Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1162 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1162 : US Code - Notes

(Added Aug. 15, 1953, ch. 505, Sec. 2, 67 Stat. 588; amended Aug.
24, 1954, ch. 910, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 85-615, Sec. 1,
Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 91-523, Secs. 1, 2, Nov. 25,
1970, 84 Stat. 1358.)
AMENDMENTS
1970 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-523, Sec. 1, substituted
provisions relating to the jurisdiction of the State of Alaska over
offenses by or against Indians in the Indian country, and certain
excepted areas, for provisions relating to the jurisdiction of the
Territory of Alaska over offenses by or against Indians in the
Indian country.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-523, Sec. 2, inserted "as areas over
which the several States have exclusive jurisdiction" after
"subsection (a) of this section".
1958 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-615 gave Alaska jurisdiction over
offenses committed by or against Indians in all Indian country
within the Territory of Alaska.
1954 - Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 24, 1954, brought the Menominee
Tribe within the provisions of this section.
ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE
Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959,
on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat.
c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7,
1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title
48, Territories and Insular Possessions.