§3057 — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

If any part of the chapter, or the way it applies to a person or situation, is found invalid, the rest of the chapter stays in force. Nothing in the chapter changes the United States' duty to Indian tribes or the legal duties that come from it. It also does not change any valid Forest Service agreements with tribes, any tribal reserved or other rights, or any other valid rights related to National Forest or other public land.

Title 25, §3057

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(a)If any provision of this chapter, or the application of any provision of this chapter to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the application of such provision or circumstance and the remainder of this chapter shall not be affected thereby.

(b)Nothing in this chapter—

(1)diminishes or expands the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian tribes, or any legal obligation or remedy resulting from that responsibility;

(2)alters, abridges, repeals, or affects any valid agreement between the Forest Service and an Indian tribe;

(3)alters, abridges, diminishes, repeals, or affects any reserved or other right of an Indian tribe; or

(4)alters, abridges, diminishes, repeals, or affects any other valid existing right relating to National Forest System land or other public land.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.

§3057 Severability and savings provisions