104 STAT. 144 PUBLIC LAW 101-277—APR. 30, 1990 the Seminole Nation simultaneously with its submission to the Congress. SEC. 4. (a) Any plan for the use and distribution of the funds allocated to the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma shall provide that not less than 80 per centum thereof shall be set aside and programmed to serve common tribal needs, educational requirements, and such other purposes as the circumstances of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma may determine. (b) No per capita distribution may be made from the sum allocated to the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, except that the investment income from not more than 20 per centum of the fund may be distributed per capita from time to time in the discretion of the tribal governing authority pursuant to a distribution plan approved by the Secretary. No per capita distribution shall occur pursuant to this subsection until a roll of members of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma born on or before and living on the date of enactment of this Act has been certified by the Secretary. (c) The interests of minors and other legally incompetent persons who are entitled to receive any portion of such funds as are subsequently distributed to them will be protected and preserved: Provided, That such funds may be disbursed to the parents or legal guardians of such minors or legal incompetents in such amounts as may be necessary for the minors or legal incompetents' health, education, welfare, or emergencies under a plan or plans approved by the Secretary and the tribal governing body of the Indian tribe involved. (d) A plan for the use and distribution of the judgment funds referred to in this Act shall be implemented by the Secretary immediately at the end of the sixty-day period (excluding days on which either the House of Representatives or the Senate is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day certain) beginning on the day such plan is submitted to the Congress, unless during such sixty-day period a joint resolution is enacted disapproving such plan. (e) Tribal investment decisions under a plan shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary. Approval shall be granted within a reasonable time unless the Secretary determines, in writing, that the investment would not be reasonable or prudent or would otherwise not be in accord with the provisions of this section. (f) Neither the United States nor the Secretary shall be liable, because of the Secretary's approval of an investment decision under this section, for any losses in connection with such investment decision. SEC. 5. The Secretary shall pay the governing body of the Seminole Tribe of Florida such portion of the amount held in trust for that tribe under section 2 of this Act to be allocated or invested as the tribal governing body determines to be in the economic or social interest of the tribe within sixty days after submission of an appropriate resolution by the tribal governing body. SEC. 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no plan for the use and distribution of the share of the funds allocated to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida shall be prepared or implemented and no funds allocated to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida shall be distributed to the tribe, its members, or any other person unless such plan or distribution is duly authorized by the General Council of the Miccosukee Tribe or by a referendum vote of the members of the tribe duly called by the General Council of the
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