Public Law 115-304 | Public Law 115–304: To repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to remove the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian lands.

As enacted: this collection preserves GovInfo's listed Beta USLM public-law XML, including printed amendment instructions and legislative history. Later amendments are not consolidated here; availability in this XML inventory does not establish completeness of all laws enacted by Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 115–304—DEC. 11, 2018

132 STAT. 4401

Public Law

115–304

115th Congress

An Act

To repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to remove the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian lands.

Dec. 11, 2018

[H.R. 5317]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1.

REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ALCOHOL MANUFACTURING ON INDIAN LANDS.

Section 2141 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 251) is

repealed

SEC. 2.

25 USC 251 note.

NO EFFECT ON TAXATION OR STATE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE ALCOHOL WITHIN STATE BORDERS.

(a)

No Effect on Taxation.—

Nothing in section 1 or the repeal made by section 1 shall affect State or Federal taxation.

(b)

State Authority Unaffected.—

Nothing in section 1 or the repeal made by section 1 shall diminish, enlarge, or otherwise affect a State’s authority to regulate the importation and sale of alcoholic beverages within its own borders, including State authority over the manufacture, distribution, transportation, or sale of intoxicating liquors.

Approved December 11, 2018.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5317:

HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–703 (Comm. on Natural Resources).

SENATE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–363 (Comm. on Indian Affairs).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):

Sept. 12, considered and passed House.

Nov. 27, considered and passed Senate.

○