42 USC § 1490t - Indian tribes

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title: "42 USC § 1490t - Indian tribes"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1490t"
section_name: "Indian tribes"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "SLUM CLEARANCE, URBAN RENEWAL, AND FARM HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "FARM HOUSING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, § 544, as added Pub. L. 109–136, § 4, Dec. 22, 2005, 119 Stat. 2644.)"
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# § 1490t. Indian tribes

42 U.S.C. 2000d42 U.S.C. 3601

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( et seq.) and title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 ( et seq.) shall not apply to actions by federally recognized Indian tribes (including instrumentalities of such Indian tribes) under this Act.

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**Source Credit**: (July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, § 544, as added Pub. L. 109–136, § 4, Dec. 22, 2005, 119 Stat. 2644.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in text, is , , . Title VI of the Act is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 2000d et seq.) of chapter 21 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

The Civil Rights Act of 1968, referred to in text, is , , . Title VIII of the Act, known as the Fair Housing Act, is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 3601 et seq.) of chapter 45 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

This Act, referred to in text, is , , known as the Housing Act of 1949, which is classified principally to this chapter (§ 1441 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.