25 U.S.C. § 712a : US Code - Section 712A: Extension of Federal recognition, rights, and privileges

Search 25 U.S.C. § 712a : US Code - Section 712A: Extension of Federal recognition, rights, and privileges

(a) Federal recognition
Notwithstanding any provision of the Act approved August 13, 1954
(25 U.S.C. 691 et seq.), or any other law, Federal recognition is
extended to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. Except
as otherwise provided in this subchapter, all laws and regulations
of the United States of general application to Indians or nations,
tribes, or bands of Indians which are not inconsistent with any
specific provision of this subchapter shall be applicable to the
tribe.
(b) Restoration of rights and privileges
All rights and privileges of the tribe and the members of the
tribe under any Federal treaty, Executive order, agreement, or
statute, or under any other Federal authority, which may have been
diminished or lost under the Act approved August 13, 1954 (25
U.S.C. 691 et seq.), are restored, and the provisions of such
subchapter shall be inapplicable to the tribe and to members of the
tribe after December 29, 1982.
(c) Federal services and benefits
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the tribe and members
of the tribe shall be eligible for all Federal services and
benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes upon
December 29, 1982, without regard to the existence of a reservation
for the tribe or the residence of members of the tribe on a
reservation.
(d) Effect on property rights and other obligations
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this subchapter, no
provision contained in this subchapter shall alter any property
right or obligation, any contractual right or obligation, or any
obligation for taxes already levied.