25 USC § 5128 - Application of laws and treaties

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title: "25 USC § 5128 - Application of laws and treaties"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "5128"
section_name: "Application of laws and treaties"
chapter_number: 45
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES"
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currency: "119-84"
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source_credit: "(June 15, 1935, ch. 260, § 4, 49 Stat. 378.)"
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# § 5128. Application of laws and treaties

June 18, 193448 Stat. 98425 U.S.C. 5101June 18, 1934June 18, 1934

All laws, general and special, and all treaty provisions affecting any Indian reservation which has voted or may vote to exclude itself from the application of the Act of  () [ et seq.], shall be deemed to have been continuously effective as to such reservation, notwithstanding the passage of said Act of . Nothing in the Act of , shall be construed to abrogate or impair any rights guaranteed under any existing treaty with any Indian tribe, where such tribe voted not to exclude itself from the application of said Act.

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**Source Credit**: (June 15, 1935, ch. 260, § 4, 49 Stat. 378.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of , referred to in text, is , , popularly known as the Indian Reorganization Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.