§ 3631. — Tribal authority.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC3631]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 38--INDIAN TRIBAL JUSTICE SUPPORT
SUBCHAPTER III--DISCLAIMERS
Sec. 3631. Tribal authority
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to--
(1) encroach upon or diminish in any way the inherent sovereign
authority of each tribal government to determine the role of the
tribal justice system within the tribal government or to enact and
enforce tribal laws;
(2) diminish in any way the authority of tribal governments to
appoint personnel;
(3) impair the rights of each tribal government to determine the
nature of its own legal system or the appointment of authority
within the tribal government;
(4) alter in any way any tribal traditional dispute resolution
forum;
(5) imply that any tribal justice system is an instrumentality
of the United States; or
(6) diminish the trust responsibility of the United States to
Indian tribal governments and tribal justice systems of such
governments.
(Pub. L. 103-176, title III, Sec. 301, Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2009.)
