Volume 86
Public Law 92–353
To extend for ninety days the time for commencing actions on behalf of an Indian tribe, band or group.
Approved July 18, 1972
Statutory text
AN ACT
To extend for ninety days the time for commencing actions on behalf of an Indian tribe, band or group.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That: Title 28 of
Indian claims.
Statute of limitations.
80 Stat. 304; Post, p. 803.
the United States Code, section 2415, is amended as follows:
The period at the end of subsection (a) shall be changed to a colon, and the following provision shall be added thereto:
“ Provided further, That an action for money damages brought by the United States for or on behalf of a recognized tribe, band or group of American Indians shall not be barred unless the complaint is filed more than six years and ninety days after the right of action accrued.”
The words, “including trust or restricted Indian lands” appearing after “lands of the United States” shall be deleted from the proviso in subsection (b), the period at the end of the subsection shall be changed to a comma, and the following words shall be added thereto:
“except that such actions for or on behalf of a recognized tribe, band or group of American Indians, including actions relating to allotted trust or restricted Indian lands, may be brought within six years and ninety days after the right of action accrues.”
Approved July 18, 1972.