2014 U.S. Code
Title 25 - Indians (Sections 1 - 4307)
Chapter 14 - Miscellaneous (Sections 441 - 1300n-6)
Subchapter VII - Reindeer Industry (Sections 500 - 500n)
Sec. 500 - Purpose
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 25 - INDIANS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 14 - MISCELLANEOUS SUBCHAPTER VII - REINDEER INDUSTRY Sec. 500 - Purpose |
| Contains | section 500 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Short Titles | "Reindeer Industry Act of 1937". |
| Source Credit | Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 897, §1, 50 Stat. 900. |
| Statutes at Large References | 50 Stat. 900, 902 |
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A necessity for providing means of subsistence for the Eskimos and other natives of Alaska is hereby declared to exist. It is also declared to be the policy of Congress, and the purpose of this subchapter, to establish and maintain for the said natives of Alaska a self-sustaining economy by acquiring and organizing for and on behalf of said natives a reindeer industry or business, by encouraging and developing native activity and responsibility in all branches of the said industry or business, and by preserving the native character of the said industry or business thus established.
(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 897, §1, 50 Stat. 900.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 250 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
SHORT TITLEAct Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 897, 50 Stat. 900, as amended, which enacted this subchapter, is popularly known as the "Reindeer Industry Act of 1937".
REPEALSAct Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 897, §17, 50 Stat. 902, provided: "All Acts of Congress or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed."
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONSAct Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 897, §16, 50 Stat. 902, authorized the appropriation of $2,000,000 for the use of the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out this subchapter.
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