§ 2219. Application to Alaska

Statutory text

Findings

Congress finds that—

numerous academic and governmental organizations have studied the nature and extent of fractionated ownership of Indian land outside of Alaska and have proposed solutions to this problem; and

despite these studies, there has not been a comparable effort to analyze the problem, if any, of fractionated ownership in Alaska.

Application of chapter to Alaska

Except as provided in this section, this chapter shall not apply to land located within Alaska.

Rule of construction

Nothing in this section shall be construed to constitute a ratification of any determination by any agency, instrumentality, or court of the United States that may support the assertion of tribal jurisdiction over allotment lands or interests in such land in Alaska.

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.

2000
Pub. L. 97–459 title II § 220 · 96 Stat. 2515
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 2219
(Pub. L. 97–459, title II, § 220, as added Pub. L. 106–462, title I, § 103(6), Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 2006.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–459, title II, § 220, as added Pub. L. 106–462, title I, § 103(6), Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 2006.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, which was translated as reading “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 97–459, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–459, title II, § 220, as added Pub. L. 106–462, title I, § 103(6), Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 2006.)