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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 566. Restoration of Federal recognition, rights, and privileges
(a) Federal recognition
Notwithstanding any provision of law, Federal recognition is
hereby extended to the tribe and to members of the tribe. Except as
otherwise provided in this subchapter, all laws and regulations of
the United States of general application to Indians or nations,
tribes, or bands of Indians which are not inconsistent with any
specific provision of this subchapter shall be applicable to the
tribe and its members.
(b) Restoration of rights and privileges
All rights and privileges of the tribe and the members of the
tribe under any Federal treaty, Executive order, agreement, or
statute, or any other Federal authority, which may have been
diminished or lost under the Act entitled "An Act to provide for
the termination of Federal supervision over the property of the
Klamath Tribe of Indians located in the State of Oregon and the
individual members thereof, and for other purposes", approved
August 13, 1954 (25 U.S.C. 564 et seq.), are restored, and the
provisions of such Act, to the extent that they are inconsistent
with this subchapter, shall be inapplicable to the tribe and to
members of the tribe after August 27, 1986.
(c) Federal services and benefits
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the tribe and its
members shall be eligible, on and after August 27, 1986, for all
Federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized
Indian tribes or their members without regard to the existence of a
reservation for the tribe. In the case of Federal services
available to members of federally recognized Indian tribes residing
on or near a reservation, members of the tribe residing in Klamath
County shall be deemed to be residing in or near a reservation. Any
member residing in Klamath County shall continue to be eligible to
receive any such Federal service notwithstanding the establishment
of a reservation for the tribe in the future. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the tribe shall be considered an Indian
tribe for the purpose of the "Indian Tribal Government Tax Status
Act" (Sec. 7871, I.R.C. 1986).
(d) Certain rights not altered
Nothing in this subchapter shall alter any property right or
obligation, any contractual right or obligation, or any obligation
for taxes already levied.
(e) Modoc Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
This subchapter does not apply to the members of the Modoc Indian
Tribe of Oklahoma as recognized under section 861a(a) of this title
and the Klamath Tribe of Indians does not (except for the purposes
set out in section 861a(a)(1) of this title) include the members of
the Modoc Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
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