2012 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 14 - MISCELLANEOUS (§§ 441 - 1300n-6)
Subchapter XXX-E - COQUILLE INDIAN TRIBE OF OREGON: RESTORATION OF FEDERAL SUPERVISION (§§ 715 - 715h)
Section 715 - Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter—

(1) “Tribe” means the Coquille Indian Tribe consisting of the Upper Coquille and the Lower Coquille Tribes of Indians;

(2) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior or his designated representative;

(3) “Interim Council” means the governing body of the Coquille Tribe which serves pursuant to section 715f of this title;

(4) “Member” means those persons eligible for enrollment under section 715e of this title and after the adoption of a tribal constitution, those persons added to the roll pursuant to such constitution;

(5) “service area” means the area composed of Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, and Lane Counties in the State of Oregon;

(6) “State” means the State of Oregon; and

(7) “Reservation” means those lands subsequently acquired and held in trust by the Secretary for the benefit of the Tribe.

(Pub. L. 101–42, §2, June 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 91.)

Pub. L. 101–42, §1, June 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 91, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Coquille Restoration Act’.”