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<div><div class="analysis-head-left">Chap.</div><div class="analysis-head-right">Sec.</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Bureau of Indian Affairs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Officers of Indian Affairs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">21</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">2A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Indian Claims Commission [Omitted or Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">70</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agreements With Indians</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">71</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Performance by United States of Obligations to Indians</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">91</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Protection of Indians</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">171</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Government of Indian Country and Reservations</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">211</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Education of Indians</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">271</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">305</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Rights-of-way Through Indian Lands</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">311</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Allotment of Indian Lands</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">331</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Descent and Distribution; Heirs of Allottee</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">371</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Irrigation of Allotted Lands</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">381</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">391</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Ceded Indian Lands [Transferred]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">421</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">14.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Miscellaneous</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">441</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">15.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Constitutional Rights of Indians</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1301</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">16.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Distribution of Judgment Funds</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">17.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Financing Economic Development of Indians and Indian Organizations</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1451</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">18.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Health Care</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">19.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Land Claims Settlements</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">20.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Child Welfare</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1901</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Bureau of Indian Affairs Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2000</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">23.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Development of Tribal Mineral Resources</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">24.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Land Consolidation</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">25.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2301</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">26.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">27.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tribally Controlled School Grants</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">28.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Indian Education Program [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">29.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Gaming Regulation</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">30.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Law Enforcement Reform</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">31.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Native American Languages</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2901</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">32.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3001</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">32A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Cultural and Heritage Cooperation Authority</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3051</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">33.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">National Indian Forest Resources Management</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">34.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">35.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Higher Education Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3301</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">36.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Employment, Training and Related Services</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">37.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Energy</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">38.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Tribal Justice Support</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">38A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3651</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">39.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">American Indian Agricultural Resource Management</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">40.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Dams Safety</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">41.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3901</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">42.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4001</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">43.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">44.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4301</div></div>
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<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Commissioner of Indian Affairs.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Delegation of powers and duties by Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Duties of Commissioner.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers and duties.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Compilation of statutes regulating duties of Indian agents and inspectors.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Defective record of deeds and papers legalized.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Record of deeds by Indians requiring approval.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Seal; authenticated and certified documents; evidence.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Fees for furnishing certified copies of records.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Accounts for claims and disbursements.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Regulations by President.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Employee to sign letters.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Employee or employees to sign approval of tribal deeds.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Agent to negotiate commutation of annuities.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Expenditure of appropriations by Bureau.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13–1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Authorization of appropriations for funds for basic educational support through parent committees.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Carryover funding.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Payment of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in boarding homes, institutions, and schools; payment of rewards.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Source of funds to pay cost of lunches for nonboarding public school students.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Limits on use of appropriated funds by Bureau for general or other welfare assistance.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13d–1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Standards of need as basis for general assistance payments by Bureau of Indian Affairs; ratable reductions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13d–2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Enrollment and general assistance payments.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13d–3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Tribal authority to change eligibility for, or amount of, general assistance payments.</div></div>
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<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13f.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Tribal priority allocations in Alaska.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">14.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Money accruing to Indians from Department of Veterans Affairs or other governmental agencies.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">14a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Deposit of grant funds received by Bureau from other Federal agencies.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">14b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Disposition of funds received from public for goods and services provided by Bureau of Indian Affairs.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">15.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Utility facilities used in administration of Bureau; contracts for sale, operation, maintenance, repair or relocation of facilities; terms and conditions; exception; Congressional approval.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">16.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Transportation of Indians in Bureau vehicles.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">17.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Use of Bureau facilities.</div></div>
