50 U.S.C. § 4236 — Individual compensation of eligible Aleuts

(a) Payments to eligible Aleuts In addition to payments made under section 4235 of this title , the Secretary^* must, under this section, make per capita payments out of the Fund^* to eligible Aleuts. The Secretary must pay, subject to the availability of funds appropriated to the Fund for that payments, to each eligible Aleut^* the sum of $12,000.
(b) Assistance of Attorney General The Secretary may request the Attorney General to provide reasonable assistance in locating eligible Aleuts residing outside the affected Aleut villages^*, and upon that request, the Attorney General must provide that assistance. In so doing, the Attorney General may use available facilities and resources of the International Committee of the Red Cross and other organizations.
(c) Assistance of Administrator^* The Secretary may request the assistance of the Administrator in identifying and locating eligible Aleuts for this section.
(d) Clarification of treatment of payments under other laws Amounts paid to an eligible Aleut under this section —
(1) must be treated for the internal revenue laws of the United States as damages for human suffering, and
(2) cannot be included as income or resources for determining eligibility to receive benefits described in section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31 or the amount of that benefits.
(e) Payment in full settlement of claims against United States The payment to an eligible Aleut under this section must be in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States arising out of the relocation described in section 4232(5) of this title .
(f) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund that sums as are necessary to carry out this section.