§ 199a. — Custody of records; Oklahoma Historical Society.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC199a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 5--PROTECTION OF INDIANS
Sec. 199a. Custody of records; Oklahoma Historical Society
Title to records of Indian tribes heretofore placed with the
Oklahoma Historical Society of the State of Oklahoma by the Secretary of
the Interior shall remain vested in the United States and such records
shall be held by the said society under rules and regulations prescribed
by the Archivist of the United States: Provided, That copies of any such
records, documents, books, or papers held by the said society when
certified by the secretary or chief clerk thereof under its seal, or by
the officer or person acting as secretary or chief clerk, shall be
evidence equally with the original, and in making such certified copies
the said secretary or acting secretary and the said chief clerk or
acting chief clerk shall be acting as a Federal agent, and such
certified copies shall have the same force and effect as if made by the
Archivist of the United States as provided in section 2116(b) of title
44: Provided further, That whenever such certified copies are desired
for official use by the Federal Government they shall be furnished
without cost: Provided further, That any such records held by the said
society shall be promptly returned to the Government official designated
by the Archivist of the United States upon his request therefor.
(Mar. 27, 1934, ch. 93, 48 Stat. 501; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, Sec. 4(5),
65 Stat. 640; Pub. L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 107(i), Oct. 19, 1984, 98
Stat. 2292.)
Codification
``Section 2116(b) of title 44'' substituted in text for ``section
509(b) of the Federal Records Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 583)'' on authority
of section 2(b) of Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, the
first section of which enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents,
and restated such section 509(b) as section 2112(b) of Title 44, and
Pub. L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 102(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2280,
which renumbered section 2112(b) as 2116(b).
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ``Archivist of the United States''
for ``Administrator of General Services'' in three places.
1951--Act Oct. 25, 1951, transferred control of Indian tribal
records, heretofore placed hereunder with Oklahoma Historical Society,
from Secretary of the Interior to Administrator of General Services.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301
of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44,
Public Printing and Documents.
