101 STAT. 710
PUBLIC LAW 100-95—AUG. 18, 1987
Massachusetts (including those laws and regulations which prohibit or regulate the conduct of bingo or any other game of chance). 25 USC 1771h.
SEC. 10. LIMITATIONS OF ACTION; JURISDICTION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any action to contest the constitutionality or validity under law of this Act shall be barred unless the complaint is filed within thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act. Exclusive original jurisdiction over any such action and any proceedings under section 6(e) is hereby vested in the United States District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 25 USC 1771 note.
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SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act shall take effect upon the date of enactment. (b) EXCEPTION.—Section 4 shall take effect upon the date on which the title of all of the private settlement lands provided for in this Act to the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. is transferred. The fact of such transfer, and the date thereof, shall be certified and recorded by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. SEC. 12. ELIGIBILITY.
For the purpose of eligibility for Federal services made available to members of federally recognized Indian tribes, because of their status as Indians, members of this tribe residing on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, shall be deemed to be living on or near an Indian reservation. Approved August 18, 1987.
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2855: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-238 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): July 28, considered and passed House. Aug. 6, considered and passed Senate. 1^*?./,?« I.) >; *? >
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