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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 757. 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 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, or shall affect
their rights, privileges, immunities, and obligations as such
citizens.
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