25 U.S.C. § 5130 Definitions

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 25 U.S.C. § 5130

For the purposes of this title: ¹

(1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.

(2) The term "Indian tribe" means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe.

(3) The term "list" means the list of recognized tribes published by the Secretary pursuant to section 5131 of this title.

¹ See References in Text note below.

Cite as 25 U.S.C. § 5130

Source: Pub. L. 103-454, title I, §102, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4791.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This title, referred to in introductory provisions, is title I of Pub. L. 103-454, 108 Stat. 4791, which enacted this section, section 5131 of this title, and provisions set out as a note below. For complete classification of this title to the Code, see Short Title of 1994 Amendment note set out under section 5101 of this title and Tables.

CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 479a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

SHORT TITLE

For short title of this section and section 5131 of this title as the "Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994", see section 101 of Pub. L. 103-454 set out as a note under section 5101 of this title.

CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS

Pub. L. 103-454, title I, §103, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4791, provided that: "The Congress finds that-

"(1) the Constitution, as interpreted by Federal case law, invests Congress with plenary authority over Indian Affairs;