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§ 2304. Identification of right to payment and expedited claim payment
(a) Search of records
(b) Payment without filing of claim
(c) Notification
The Secretary shall use the best available means of notifying each individual who is identified in the search conducted under subsection (a) of the right of such individual to receive payment under this chapter. The means of notification available to the Secretary shall include—
(1) notice provided directly to such individual;
(2) notification of the next of kin of such individual;
(3) notification of the chairman or chief executive officer of the tribe of which such individual is a member or of which the deceased Indian was a member; and
(4) publication of notice in newspapers of general circulation in the appropriate area.
(Pub. L. 98–500, § 5, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2318.)