Public Law 560

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Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Indian_Country
gptkbp:affectedTribes gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs PL 560
gptkbp:amendedBy Subsequent federal legislation
gptkbp:codifiedIn 18 U.S.C. § 1162
28 U.S.C. § 1360
gptkbp:criticizedFor Undermining tribal sovereignty
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1953
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:fullTitle Act to Confer Jurisdiction on the States over Offenses Committed by or Against Indians in the Indian Country
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Public Law 560
gptkbp:initiallyAppliedTo gptkb:California
gptkb:Minnesota
gptkb:Nebraska
gptkb:Oregon
gptkb:Wisconsin
Alaska (after statehood)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Indian_termination_policy
gptkbp:popularFor Termination Act
gptkbp:purpose Transfer legal jurisdiction over criminal and civil matters from federal to state governments in certain Indian reservations
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:President_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
August 15, 1953
gptkbp:transferredJurisdictionTo State governments
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Housing_Act_of_1954
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7