Tribal Business Structure Handbook
Tribal Business Structure Handbook

Author: Karen J. Atkinson

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780692057650

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A comprehensive resource on the formation of tribal business entities. Hailed in Indian Country Today as offering "one-stop knowledge on business structuring," the Handbook reviews each type of tribal business entity from the perspective of sovereign immunity and legal liability, corporate formation and governance, federal tax consequences and eligibility for special financing. Covers governmental entities and common forms of business structures.

To Amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
To Amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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In October 1991, a Congressional committee heard testimony on proposals to expand and extend the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project. Originally authorized in 1988, the project allows participating tribes to negotiate the transfer of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) programs and services to the tribes through compacts of self-governance and annual funding agreements. A BIA representative supported proposed legislation to increase the number of participating tribes from 20 to 30 and to extend the project for an additional 3 years. Joint testimony of the Quinault, Lummi, Jamestown S'Klallam, and Hoopa Valley tribes stated that: (1) the project has been a tribally-driven initiative supported by Congress; (2) participating tribes have completed planning, negotiation, and initial implementation phases despite BIA resistance; (3) the project should proceed in carefully planned stages at a pace determined by tribes; (4) the project should include all BIA programs, particularly those BIA education programs currently excluded; (5) the Indian Health Service is the next logical project participant among government agencies; and (6) the project should allow the tribes to redefine the BIA's role and responsibilities. Testimony from the Oneida tribe of Wisconsin focused on the tribal elementary school, begun for the purpose of maintaining Oneida culture and language, and the need for the tribes to control education funds. (SV)

United States Code
United States Code

Author: United States

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 1534

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"The United States Code is the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States of America. The Code was first published in 1926, and a new edition of the code has been published every six years since 1934. The 2012 edition of the Code incorporates laws enacted through the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, the last of which was signed by the President on January 15, 2013. It does not include laws of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, enacted between January 2, 2013, the date it convened, and January 15, 2013. By statutory authority this edition may be cited "U.S.C. 2012 ed." As adopted in 1926, the Code established prima facie the general and permanent laws of the United States. The underlying statutes reprinted in the Code remained in effect and controlled over the Code in case of any discrepancy. In 1947, Congress began enacting individual titles of the Code into positive law. When a title is enacted into positive law, the underlying statutes are repealed and the title then becomes legal evidence of the law. Currently, 26 of the 51 titles in the Code have been so enacted. These are identified in the table of titles near the beginning of each volume. The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives continues to prepare legislation pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 285b to enact the remainder of the Code, on a title-by-title basis, into positive law. The 2012 edition of the Code was prepared and published under the supervision of Ralph V. Seep, Law Revision Counsel. Grateful acknowledgment is made of the contributions by all who helped in this work, particularly the staffs of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and the Government Printing Office"--Preface.