PUBLIC LAW 100-89—AUG. 18, 1987
101 STAT. 669
with the tribe's request in Tribal Resolution No. T.C.-02-86 which was approved and certified on March 12, 1986. (b) No STATE REGULATORY JURISDICTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as a grant of civil or criminal regulatory jurisdiction to the State of Texas. (c) JURISDICTION OVER ENFORCEMENT AGAINST MEMBERS.—Not-
withstanding section 105(f), the courts of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any offense in violation of subsection (a) that is committed by the tribe, or by any member of the tribe, on the reservation or on lands of the tribe. However, nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding the State of Texas from bringing an action in the courts of the United States to enjoin violations of the provisions of this section. SEC. 108. TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The membership of the tribe shall consist of— (1) the individuals listed on the Tribal Membership Roll approved by the tribe's Resolution No. TC-5-84 approved December 18, 1984, and approved by the Texeis Indian Commission's Resolution No. TIC-85-005 adopted on January 16, 1985; and (2) a descendant of an individual listed on that Roll if the descendant— (i) has VB degree or more of Tigua-Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian blood, and (ii) is enrolled by the tribe. (h) REMOVAL FROM TRIBAL ROLL.—Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) the tribe may remove an individual from tribal membership if it determines that the individual's enrollment was improper; and (2) the Secretary, in consultation with the tribe, may review the Tribal Membership Roll.
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TITLE II—ALABAMA AND COUSHATTA INDIAN TRIBES OF TEXAS SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title— (1) the term "tribe" means the Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas (considered as one tribe in accordance with section 202); (2) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior or his designated representative; (3) the term "reservation" means the Alabama and Coushatta Indian Reservation in Polk County, Texas, comprised of— (A) the lands and other natural resources conveyed to the State of Texas by the Secretary pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the termination of Federal supervision over the property of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Indians of Texas, and the individual members thereof; and for other purposes." and approved August 23, 1954 (25 U.S.C. 721); (B) the lands and other natural resources purchased for and deeded to the Alabama Indians in accordance with an
25 USC 731.
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