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H.J.Res. 246 (96th)

A joint resolution relating to the regulation by the States of certain Indian hunting and fishing rights.

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8 March 1979

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Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

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Summary

Declares that any State may enact and enforce laws of a purely regulatory nature concerning the time and manner of hunting and fishing outside or on an Indian reservation when such laws are: (1) for the purpose of conservation and (2) equally applicable to Indians and all other citizens without distinction. Declares that such State legislation is in accordance with and in furtherance of and not in derogation of any treaty with American Indians that secures to them the right to hunt and fish at on or off reservation locations, in common with other citizens.

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