25 U.S.C. § 983
Section 983 · Definitions
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Nebraska ex rel. Bruning v. United States Department of Interior (2010)
Most recently applied in 368 F. Supp. 3d 1276 - City of Council Bluffs v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior (March 2019)
For purposes of this subchapter—
(1) The term “Tribe” means the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.
(2) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior or the designated representative of the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) The term “Interim Council” means the Board of Directors of the Northern Ponca Restoration Committee, Inc.
(4) The term “member” means a person who is enrolled on the membership roll of the Tribe of June 10, 1965, that was compiled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or is entitled to be enrolled as a member of the Tribe under section 983e of this title.
(5) The term “State” means the State of Nebraska.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 101–484 provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Ponca Restoration Act’.”