2012 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 14 - MISCELLANEOUS (§§ 441 - 1300n-6)
Subchapter LXXXIV - PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA (§§ 1300m - 1300m-7)
Section 1300m-4 - Membership rolls
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 25 - INDIANS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 14 - MISCELLANEOUS SUBCHAPTER LXXXIV - PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA Sec. 1300m-4 - Membership rolls |
Contains | section 1300m-4 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-454, title III, §306, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4794. |
Statutes at Large References | 72 Stat. 619 108 Stat. 4794 |
Public Law References | Public Law 85-671, Public Law 103-454 |
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Within one year after November 2, 1994, the Secretary shall, after consultation with the Tribe, compile a membership roll of the Tribe.
(b) Criteria for membership(1) Until a tribal constitution is adopted pursuant to section 1300m–6 of this title, an individual shall be placed on the membership roll if such individual is living, is not an enrolled member of another federally recognized Indian tribe, is of Nomlaki Indian ancestry, and if—
(A) such individual's name was listed on the Paskenta Indian Rancheria distribution roll compiled on February 26, 1959, by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and approved by the Secretary of the Interior on July 7, 1959, pursuant to Public Law 85–671;
(B) such individual was not listed on the Paskenta Indian Rancheria distribution list, but met the requirements that had to be met to be listed on the Paskenta Indian Rancheria list;
(C) such individual is identified as an Indian from Paskenta in any of the official or unofficial rolls of Indians prepared by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
(D) such individual is a lineal descendant of an individual, living or dead, identified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
(2) After adoption of a tribal constitution pursuant to section 1300m–6 of this title, such tribal constitution shall govern membership in the Tribe.
(c) Conclusive proof of Paskenta Indian ancestryFor the purpose of subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall accept any available evidence establishing Paskenta Indian ancestry. The Secretary shall accept as conclusive evidence of Paskenta Indian ancestry, information contained in the census of the Indians in and near Paskenta, prepared by Special Indian Agent John J. Terrell, in any other roll or census of Paskenta Indians prepared by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and in the Paskenta Indian Rancheria distribution list, compiled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on February 26, 1959.
(Pub. L. 103–454, title III, §306, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4794.)
References in TextPublic Law 85–671, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(A), is Pub. L. 85–671, Aug. 18, 1958, 72 Stat. 619, which is not classified to the Code.
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