Pub. L. 100-89, tit. II, sec. 203
RESTORATION OF THE FEDERAL TRUST RELATIONSHIP: FEDERAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE.
SEC. 203. RESTORATION OF THE FEDERAL TRUST RELATIONSHIP: FEDERAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE. (a) Federal Trust Relationship.— The Federal recognition of the tribe and of the trust relationship between the United States and the tribe is hereby restored. The Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended, and all laws and rules of law of the United States of general application to Indians, to nations, tribes, or bands of Indians, or to Indian reservations which are not inconsistent with any specific provision contained in this title shall apply to the members of the tribe, the tribe, and the reservation. (b) Restoration of Rights and Privileges.— All rights and privileges of the tribe and members of the tribe under any Federal treaty. Executive order, agreement, statute, or under any other authority of the United States which may have been diminished or lost under 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, are hereby restored and such Act shall not apply to the tribe or to members of the tribe after the date of the enactment of this title. (c) Federal Benefits and Services.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the tribe and the members of the tribe shall be eligible, on and after the date of the enactment of this title, for all benefits and services furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes. (d) Effect on Property Rights and Other Obligations.— Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, the enactment of this title shall not affect any property right or obligation or any contractual right or obligation in existence before the date of the enactment of this title or any obligation for taxes levied before such date.