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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 564q. Termination of Federal trust
(a) Publication; termination of Federal services; application of
Federal and State laws
Upon removal of Federal restrictions on the property of the tribe
and individual members thereof, the Secretary shall publish in the
Federal Register a proclamation declaring that the Federal trust
relationship to the affairs of the tribe and its members has
terminated. Thereafter individual members of the tribe shall not be
entitled to any of the services performed by the United States for
Indians because of their status as Indians and, except as otherwise
provided in this subchapter, all statutes of the United States
which affect Indians because of their status as Indians shall no
longer be applicable to the members of the tribe, and the laws of
the several States shall apply to the tribe and its members in the
same manner as they apply to other citizens or persons within their
jurisdiction.
(b) Citizenship status unaffected
Nothing in this subchapter shall affect the status of the members
of the tribe as citizens of the United States.
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