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 PUBLIC LAW 102-416—OCT. 14, 1992 106 STAT. 2131 Public Law 102-416 102d Congress An Act To restore the Federal trust relationship of the United Auburn Indian Community, to establish the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Advisory Council on California Indian Policy Act of 1992". SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress has reviewed the social, economic, and political circumstances of California Indians and of governmental policies and programs affecting California Indians and finds that— (1) the Congress has recognized a special government-to- government relationship with Indian tribes in the United States; (2) due to the unique historical circumstances of the Indians of California, Federal law and policies have often dealt specifically with California Indians; (3) there is an urgent need to clarify the eligibility of unrecognized and terminated California Indian tribal groups to be federally acknowledged as Indian tribes with all the rights and powers attendant to that status; (4) there is among California Indians a continuing social and economic crisis, characterized by, among other things, alcohol and substance abuse, critical health problems, family violence and child abuse, lack of educational and employment opportunities, and significant barriers to tribal economic development; (5) these conditions exist even though public policies and programs adopted by the Federal Government have been intended to improve the conditions of California Indians; and (6) California Indian tribes and tribal organizations have expressed a need for a review of the public policies and programs affecting California Indians and to make such policies and programs more effective in accomplishing Federal policy objectives. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Act— (1) The term "California Indian tribe" means any federally recognized or imacknowledged Indian tribe located in the State of California. (2) The term "Secretary** means the Secretary of the Interior. (3) The term "Bureau" means the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior. Oct. 14, 1992 [H.R. 2144] Advisory Council on California Indian Policy Act of 1992. 25 USC 651 note. 25 USC 651 note. 25 USC 651 note.

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