### Question
Can you define what settlement funds means?


### Answer
**Settlement funds** is defined as the following in *25 U.S.C. § 1742*:

> those amounts of money which the State of Florida has agreed to pay to the Miccosukee Tribe under the Settlement Agreement in partial consideration for the settlement of the lawsuit and the extinguishment of rights to all potential or unsettled claims which the Miccosukee Tribe may have to lands or natural resources in the State of Florida

#### Citation:
  - *25 U.S.C. § 1742*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 19-INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS > SUBCHAPTER III-FLORIDA INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT**

