25 USC § 2207 - Full faith and credit to tribal actions under tribal ordinances limiting descent and distribution of trust or restricted or controlled lands
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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s2207"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 2207 - Full faith and credit to tribal actions under tribal ordinances limiting descent and distribution of trust or restricted or controlled lands"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "2207"
section_name: "Full faith and credit to tribal actions under tribal ordinances limiting descent and distribution of trust or restricted or controlled lands"
chapter_number: 24
chapter_name: "INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–459, title II, § 208, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2519; Pub. L. 106–462, title I, § 103(5), Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1999.)"
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# § 2207. Full faith and credit to tribal actions under tribal ordinances limiting descent and distribution of trust or restricted or controlled lands
section 372 of this titlesection 2205 of this title
The Secretary in carrying out his responsibility to regulate the descent and distribution of trust lands under , and other laws, shall give full faith and credit to any tribal actions taken pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of , which provision shall apply only to estates of decedent’s whose deaths occur on or after the effective date of tribal ordinances adopted pursuant to this chapter.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–459, title II, § 208, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2519; Pub. L. 106–462, title I, § 103(5), Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1999.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2000— substituted “subsections (a) and (b) of section 2205” for “section 2205”.