§ 1300n-2. — 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: 25USC1300n-2]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LXXXV--GRATON RANCHERIA RESTORATION
Sec. 1300n-2. Restoration of Federal recognition, rights, and
privileges
(a) Federal recognition
Federal recognition is hereby restored 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
December 27, 2000.
(c) Federal services and benefits
(1) In general
Without regard to the existence of a reservation, the Tribe and
its members shall be eligible, on and after December 27, 2000, for
all Federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized
Indian tribes or their members. For the purposes of Federal services
and benefits 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.
(2) Relation to other laws
The eligibility for or receipt of services and benefits under
paragraph (1) by a tribe or individual shall not be considered as
income, resources, or otherwise when determining the eligibility for
or computation of any payment or other benefit to such tribe,
individual, or household under--
(A) any financial aid program of the United States,
including grants and contracts subject to the Indian Self-
Determination Act [25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.]; or
(B) any other benefit to which such tribe, household, or
individual would otherwise be entitled under any Federal or
federally assisted program.
(d) Hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, and water rights
Nothing in this subchapter shall expand, reduce, or affect in any
manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the
Tribe and its members.
(e) 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. 106-568, title XIV, Sec. 1404, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2939.)
References in Text
The 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.
The Indian Self-Determination Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(A),
is title I of Pub. L. 93-638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2206, as amended,
which is classified principally to part A (Sec. 450f et seq.) of
subchapter II of chapter 14 of this title. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 450
of this title and Tables.
