Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 1360 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 1360 : US Code - Notes

(Added Aug. 15, 1953, ch. 505, Sec. 4, 67 Stat. 589; amended Aug.
24, 1954, ch. 910, Sec. 2, 68 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 85-615, Sec. 2,
Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 95-598, title II, Sec. 239,
Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2668; Pub. L. 98-353, title I, Sec. 110,
July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 342.)
AMENDMENTS
1984 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-353 struck out "or Territories"
after "Each of the States", struck out "or Territory" after "State"
in 5 places, and substituted "within the State" for "within the
Territory" in item relating to Alaska.
1978 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-598 directed the amendment of
subsec. (a) by substituting in the item relating to Alaska "within
the State" for "within the Territory", which amendment did not
become effective pursuant to section 402(b) of Pub. L. 95-598, as
amended, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of
Title 11, Bankruptcy.
1958 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-615 gave Alaska jurisdiction over
civil causes of action between Indians or to which Indians are
parties which arise 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.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-353 effective July 10, 1984, see section
122(a) of Pub. L. 98-353, set out as an Effective Date note under
section 151 of this title.
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.
AMENDMENT OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS TO REMOVE LEGAL IMPEDIMENT;
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 6 of act Aug. 15, 1953, provided that: "Notwithstanding
the provisions of any Enabling Act for the admission of a State,
the consent of the United States is hereby given to the people of
any State to amend, where necessary, their State constitution or
existing statutes, as the case may be, to remove any legal
impediment to the assumption of civil and criminal jurisdiction in
accordance with the provisions of this Act [adding this section and
section 1162 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure]: Provided,
That the provisions of this Act shall not become effective with
respect to such assumption of jurisdiction by any such State until
the people thereof have appropriately amended their State
constitution or statutes as the case may be."
CONSENT OF UNITED STATES TO OTHER STATES TO ASSUME JURISDICTION
Act Aug. 15, 1953, ch. 505, Sec. 7, 67 Stat. 590, which gave
consent of the United States to any other State not having
jurisdiction with respect to criminal offenses or civil causes of
action, or with respect to both, as provided for in this section
and section 1162 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, to
assume jurisdiction at such time and in such manner as the people
of the State shall, by legislative action, obligate and bind the
State to assumption thereof, was repealed by section 403(b) of Pub.
L. 90-284, title IV, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 79, such repeal not to
affect any cession of jurisdiction made pursuant to such section
prior to its repeal.
Retrocession of jurisdiction by State acquired by State pursuant
to section 7 of Act Aug. 15, 1953, prior to its repeal, see section
1323 of Title 25, Indians.