For the purposes of this title: 11 See References in Text note below.
(1) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
(2) The term “Indian tribe” means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe.
(3) The term “list” means the list of recognized tribes published by the Secretary pursuant to [section 5131 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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For the purposes of this title: 11 See References in Text note below.
(1) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
(2) The term “Indian tribe” means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe.
(3) The term “list” means the list of recognized tribes published by the Secretary pursuant to [section 5131 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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§ 5130. Definitions
For the purposes of this title: 1
(1) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Interior.
(2) The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any In-
dian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation,
pueblo, village or community that the Sec-
retary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as
an Indian tribe.
(3) The term ‘‘list’’ means the list of recog-
nized tribes published by the Secretary pursu-
ant to section 5131 of this title.
(Pub. L. 103–454, title I, § 102, Nov. 2, 1994, 108
Stat. 4791.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This title, referred to in introductory provisions, is
title I of Pub. L. 103–454, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4791,
which enacted this section, section 5131 of this title,
and provisions set out as a note below. For complete
classification of this title to the Code, see Short Title
of 1994 Amendment note set out under section 5101 of
this title and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 479a of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
For short title of this section and section 5131 of this
title as the ‘‘Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List
Act of 1994’’, see section 101 of Pub. L. 103–454, set out
as a note under section 5101 of this title.
CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS
Pub. L. 103–454, title I, § 103, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat.
4791, provided that: ‘‘The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the Constitution, as interpreted by Federal
case law, invests Congress with plenary authority
over Indian Affairs;
‘‘(2) ancillary to that authority, the United States
has a trust responsibility to recognized Indian tribes,
maintains a government-to-government relationship
with those tribes, and recognizes the sovereig