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Section 1 · Sec. 1 ·

What this chapter is about

This part gives the law a name. The name points to Wounded Knee. That is all this part does.

1 proposal indexed from this chapter.

The document says “may be cited asWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says

“This Act may be cited as the ``Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act''.”

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes, Sec. 1

Section 1, the short title. It supplies the name by which the Act is cited and does nothing else. The Act amends no older statute here.

What the document actually says

“This Act may be cited as the ``Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act''.”

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes, Sec. 1
That sentence, in plain words

This law has a name. People can call it by that name.

What this is about

A law often starts by saying its own name. The name here points to Wounded Knee in South Dakota. Nothing else is set here.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

The whole section. It is a short title section and runs to one sentence.

Nothing. The section does one thing and it is recorded here.

A short title carries no obligation and directs nobody. It supplies the name the rest of the law is cited by.