2015 US Code
Title 20 - Education (Sections 1 - 10013)
Chapter 56 - American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development (Sections 4401 - 4451)
Subchapter I - American Indians and Alaska Natives (Sections 4411 - 4426)
Sec. 4420 - Tax status; tort liability

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 20 - EDUCATION
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 56 - AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND ART DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER I - AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES
Sec. 4420 - Tax status; tort liability
Containssection 4420
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 99-498, title XV, §1513, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1608; Pub. L. 100-446, title II, Sept. 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 1818.
Statutes at Large References100 Stat. 1608
102 Stat. 1818
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 99-498, Public Law 100-446

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20 U.S.C. § 4420 (2015)
§4420. Tax status; tort liability(a) Tax status

The Institute and the franchise, capital, reserves, income, and property of the Institute shall be exempt from all taxation now or hereafter imposed by the United States, by any Indian tribe, or by any State or political subdivision thereof.

(b) Tort liability

(1) The Institute shall be subject to liability relating to tort claims only to the extent a Federal agency is subject to such liability under chapter 171 of title 28.

(2) For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, the Institute shall be treated as a Federal agency (within the meaning of section 2671 of such title).

(3) For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, the President of the Institute shall be deemed the head of the Agency.

(Pub. L. 99–498, title XV, §1513, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1608; Pub. L. 100–446, title II, Sept. 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 1818.)

AMENDMENTS

1988—Pub. L. 100–446 inserted "; tort liability" in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

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