Sec. 4. Membership rolls

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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, after consultation with the Tribe, compile a membership roll of the Tribe. Until a tribal constitution is adopted pursuant to section 6, an individual shall be placed on the Ruffey Rancheria membership roll if the individual is living, is not an enrolled member of another federally recognized Indian tribe, and if— such individual’s name was listed on the Ruffey Rancheria distribution list compiled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and approved by the Secretary and published in the Federal Register on April 11, 1961, under Public Law 85–671 ; such individual was not listed on, but met the requirements that had to be met to be listed on the Ruffey Rancheria distribution list; such individual is of Indian ancestry and enumerated on any documents prepared by or at the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the Etna, Etna Mills, Fort Jones, Meamber, Ager, Bogus Creek, Hornbrook, Cleveland, or Sunnyside Districts, Siskiyou County, California, vicinities, or on any Federal census for Etna, Etna Mills, or Etna Township, Siskiyou County, California; or the individual is a lineal descendant of an individual, living or dead, identified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).

After adoption of a tribal constitution under section 6, such tribal constitution shall govern membership in the Tribe. For the purpose of subsection (b), the Secretary shall accept any available evidence establishing Ruffey Indian ancestry. The Secretary shall accept as conclusive evidence of Ruffey Indian ancestry information contained in the census of the Indians from Etna, Fort Jones, Meamber, Cleveland, or Sunnyside Districts, Siskiyou County, California, vicinities, prepared by or at the direction of Special Indian Agent C.

E. Kelsey, in any roll or census of Etna, Etna Mills, Fort Jones, Ager, Bogus Creek, Hornbrook, or Salmon River Indians prepared by or at the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the U.S. Census, or in the Ruffey Rancheria distribution list compiled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and approved by the Secretary and published in the Federal Register on April 11, 1961.

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