Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 48 — Indian Trust Asset Reform
§ 5601. Findings
Statutory text
Congress finds that—
there exists a unique relationship between the Government of the United States and the governments of Indian tribes;
there exists a unique Federal responsibility to Indians;
through treaties, statutes, and historical relations with Indian tribes, the United States has undertaken a unique trust responsibility to protect and support Indian tribes and Indians;
the fiduciary responsibilities of the United States to Indians also are founded in part on specific commitments made through written treaties and agreements securing peace, in exchange for which Indians have surrendered claims to vast tracts of land, which provided legal consideration for permanent, ongoing performance of Federal trust duties; and
the foregoing historic Federal-tribal relations and understandings have benefitted the people of the United States as a whole for centuries and have established enduring and enforceable Federal obligations to which the national honor has been committed.
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.
Indian Trust Asset Reform Act
Pub. L. 114–178 title I § 101 · 130 Stat. 432
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 5601
(Pub. L. 114–178, title I, § 101, June 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 432.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–178, title I, § 101, June 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 432.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) there exists a unique relationship between the Government of the United States and the governments of Indian tribes; (2) there exists a unique Federal responsibility to Indians; (3) through treaties, statutes, and historical relations with Indian tribes, the United States has undertaken a unique trust responsibility to protect and support Indian tribes and Indians; (4) the fiduciary responsibilities of the United States to Indians also are founded in part on specific commitments made through written treaties and agreements securing peace, in exchange for which Indians have surrendered claims to vast tracts of land, which provided legal consideration for permanent, ongoing performance of Federal trust duties; and (5) the foregoing historic Federal-tribal relations and understandings have benefitted the people of the United States as a whole for centuries and have established enduring and enforceable Federal obligations to which the national honor has been committed.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 114–178, § 1(a), , 130 Stat. 432, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Indian Trust Asset Reform Act’.”
Pub. L. 114–178, title II, § 201, , 130 Stat. 433, provided that: “This title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Indian Trust Asset Management Demonstration Project Act of 2016’.”