§5303 — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services can together create and pay for advisory committees or similar groups made up of tribal members, or tribal members plus federal representatives, so tribes can take part in carrying out the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93–638). This power applies even if other laws or regulations say otherwise.

Title 25, §5303

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any regulation), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services are authorized to jointly establish and fund advisory committees or other advisory bodies composed of members of Indian tribes or members of Indian tribes and representatives of the Federal Government to ensure tribal participation in the implementation of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93–638) [25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.].

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

Amendments

of 1990, and not as part of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 450a–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§5303 Tribal and Federal advisory committees