§ 473a. — Application to Alaska.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC473a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER V--PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES
Sec. 473a. Application to Alaska
Sections 461, 465, 467, 468, 475, 477, and 479 of this title shall
after May 1, 1936, apply to the Territory of Alaska: Provided, That
groups of Indians in Alaska not recognized prior to May 1, 1936, as
bands or tribes, but having a common bond of occupation, or association,
or residence within a well-defined neighborhood, community, or rural
district, may organize to adopt constitutions and bylaws and to receive
charters of incorporation and Federal loans under sections 470, 476, and
477 of this title.
(May 1, 1936, ch. 254, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1250.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 362 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
Admission of Alaska as State
Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on
issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as
required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72
Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 324 of this title.
