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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 703. 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 each
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, all statutes of the
United States which affect Indians because of their status as
Indians, excluding statutes that specifically refer to the tribe
and its members, 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 a tribe as citizens of the United States.
(c) Education and training program; purposes; subjects;
transportation; subsistence; contracts; other education programs
Prior to the issuance of a proclamation in accordance with the
provisions of this section, the Secretary is authorized to
undertake, within the limits of available appropriations, a special
program of education and training designed to help the members of
the tribe to earn a livelihood, to conduct their own affairs, and
to assume their responsibilities as citizens without special
services because of their status as Indians. Such program may
include language training, orientation in non-Indian community
customs and living standards, vocational training and related
subjects, transportation to the place of training or instruction,
and subsistence during the course of training or instruction. For
the purposes of such program the Secretary is authorized to enter
into contracts or agreements with any Federal, State, or local
governmental agency, corporation, association, or person. Nothing
in this section shall preclude any Federal agency from undertaking
any other program for the education and training of Indians with
funds appropriated to it.
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