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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 23 — Development of Tribal Mineral Resources

§ 2101. Definitions

Statutory text

For the purposes of this chapter, the term—

(1)

“Indian” means any individual Indian or Alaska Native who owns land or interests in land the title to which is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States;

(2)

“Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, community, rancheria, colony, or other group which owns land or interests in land title to which is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; and

(3)

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

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. Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982

    Pub. L. 97–382 § 2 · 96 Stat. 1938

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 2101

    (Pub. L. 97–382, § 2, Dec. 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 1938.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 97–382, § 2, Dec. 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 1938.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act, the term— (1) “Indian” means any individual Indian or Alaska Native who owns land or interests in land the title to which is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; (2) “Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, community, rancheria, colony, or other group which owns land or interests in land title to which is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; and (3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 97–382, § 1, , 96 Stat. 1938, provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982’.”

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–382, § 2, , 96 Stat. 1938.)

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