§ 564b. — Membership roll; closure; preparation and initial publication; appeal from inclusion or omission from roll; finality of determination; final publication.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC564b]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XIII--KLAMATH TRIBE: TERMINATION OF FEDERAL SUPERVISION
Sec. 564b. Membership roll; closure; preparation and initial
publication; appeal from inclusion or omission from roll;
finality of determination; final publication
At midnight of August 13, 1954, the roll of the tribe shall be
closed and no child born thereafter shall be eligible for enrollment:
Provided, That the tribe shall have a period of six months from August
13, 1954, in which to prepare and submit to the Secretary a proposed
roll of the members of the tribe living on August 13, 1954, which shall
be published in the Federal Register. If the tribe fails to submit such
roll within the time specified in this section, the Secretary shall
prepare a proposed roll for the tribe, which shall be published in the
Federal Register. Any person claiming membership rights in the tribe or
an interest in its assets, or a representative of the Secretary on
behalf of any such person, may, within ninety days from the date of
publication of the proposed roll, file an appeal with the Secretary
contesting the inclusion or omission of the name of any person on or
from such roll. The Secretary shall review such appeals and his
decisions thereon shall be final and conclusive. After disposition of
all such appeals, the roll of the tribe shall be published in the
Federal Register, and such roll shall be final for the purposes of this
subchapter.
(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, Sec. 3, 68 Stat. 718.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 564c, 564f, 565a of this
title.
