](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) 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”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–134, § 1, Oct. 19, 1973, 87 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 160(a)(1), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 48; Pub. L. 100–153, § 4, Nov. 5, 1987, 101 Stat. 886; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Indian Claims Commission, referred to in text, terminated Sept. 30, 1978. See Codification note set out under former section 70 et seq. of this title.

### Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–572 substituted “United States Court of Federal Claims” for “United States Claims Court”.

1987—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–153, § 4(1), (2), designated existing provision as subsec. (a) and substituted “any investment income” for “any interest”.

Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 100–153, § 4(3), added subsecs. (b) and (c).

1982—Pub. L. 97–164 substituted “United States Claims Court” for “Court of Claims”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

### Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

### Short Title of 2014 Amendment

Pub. L. 113–290, § 1, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3291, provided that: “This Act [amending section 1407 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act’.”