§ 1300m-1. — Restoration of Federal recognition, rights, and privileges.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1300m-1]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LXXXIV--PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA
Sec. 1300m-1. Restoration of Federal recognition, rights, and
privileges
(a) Federal recognition
Federal recognition is hereby extended to the Tribe. Except as
otherwise provided in this subchapter, all laws and regulations of
general application to Indians and nations, tribes, or bands of Indians
that are not inconsistent with any specific provision of this subchapter
shall be applicable to the Tribe and its members.
(b) Restoration of rights and privileges
Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, all rights and
privileges of the Tribe and its members under any Federal treaty,
Executive order, agreement, or statute, or under any other authority
which were diminished or lost under the Act of August 18, 1958 (Public
Law 85-671; 72 Stat. 619), are hereby restored and the provisions of
such Act shall be inapplicable to the Tribe and its members after
November 2, 1994.
(c) Federal services and benefits
Without regard to the existence of a reservation, the Tribe and its
members shall be eligible, on and after November 2, 1994, for all
Federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian
tribes or their members. In the case of Federal services available to
members of federally recognized Indian tribes residing on a reservation,
members of the Tribe residing in the Tribe's service area shall be
deemed to be residing on a reservation.
(d) Hunting, fishing, trapping, and water rights
Nothing in this subchapter shall expand, reduce, or affect in any
manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water right of the
Tribe and its members.
(e) Indian Reorganization Act applicability
The Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), shall be
applicable to the Tribe and its members.
(f) Certain rights not altered
Except as specifically provided in this subchapter, nothing in this
subchapter shall alter any property right or obligation, any contractual
right or obligation, or any obligation for taxes levied.
(Pub. L. 103-454, title III, Sec. 303, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4793.)
References in Text
Act of August 18, 1958, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 85-
671, Aug. 18, 1958, 72 Stat. 619, which is not classified to the Code.
Act of June 18, 1934, referred to in subsec. (e), popularly known as
the Indian Reorganization Act, is classified generally to subchapter V
(Sec. 461 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 461 of this
title and Tables.
