2011 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 6 - GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND RESERVATIONS (§§ 211 - 266)
Subchapter I - GENERALLY (§§ 211 - 233)
Section 231 - Enforcement of State laws affecting health and education; entry of State employees on Indian lands
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 25 - INDIANS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 6 - GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY AND RESERVATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - GENERALLY Sec. 231 - Enforcement of State laws affecting health and education; entry of State employees on Indian lands |
| Contains | section 231 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Feb. 15, 1929, ch. 216, 45 Stat. 1185; Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 930, 60 Stat. 962. |
| Statutes at Large References | 45 Stat. 1185 60 Stat. 962 64 Stat. 1262 |
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The Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, shall permit the agents and employees of any State to enter upon Indian tribal lands, reservations, or allotments therein (1) for the purpose of making inspection of health and educational conditions and enforcing sanitation and quarantine regulations or (2) to enforce the penalties of State compulsory school attendance laws against Indian children, and parents, or other persons in loco parentis except that this subparagraph (2) shall not apply to Indians of any tribe in which a duly constituted governing body exists until such body has adopted a resolution consenting to such application.
(Feb. 15, 1929, ch. 216, 45 Stat. 1185; Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 930, 60 Stat. 962.)
Amendments1946—Act Aug. 9, 1946, permitted proper State officers to invoke penalties of State compulsory school attendance against Indian children, their parents, or other persons in loco parentis.
Transfer of FunctionsFor transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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