§ 2301. Definitions

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. 1984

   Pub. L. 98–500 § 2 · 98 Stat. 2317

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 2301

   Pub. L. 98–500, § 2, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2317

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 98–500, § 2, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2317

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. definitions For purposes of this Act, the term— (1) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior; (2) “unauthorized disbursement” means a disbursement made from the trust estate of a deceased Indian which was made by the Secretary to a State or a political subdivision of a State for the purpose of reimbursing the State or political subdivision for any old age assistance made to the deceased Indian before death in violation of Federal laws governing Indian trust property; and (3) “trust estate” means that portion of the estate that consists of real or personal property, title to which is held by the United States for the benefit of the Indian or which may not be alienated without the consent of the Secretary.

2. 1987

   Pub. L. 100–153 § 5 · 101 Stat. 886

   Inserted · 25 U.S.C. § 2301(2)

   Pub. L. 100–153 inserted proviso that “unauthorized disbursement” includes specifically identified reimbursements for welfare payments

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (2). Pub. L. 100–153 inserted proviso that “unauthorized disbursement” includes specifically identified reimbursements for welfare payments.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. Paragraph (2) of section 2 of the Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement Act (98 Stat. 2317) is amended by inserting a colon after the phrase “trust property” and the following proviso— “ Federal Register, publication. Provided, That, except for purposes of section 4, the term also includes the reimbursements for welfare payments identified in either the list published on April 17, 1985, at page 15290 of volume 50 of the Federal Register, as modified or amended on November 13, 1985, at page 46835 of volume 50 of the Federal Register, or the list published on March 31, 1983, at page 13698 of volume 48 of the Federal Register, as modified or amended on November 7, 1983, at page 51204 of volume 48 of the Federal Register”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision