§ 478b. — Application of laws and treaties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC478b]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER V--PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES
Sec. 478b. Application of laws and treaties
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) [25
U.S.C. 461 et seq.], shall be deemed to have been continuously effective
as to such reservation, notwithstanding the passage of said Act of 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.
(June 15, 1935, ch. 260, Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 378.)
References in Text
Act of June 18, 1934, referred to in text, popularly known as the
Indian Reorganization Act, is classified generally to this subchapter.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 461 of this title and Tables.
