Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 3 — Agreements with Indians
§ 71. Future treaties with Indian tribes
Statutory text
No Indian nation or tribe within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty; but no obligation of any treaty lawfully made and ratified with any such Indian nation or tribe prior to , shall be hereby invalidated or impaired. Such treaties, and any Executive orders and Acts of Congress under which the rights of any Indian tribe to fish are secured, shall be construed to prohibit (in addition to any other prohibition) the imposition under any law of a State or political subdivision thereof of any tax on any income derived from the exercise of rights to fish secured by such treaty, Executive order, or Act of Congress if section 7873 of title 26 does not permit a like Federal tax to be imposed on such income.
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.
R.S. § 2079
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 71
R.S. § 2079
Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.
Source evidence
Code source credit
R.S. § 2079Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–647 title III § 3042 · 102 Stat. 3342
Inserted · 25 U.S.C. § 71
Pub. L. 100–647 inserted sentence at end relating to State tax treatment of income derived by Indians from exercise of fishing rights secured by treaties, Executive orders, or Acts of Congress
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 100–647 inserted sentence at end relating to State tax treatment of income derived by Indians from exercise of fishing rights secured by treaties, Executive orders, or Acts of Congress.Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3042. STATE TAX TREATMENT OF INCOME DERIVED BY INDIANS FROM EXERCISE OF FISHING RIGHTS SECURED BY TREATY, ETC. Section 2079 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 71) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “Such treaties, and any Executive orders and Acts of Congress under which the rights of any Indian tribe to fish are secured, shall be construed to prohibit (in addition to any other prohibition) the imposition under any law of a State or political subdivision thereof of any tax on any income derived from the exercise of rights to fish secured by such treaty, Executive order, or Act of Congress if section 7873 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 does not permit a like Federal tax to be imposed on such income.”Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–647 applicable to all periods beginning before, on, or after Nov. 10, 1988, with no inference created as to existence or nonexistence or scope of any income tax exemption derived from fishing rights secured as of Mar. 17, 1988, by any treaty, law, or Executive order, see section 3044 of Pub. L. 100–647, set out as an Effective Date note under section 7873 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. § 2079 derived from act Mar. 3, 1871, ch. 120, § 1, 16 Stat. 566.
Amendments
1988—Pub. L. 100–647 inserted sentence at end relating to State tax treatment of income derived by Indians from exercise of fishing rights secured by treaties, Executive orders, or Acts of Congress.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–647 applicable to all periods beginning before, on, or after , with no inference created as to existence or nonexistence or scope of any income tax exemption derived from fishing rights secured as of , by any treaty, law, or Executive order, see section 3044 of Pub. L. 100–647, set out as an Effective Date note under section 7873 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
Short Title of 2022 Amendment
Pub. L. 117–317, § 1, , 136 Stat. 4419, provided that: “This Act [repealing sections 72, 127 to 130, 137, 138, 273, 283, 285, and 302 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act’ or the ‘RESPECT Act’.”
Short Title of 2000 Amendment
Pub. L. 106–179, § 1, , 114 Stat. 46, provided that: “This Act [amending sections 81 and 476 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act of 2000’.”
Credits
1988 · 2 acts
- R.S. § 2079
- 1988Pub. L. 100–647, title III, § 3042, , 102 Stat. 3641.
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(R.S. § 2079; Pub. L. 100–647, title III, § 3042, , 102 Stat. 3641.)