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(1) the United States has acknowledged the

Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian

Tribes of Alaska pursuant to the Act of June

19, 1935 (49 Stat. 388, as amended, commonly

referred to as the ‘‘Jurisdiction Act’’), as a

federally recognized Indian tribe;

(2) on October 21, 1993, the Secretary of the

Interior published a list of federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant to part 83 of title

25 of the Code of Federal Regulations which

omitted the Central Council of Tlingit and

Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska;

(3) the Secretary does not have the authority to terminate the federally recognized

status of an Indian tribe as determined by

Congress;

(4) the Secretary may not administratively

diminish the privileges and immunities of federally recognized Indian tribes without the

consent of Congress; and

(5) the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida

Indian Tribes of Alaska continues to be a federally recognized Indian tribe.

(Pub. L. 103–454, title II, §202, Nov. 2, 1994, 108

Stat. 4792.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of June 19, 1935, referred to in par. (1), is act June

19, 1935, ch. 275, 49 Stat. 388, as amended, which is not

classified to the Code.

SHORT TITLE

Section 201 of title II of Pub. L. 103–454 provided that:

‘‘This title [enacting this section and sections 1213 to

1215 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Tlingit and Haida

Status Clarification Act’.’’

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1214 of this title.

§ 1213. Reaffirmation of tribal status

The Congress reaffirms and acknowledges that

the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian

Tribes of Alaska is a federally recognized Indian

tribe.

(Pub. L. 103–454, title II, §203, Nov. 2, 1994, 108

Stat. 4792.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1214 of this title.

§ 1214. Disclaimer

(a) In general

Nothing in sections 1212 to 1215 of this title

shall be interpreted to diminish or interfere

with the government-to-government relationship between the United States and other federally recognized Alaska Native tribes, nor to vest

any power, authority, or jurisdiction in the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes

of Alaska over other federally recognized Alaska

Native tribes.

(b) Constitution of Central Council of Tlingit and

Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Nothing in sections 1212 to 1215 of this title

shall be construed as codifying the Constitution

of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida

Indian Tribes of Alaska into Federal law.

(Pub. L. 103–454, title II, §204, Nov. 2, 1994, 108

Stat. 4793.)

§ 1215. Prohibition against duplicative services

Other federally recognized tribes in Southeast

Alaska shall have precedence over the Central

Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of

Alaska in the award of a Federal compact, contract or grant to the extent that their service

population overlaps with that of the Central

Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of

Alaska. In no event shall dually enrolled members result in duplication of Federal service

funding.

(Pub. L. 103–454, title II, §205, Nov. 2, 1994, 108

Stat. 4793; Pub. L. 104–109, §10, Feb. 12, 1996, 110

Stat. 765.)

AMENDMENTS

1996—Pub. L. 104–109 substituted ‘‘Indian Tribes of

Alaska.’’ for ‘‘Indian tribes of Alaska.’’

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1214 of this title.

SUBCHAPTER LXIV — CONFEDERATED

TRIBES OF WEAS, PIANKASHAWS,

PEORIAS, AND KASKASKIAS: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND

§ 1221. Membership roll

(a) Preparation; eligibility for enrollment

The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a

roll of all persons who meet the following requirements: (1) they were born on or prior to and

were living on July 31, 1970; (2) their names or

the name of a lineal ancestor from whom they

claim eligibility appears on (a) the final roll of

the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, pursuant to the Act of August 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 937) [25

U.S.C. 821 et seq.], or (b) the January 1, 1937,

census of the Peoria Tribe, or (c) the 1920 census

of the Peoria Tribe, or (d) the Indian or Citizen

Class lists pursuant to the Treaty of February

23, 1867 (15 Stat. 520), or (e) the Schedule of Persons or Families composing the United Tribes of

Weas, Piankashaws, Peorias, and Kaskaskias,

annexed to the Treaty of May 30, 1854.

(b) Applications; finality of determination

Applications for enrollment must be filed with

the area director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Muskogee, Oklahoma, in the manner and within

the time limits prescribed for that purpose by

the Secretary of the Interior. The determination

of the Secretary regarding the eligibility of an

applicant shall be final.

(Pub. L. 91–364, §1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 688.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Act of August 2, 1956, referred to in subsec. (a), is act

Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 881, 70 Stat. 937, which was classified

generally to subchapter XXXVI (§821 et seq.) of this

title and was repealed by Pub. L. 95–281, §1(b)(2), May

15, 1978, 92 Stat. 246.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 1222, 1224 of this

title.

§ 1222. Disposition of funds: improvement and

maintenance of Peoria Indian Cemetery; distribution of balance in equal shares

After the deduction of attorneys’ fees and expenses and the administrative costs involved in