16 U.S. Code § 835e - Payment for lands acquired from Spokane
and Colville Reservations  As lands or interests in lands are
designated from time to time under sections 835d to 835h of this
title, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine the amount
of money to be paid to the Indians as just and equitable
compensation therefor. As to the tribal lands, the amounts so
determined shall be transferred in the Treasury of the United
States from the funds now or hereafter made available for the
construction of the Columbia Basin project to the credit of the
appropriate tribe pursuant to the provisions of section 155 of
title 25. The amounts due individual landowners or their heirs
or devisees shall be paid from funds now or hereafter made
available for the construction of said project to the
superintendent of the Colville Indian Agency or such other
officer as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior
for credit on the books of said agency to the accounts of the
individuals concerned.   (June 29, 1940,