Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102

§5332 Sovereign Immunity and Trusteeship Rights Unaffected

Title 25 › CHAPTER 46 — INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION › § 5332

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Keeps tribes' protection from lawsuits unchanged and preserves the United States' existing trust duties to the Indian people.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §5332

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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as—

(1)affecting, modifying, diminishing, or otherwise impairing the sovereign immunity from suit enjoyed by an Indian tribe; or

(2)authorizing or requiring the termination of any existing trust responsibility of the United States with respect to the Indian people.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, known as the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 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 formerly classified to section 450n of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 5332

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102