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[CITE: 25USC1708]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
               CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
 
           SUBCHAPTER I--RHODE ISLAND INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1708. Applicability of State law; treatment of settlement 
        lands under Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
        

(a) In general

    Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the settlement 
lands shall be subject to the civil and criminal laws and jurisdiction 
of the State of Rhode Island.

(b) Treatment of settlement lands under Indian Gaming Regulatory Act

    For purposes of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 
seq.), settlement lands shall not be treated as Indian lands.

(Pub. L. 95-395, Sec. 9, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 817; Pub. L. 104-208, 
div. A, title I, Sec. 101(d) [title III, Sec. 330], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 
Stat. 3009-181, 3009-227.)

                       References in Text

    The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is 
Pub. L. 100-497, Oct. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 2467, as amended, which is 
classified principally to chapter 29 (Sec. 2701 et seq.) of this title. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 2701 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-208 substituted ``Applicability of State law; 
treatment of settlement lands under Indian Gaming Regulatory Act'' for 
``Applicability of State law'' in section catchline, designated existing 
provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1702 of this title.
