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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.

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25 January 1980

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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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