§ 2403. 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. 1986

   Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986

   Pub. L. 99–570 title IV § 4204 · 100 Stat. 3207

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 2403

   Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4204, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–138

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4204, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–138

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 4204. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this subtitle— (1) The term “agency” means the local administrative entity of the Bureau of Indian Affairs serving one or more Indian tribes within a defined geographic area. (2) The term “youth” shall have the meaning given it in any particular Tribal Action Plan adopted pursuant to section 4205, except that, for purposes of statistical reporting under this subtitle, it shall mean a person who is 19 years or younger or who is in attendance at a secondary school. (3) The term “Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians (including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)) which is recognized as eligible for special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. (4) The term “prevention and treatment” includes, as appropriate— (A) efforts to identify, and the identification of, Indians who are at risk with respect to, or who are abusers of, alcohol or controlled substances, (B) intervention into cases of on-going alcohol and substance abuse to halt a further progression of such abuse, (C) prevention through education and the provision of alternative activities, (D) treatment for alcohol and substance abusers to help abstain from, and alleviate the effects of, abuse, (E) rehabilitation to provide on-going assistance, either on an inpatient or outpatient basis, to help Indians reform or abstain from alcohol or substance abuse, (F) follow-up or after-care to provide the appropriate counseling and assistance on an outpatient basis, and (G) referral to other sources of assistance or resources. (5) The term “service unit” means an administrative entity within the Indian Health Service or a tribe or tribal organization operating health care programs or facilities with funds from the Indian Health Service under the Indian Self-Determination 25 USC 450 note. Act through which the services are provided, directly or by contract, to the eligible Indian population within a defined geographic area.

2. 1988

   Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–690 title II § 2202 · 102 Stat. 4181

   Added · 25 U.S.C. § 2403(6)

   Pub. L. 100–690 added par. (6)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (6). Pub. L. 100–690 added par. (6).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2202. DEFINITIONS. Section 4204 (25 U.S.C. 2403) is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(6) The terms ‘Urban Indian’, ‘Urban Center’, and ‘Urban Indian Organization’ shall have the same meaning as provided in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision