§ 734. — State and 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: 25USC734]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXXI-A--ALABAMA AND COUSHATTA INDIAN TRIBES OF TEXAS:
RESTORATION OF FEDERAL SUPERVISION
Sec. 734. State and tribal authority
(a) State authority
Nothing in this Act shall affect the power of the State of Texas to
enact special legislation benefitting the tribe, and the State is
authorized to perform any services benefitting the tribe that are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
(b) Current constitution and bylaws to remain in effect
Subject to the provisions of section 733(a) of this title, the
constitution and bylaws of the tribe on file with the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives is hereby declared to
be approved for the purposes of section 476 of this title except that
all reference to the Texas Indian Commission shall be considered as
reference to the Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Authority and capacity of Tribal Council
No provision contained in this subchapter shall affect the power of
the Tribal Council to take any action under the constitution and bylaws
described in subsection (b) of this section. The Tribal Council shall
represent the tribe and its members in the implementation of this
subchapter and shall have full authority and capacity--
(1) to enter into contracts, grant agreements, and other
arrangements with any Federal department or agency;
(2) to administer or operate any program or activity under or in
connection with any such contract, agreement, or arrangement, to
enter into subcontracts or award grants to provide for the
administration of any such program or activity, or to conduct any
other activity under or in connection with any such contract,
agreement, or arrangement; and
(3) to bind any tribal governing body selected under any new
constitution adopted in accordance with section 735 of this title as
the successor in interest to the Tribal Council.
(Pub. L. 100-89, title II, Sec. 204, Aug. 18, 1987, 101 Stat. 670; Pub.
L. 103-437, Sec. 10(d), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4589.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 100-89, Aug. 18,
1987, 101 Stat. 666, known as the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act, which enacted this
subchapter and subchapter LXXVIII (Sec. 1300g et seq.) of this chapter
and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 731 of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 731 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Natural Resources
of the House of Representatives'' for ``Interior and Insular Affairs''.
Change of Name
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress.
