25 USC § 1679 - Eligibility of California Indians

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title: "25 USC § 1679 - Eligibility of California Indians"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1679"
section_name: "Eligibility of California Indians"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–437, title VIII, § 809, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)"
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# § 1679. Eligibility of California Indians

**(a)** **In general** The following California Indians shall be eligible for health services provided by the Service:

**(1)** Any member of a federally recognized Indian tribe.

**(2)** Any descendant of an Indian who was residing in California on June 1, 1852, if such descendant—

**(A)** is a member of the Indian community served by a local program of the Service; and

**(B)** is regarded as an Indian by the community in which such descendant lives.

**(3)** Any Indian who holds trust interests in public domain, national forest, or reservation allotments in California.

**(4)** Any Indian of California who is listed on the plans for distribution of the assets of rancherias and reservations located within the State of California under the Act of August 18, 1958 (72 Stat. 619), and any descendant of such an Indian.

**(b)** **Clarification** May 1, 1986

Nothing in this section may be construed as expanding the eligibility of California Indians for health services provided by the Service beyond the scope of eligibility for such health services that applied on .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–437, title VIII, § 809, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of , referred to in subsec. (a)(4), is , , , which is not classified to the Code.

### Codification

is based on section 192(3) of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by .

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1679, , formerly title VII, § 709, as added , , ; amended , , ; renumbered title VIII, § 809, , (b), , , related to report to Congress containing sufficient data to determine eligibility of California Indians for health services provided by the Service and preliminary eligibility criteria, prior to repeal by , , . The repeal is based on section 192(3) of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by .