Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 45 — Protection of Indians and Conservation of Resources
§ 5128. Application of laws and treaties
Statutory text
All laws, general and special, and all treaty provisions affecting any Indian reservation which has voted or may vote to exclude itself from the application of the Act of (48 Stat. 984) [25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.], shall be deemed to have been continuously effective as to such reservation, notwithstanding the passage of said Act of . Nothing in the Act of , shall be construed to abrogate or impair any rights guaranteed under any existing treaty with any Indian tribe, where such tribe voted not to exclude itself from the application of said Act.
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.
Pub. L. 74–260 § 4 · 49 Stat. 378
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 5128
(June 15, 1935, ch. 260, § 4, 49 Stat. 378.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 15, 1935, ch. 260, § 4, 49 Stat. 378.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. All laws, general and special, and all treaty provisions affecting any Indian reservation which has voted or may vote to exclude itself from the application of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), shall be deemed to have been continuously effective as to such reservation, notwithstanding the passage of said Act of Existing rights. June 18, 1934. Nothing in the Act of June 18, 1934, shall be construed to abrogate or impair any rights guaranteed under any existing treaty with any Indian tribe, where such tribe voted not to exclude itself from the application of said Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of , referred to in text, is act June 18, 1934, ch. 576, 48 Stat. 984, popularly known as the Indian Reorganization Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5101 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 478b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Credits
(June 15, 1935, ch. 260, § 4, 49 Stat. 378.)