Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 25 : Section 1300f-2


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1300f-2. Membership of Tribe

      For the purposes of section 1300f of this title, membership of
    the Pascua Yaqui Tribe shall consist of - 
        (A) the members of the Pascua Yaqui Association, Incorporated,
      as of September 18, 1978, who apply for enrollment in the Pascua
      Yaqui Tribe within one year from September 18, 1978 pursuant to
      the membership criteria and procedures provided for in the
      official governing documents of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe;
        (B) all those persons of Yaqui blood who are citizens of the
      United States and who, within two years from September 18, 1978,
      apply for, and are admitted to, membership in the Association
      pursuant to article VII of the Articles of Incorporation of the
      Association;
        (C) all those persons of Yaqui blood who are citizens of the
      United States and who, within three years after October 14, 1994,
      apply for enrollment in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe pursuant to the
      membership criteria and procedures provided for in the official
      governing documents of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe; and
        (D) direct lineal descendants of such persons, subject to any
      further qualifications as may be provided by the Tribe in its
      constitution and bylaws or other governing documents.



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