§ 500. — Purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC500]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER VII--REINDEER INDUSTRY
Sec. 500. Purpose
A necessity for providing means of subsistence for the Eskimos and
other natives of Alaska is hereby declared to exist. It is also declared
to be the policy of Congress, and the purpose of this subchapter, to
establish and maintain for the said natives of Alaska a self-sustaining
economy by acquiring and organizing for and on behalf of said natives a
reindeer industry or business, by encouraging and developing native
activity and responsibility in all branches of the said industry or
business, and by preserving the native character of the said industry or
business thus established.
(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 897, Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 900.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 250 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
Short Title
Act Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 897, 500 Stat. 900, as amended, which enacted
this subchapter, is popularly known as the ``Reindeer Industry Act of
1937''.
Repeals
Section 17 of act Sept. 1, 1937, provided: ``All Acts of Congress or
parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed.''
Authorization of Appropriations
Section 16 of act Sept. 1, 1937, authorized the appropriation of
$2,000,000 for the use of the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out
this subchapter.
