25 U.S.C. § 715
Section 715 · Definitions
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Cascadia Wildlands v. Bureau of Indian Affairs (2015)
Most recently applied in Cascadia Wildlands v. Bureau of Indian Affairs (September 2015)
For the purposes of this subchapter—
(1) “Tribe” means the Coquille Indian Tribe consisting of the Upper Coquille and the Lower Coquille Tribes of Indians;
(2) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior or his designated representative;
(3) “Interim Council” means the governing body of the Coquille Tribe which serves pursuant to section 715f of this title;
(4) “Member” means those persons eligible for enrollment under section 715e of this title and after the adoption of a tribal constitution, those persons added to the roll pursuant to such constitution;
(5) “service area” means the area composed of Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, and Lane Counties in the State of Oregon;
(6) “State” means the State of Oregon; and
(7) “Reservation” means those lands subsequently acquired and held in trust by the Secretary for the benefit of the Tribe.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 101–42 provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Coquille Restoration Act’.”