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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 15 — Constitutional Rights of Indians

§ 1341. Authorization of Secretary

Statutory text

(a)

Revision of document on “Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties” and treatise on “Federal Indian Laws”; compilation of official opinions; printing and republication

In order that the constitutional rights of Indians might be fully protected, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to—

(1)

have the document entitled “Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties” (Senate Document Numbered 319, volumes 1 and 2, Fifty-eighth Congress), revised and extended to include all treaties, laws, Executive orders, and regulations relating to Indian affairs in force on , and to have such revised document printed at the Government Publishing Office;

(2)

have revised and republished the treatise entitled “Federal Indian Law”; and

(3)

have prepared, to the extent determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be feasible, an accurate compilation of the official opinions, published and unpublished, of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior relating to Indian affairs rendered by the Solicitor prior to , and to have such compilation printed as a Government publication at the Government Publishing Office.

(b)

Current services

With respect to the document entitled “Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties” as revised and extended in accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (a), and the compilation prepared in accordance with paragraph (3) of such subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall take such action as may be necessary to keep such document and compilation current on an annual basis.

(c)

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter such sum as may be necessary.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 90–284 title VII § 701 · 82 Stat. 73

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1341

    Pub. L. 90–284, title VII, § 701, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 80

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 90–284, title VII, § 701, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 80

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 701. secretary of interior to prepare (a) In order that the constitutional lights of Indians might be fully protected, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to— (1) have the document entitled “Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties” (Senate Document Numbered 319, volumes 1 and 2, Fifty-eighth Congress), revised and extended to include all treaties, laws, Executive orders, and regulations relating to Indian affairs in force on September 1, 1957, and to have such revised document printed at the Government Printing Office; (2) have revised and republished the treatise entitled “Federal Indian Law”; and (3) have prepared, to the extent determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be feasible, an accurate compilation of the official opinions, published and unpublished, of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior relating to Indian affairs rendered by the Solicitor prior to September 1, 1967, and to have such compilation printed as a Government publication at the Government Printing Office. (b) With respect, to the document entitled “Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties” as revised and extended in accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (a), and the compilation prepared in accordance with paragraph (3) of such subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall take such action as may be necessary to keep such document and compilation current on an annual basis. (c) There is authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the provisions of this title, with respect to the preparation but not including printing, such sum as may be necessary.

  2. Pub. L. 93–265 · [88 Stat. 84]

    Struck · 25 U.S.C. § 1341(c)

    Pub. L. 93–265 struck out “, with respect to the preparation but not including printing,” before “such sum”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93–265 struck out “, with respect to the preparation but not including printing,” before “such sum”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1974—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93–265 struck out “, with respect to the preparation but not including printing,” before “such sum”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Government Printing Office” in subsec. (a)(1), (3) on authority of section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note preceding section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

Credits

1968–2014 · 3 acts
  1. 1968Pub. L. 90–284, title VII, § 701, , 82 Stat. 80
  2. 1974Pub. L. 93–265, , 88 Stat. 84
  3. 2014Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), , 128 Stat. 2537.
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(Pub. L. 90–284, title VII, § 701, , 82 Stat. 80; Pub. L. 93–265, , 88 Stat. 84; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), , 128 Stat. 2537.)

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