United States · Law · S
S. 2223 (96th)
An act to permit any Indian to transfer by will restricted lands of such Indian to his or her heirs or lineal descendants, and for other purposes.
Introduced
25 January 1980
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Status
Public Law 96-363.
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20 June 2025
Summary
Permits any Indian to transfer by will restricted lands of such Indian to his or her lineal descendants. Permits any tribe recognized by the United States as having powers of self-government to adopt, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, their own superceding code of laws to govern the inheritance or descent and distribution of trust or restricted property within the reservation.
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 27 September 1980
Passed House amended
summary · EN · 15 September 1980
Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 4 September 1980
Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 22 May 1980
Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 15 May 1980
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 25 January 1980
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2223
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/96/s/2223