25 U.S.C. § 2207 — Full faith and credit to tribal actions under tribal ordinances limiting descent and distribution of trust or restricted or controlled lands

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This section requires the Secretary to give full faith and credit to certain tribal actions governing descent and distribution of trust lands. The rule applies only to estates of people who die on or after the tribal ordinance takes effect.

The Secretary in carrying out his responsibility to regulate the descent and distribution of trust lands under section 372 of this title , and other laws, must give full faith and credit to any tribal actions taken under subsections (a) and (b) of section 2205 of this title , which provision must apply only to estates of decedent’s whose deaths occur on or after the effective date of tribal ordinances adopted under this chapter.

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The Secretary in carrying out his responsibility to regulate the descent and distribution of trust lands under section 372 of this title, and other laws, shall give full faith and credit to any tribal actions taken pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 2205 of this title, which provision shall apply only to estates of decedent’s whose deaths occur on or after the effective date of tribal ordinances adopted pursuant to this chapter.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 97–459, title II, § 208, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2519; Pub. L. 106–462, title I, § 103(5), Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1999.)

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1983Enacted · Pub. L. 97-459 · 96 Stat. 2519
2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-462 · 114 Stat. 1999

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