25 U.S.C. § 3631 — Tribal authority
submitted 33 years ago by Pub. L. 103-176 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 129 words · no verdicts yet
This chapter does not reduce or interfere with the listed powers of tribal governments or their justice systems. It also does not make a tribal justice system an instrumentality of the United States or reduce the United States’ trust responsibility.
Nothing in this chapter must be construed to—
(1) encroach upon or diminish in any way the inherent sovereign authority of each tribal government to determine the role of the tribal justice system* within the tribal government or to enact and enforce tribal laws;
(2) diminish in any way the authority of tribal governments to appoint personnel;
(3) impair the rights of each tribal government to determine the nature of its own legal system or the appointment of authority within the tribal government;
(4) alter in any way any tribal traditional dispute resolution forum;
(5) imply that any tribal justice system is an instrumentality of the United States; or
(6) diminish the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian tribal governments and tribal justice systems of such governments.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to—
encroach upon or diminish in any way the inherent sovereign authority of each tribal government to determine the role of the tribal justice system* within the tribal government or to enact and enforce tribal laws;
diminish in any way the authority of tribal governments to appoint personnel;
impair the rights of each tribal government to determine the nature of its own legal system or the appointment of authority within the tribal government;
alter in any way any tribal traditional dispute resolution forum;
imply that any tribal justice system is an instrumentality of the United States; or
diminish the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian tribal governments and tribal justice systems of such governments.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–176, title III, § 301, Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2009.)
- 1993Enacted · Pub. L. 103-176 · 107 Stat. 2009
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-176 on 1993-12-03.
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