 
CHAPTER 56--AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE 
                           AND ART DEVELOPMENT
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES
 
Sec. 4420. Tax status; tort liability


(a) Tax status

    The Institute and the franchise, capital, reserves, income, and 
property of the Institute shall be exempt from all taxation now or 
hereafter imposed by the United States, by any Indian tribe, or by any 
State or political subdivision thereof.

(b) Tort liability

    (1) The Institute shall be subject to liability relating to tort 
claims only to the extent a Federal agency is subject to such liability 
under chapter 171 of title 28.
    (2) For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, the Institute shall be 
treated as a Federal agency (within the meaning of section 2671 of such 
title).
    (3) For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, the President of the 
Institute shall be deemed the head of the Agency.

(Pub. L. 99-498, title XV, Sec. 1513, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1608; 
Pub. L. 100-446, title II, Sept. 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 1818.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-446 inserted ``; tort liability'' in section 
catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted 
heading, and added subsec. (b).
