1995 US Code
Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 24 - INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
Sec. 2201 - Definitions
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 25 - INDIANS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 24 - INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION Sec. 2201 - Definitions |
Contains | section 2201 |
Date | 1995 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 1996 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Technical Amendments to Various Indian Laws Act of 1991 Indian Land Consolidation Act |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 97-459, title II, §202, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2517. |
Statutes at Large References | 96 Stat. 2517 105 Stat. 1908 |
Public Law References | Public Law 97-459, Public Law 102-238 |
§2201. Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter—
(1) “tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or community for which, or for the members of which, the United States holds lands in trust;
(2) “Indian” means any person who is a member of a tribe or any person who is recognized as an Indian by the Secretary of the Interior;
(3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, and
(4) “trust or restricted lands” means lands, title to which is held by the United States in trust for an Indian or an Indian tribe or lands title to which is held by Indians or an Indian tribe subject to a restriction by the United States against alienation.
(Pub. L. 97–459, title II, §202, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2517.)
Short Title of 1991 AmendmentPub. L. 102–238, §1, Dec. 17, 1991, 105 Stat. 1908, provided that: “This Act [amending sections 2203, 2703, and 2718 of this title, enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1437f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and repealing provisions set out as a note under section 1437f of Title 42] may be cited as the ‘Technical Amendments to Various Indian Laws Act of 1991’.”
Short TitleSection 201 of title II of Pub. L. 97–459 provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Indian Land Consolidation Act’.”
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