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        S.789

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two


                                 An Act


 
          To repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Repealing Existing Substandard 
Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act'' or the ``RESPECT 
Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE LAWS RELATING TO INDIANS.
        (1) Section 2080 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 72) is 
    repealed.
        (2) Section 2100 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 127) is 
    repealed.
        (3) Section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 449, 
    chapter 132; 25 U.S.C. 128), is repealed.
        (4) The first section of the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 
    424, chapter 132; 25 U.S.C. 129), is amended under the heading 
    ``CHEYENNES AND ARAPAHOES.'' by striking ``; that the Secretary of 
    the Interior be authorized to withhold, from any tribe of Indians 
    who may hold any captives other than Indians, any moneys due them 
    from the United States until said captives shall be surrendered to 
    the lawful authorities of the United States''.
        (5) Section 2087 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 130) is 
    repealed.
        (6) Section 3 of the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 449, 
    chapter 132; 25 U.S.C. 137), is repealed.
        (7) Section 2101 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 138) is 
    repealed.
        (8) Section 7 of the Act of June 23, 1879 (21 Stat. 35, chapter 
    35; 25 U.S.C. 273), is repealed.
        (9) The first section of the Act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 
    612, chapter 209), is amended--
            (A) under the heading ``MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.'' (27 Stat. 
        628; 25 U.S.C. 283), by striking the last 2 undesignated 
        paragraphs; and
            (B) under the heading ``FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.'' (27 Stat. 
        635; 25 U.S.C. 283), by striking the second undesignated 
        paragraph.
        (10) Section 18 of the Act of June 30, 1913 (38 Stat. 96, 
    chapter 4; 25 U.S.C. 285), is amended by striking the tenth 
    undesignated paragraph.
        (11) The Act of June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 325, chapter 3504), is 
    amended under the heading ``commissioner.'' under the heading ``I. 
    GENERAL PROVISIONS.'' (34 Stat. 328; 25 U.S.C. 302) by striking the 
    fourth undesignated paragraph.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.