Washington : Government Printing Office
|Public Law 89-635||U.S. Courts. Indians, civil jurisdiction. 62 Stat. 930.|
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 28, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting in chapter 85 thereof immediately after section 1361, a new section to be designated section 1362, as follows:
"The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions, brought by any Indian tribe or band with a governing body duly recognized by the Secretary of the Interior, wherein the matter in controversy arises under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."
The chapter analysis of chapter 85 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item:
"1362. Indian tribes."
Approved, October 10, 1966.