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Tribal Government means a recognized governing body on the federal list

To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

Tribal Government means a recognized governing body on the federal list

The document says “meansWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“``(14) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal Government' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of the enactment of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).”

To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes, Sec. 5

The second term this section defines outright. A Tribal Government is the recognized governing body of an Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band or component reservation that is individually identified in the list published most recently, as of the date this Act was enacted, under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). The list itself is not indexed here.

What the document actually says

“``(14) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal Government' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of the enactment of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).”

To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
That sentence, in plain words

A Tribal Government means the body that runs a Tribe. The Tribe has to be named on a list. The list is the one that was out when this law passed.

What this is about

The list comes from a 1994 law. It names Tribes one by one. This law does not print the list.

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  1. The document itself

    Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, Public Law 119-65, sec. 5, 139 Stat. 1989 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ65/html/PLAW-119publ65.htm

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    “Tribal Government means a recognized governing body on the federal list,” Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/save-our-seas-2-0-amendments-act/proposal/sec05-tribal-government/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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