§ 4420. — Tax status; tort liability.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC4420]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 56--AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE
AND ART DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES
Sec. 4420. Tax status; tort liability
(a) Tax status
The Institute and the franchise, capital, reserves, income, and
property of the Institute shall be exempt from all taxation now or
hereafter imposed by the United States, by any Indian tribe, or by any
State or political subdivision thereof.
(b) Tort liability
(1) The Institute shall be subject to liability relating to tort
claims only to the extent a Federal agency is subject to such liability
under chapter 171 of title 28.
(2) For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, the Institute shall be
treated as a Federal agency (within the meaning of section 2671 of such
title).
(3) For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, the President of the
Institute shall be deemed the head of the Agency.
(Pub. L. 99-498, title XV, Sec. 1513, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1608;
Pub. L. 100-446, title II, Sept. 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 1818.)
Amendments
1988--Pub. L. 100-446 inserted ``; tort liability'' in section
catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted
heading, and added subsec. (b).