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<h4 class="note-head">National Council on Indian Opportunity; Appropriations Authorization; Termination Date</h4>
<p class="note-body">Pub. L. 91–125, Nov. 26, 1969, 83 Stat. 220, provided for annual appropriations of $300,000 and a termination date of Nov. 26, 1974 for the National Council on Indian Opportunity which was established by Ex. Ord. 11399.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Executive Order No. 11399</h4>
<p class="note-body">Ex. Ord. No. 11399, Mar. 6, 1968, 33 F.R. 4245, as amended by Ex. Ord. 11551, Aug. 11, 1970, 35 F.R. 12885; Ex. Ord. No. 11688, Dec. 1, 1972, 37 F.R. 25815, established the National Council on Indian Opportunity and provided for the functions, compensation, assistance, and meetings with respect to the Council.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§1. Commissioner of Indian Affairs</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">There shall be in the Department of the Interior a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §462.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">R.S. §462 derived from act July 9, 1832, ch. 174, §1, 4 Stat. 564.</p>
<p class="note-body">Provisions of this section relating to compensation of the Commissioner were omitted as obsolete. The position is in level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§1a. Delegation of powers and duties by Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">For the purpose of facilitating and simplifying the administration of the laws governing Indian affairs, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to delegate, from time to time, and to the extent and under such regulations as he deems proper, his powers and duties under said laws to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, insofar as such powers and duties relate to action in individual cases arising under general regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to law. Subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary, the Commissioner is authorized to delegate, in like manner, any powers and duties so delegated to him by the Secretary, or vested in him by law, to the assistant commissioners, or the officer in charge of any branch, division, office, or agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, insofar as such powers and duties relate to action in individual cases arising under general regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior or the Commissioner of Indian Affairs pursuant to law. Such delegated powers shall be exercised subject to appeal to the Secretary, under regulations to be prescribed by him, or, as from time to time determined by him, to the Deputy Secretary or to an Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior, or to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The Secretary or the Commissioner, as the case may be, may at any time revoke the whole or any part of a delegation made pursuant to this section, but no such revocation shall be given retroactive effect. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to abrogate or curtail any authority to make delegations conferred by any other provision of law, nor shall anything in this section be deemed to convey authority to delegate any power to issue regulations.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 907, 60 Stat. 939; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, §529 [title I, §112(c)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1454.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4>
<p class="note-body"><b>1990</b>—Pub. L. 101–509 substituted "Deputy Secretary" for "Under Secretary" before "or to an Assistant Secretary".</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Effective Date of 1990 Amendment</h4>
<p class="note-body">Amendment by Pub. L. 101–509 effective on first day of first pay period beginning on or after Nov. 5, 1990, with continued service by incumbent Under Secretary of the Interior, see section 529 [title I, §112(e)(1), (2)(B)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out as a note under section 3404 of Title 20, Education.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Assistant Commissioners</h4>
<p class="note-body">An assistant commissioner was authorized by a provision of act July 16, 1914, ch. 141, §1, 38 Stat. 490.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§2. Duties of Commissioner</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and agreeably to such regulations as the President may prescribe, have the management of all Indian affairs and of all matters arising out of Indian relations.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §463.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">R.S. §463 derived from acts July 9, 1832, ch. 174, §1, 4 Stat. 564; July 27, 1868, ch. 259, §1, 15 Stat. 228.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
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<p class="note-body">All supervisory and appellate powers and duties in regard to Indian affairs theretofore vested in Secretary of the Treasury were thereafter to be exercised and performed by Secretary of the Interior under provisions of section 1 of act July 27, 1868, ch. 259, 15 Stat. 228.</p>
<p class="note-body">Appointment by President of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs to act under direction of Secretary of War was provided for by section 1 of act July 9, 1832, ch. 174, 4 Stat. 564.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§2a. Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers and duties</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">Assistant or deputy commissioners of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in the Department of the Interior, shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5. Appointments to these positions shall be considered as made under the authority of section 3101 of title 5. Assistant and deputy commissioners so appointed shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents and to perform such other duties as may be directed by the commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Secretary may designate for the Bureau of Indian Affairs an assistant or deputy commissioner, who shall be authorized to perform the duties of the commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the commissioner.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(June 5, 1942, ch. 336, §1, 56 Stat. 312; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §403(d), eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, §1106(a), 63 Stat. 972.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">"Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5" and "section 3101 of title 5" substituted in text for "the Classification Act of 1949, as amended" and "section 169 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U.S.C., sec. 43)", respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, §7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
<p class="note-body">Section embodies only those provisions of section 1 of act June 5, 1942, which relate to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Provisions of section 1 of such act relating to the General Land Office were classified to section 3a of Title 43, Public Lands, and were omitted from the Code pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4>
<p class="note-body"><b>1949</b>—Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted "Classification Act of 1949" for "Classification Act of 1923".</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Repeals</h4>
<p class="note-body">Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, §8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.</p>
<h4 class="note-head">Repeal of Inconsistent Laws</h4>
<p class="note-body">Act June 5, 1942, ch. 336, §2, 56 Stat. 312, provided that: "All provisions of law inconsistent with this Act [this section] are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency."</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Assistant Commissioners</h4>
<p class="note-body">An assistant commissioner was authorized by a provision of act July 16, 1914, ch. 141, §1, 38 Stat. 490.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§3. Compilation of statutes regulating duties of Indian agents and inspectors</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to cause to be compiled and printed for the use of Indian agents and inspectors the provisions of the statutes regulating the performance of their respective duties, and also to furnish said officers from time to time information of new enactments upon the same subject.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(May 17, 1882, ch. 163, §7, 22 Stat. 88.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">Section is from the Indian Appropriation Act, 1883.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Indian Agents</h4>
<p class="note-body">There have been no Indian agents since 1908. See note under section 64 of this title.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§4. Defective record of deeds and papers legalized</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The recording of all deeds and papers prior to July 26, 1892, in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is confirmed, approved, and legalized; and said record theretofore made shall be deemed, taken, and held to be good and valid and shall have all the force and effect and be entitled to the same credit as if it had been made in pursuance of and in conformity to law. But shall have no effect whatever upon the validity or invalidity of the deed or paper so recorded, and shall be no evidence of constructive notice to any persons not actually knowing the contents.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, §1, 27 Stat. 272.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§5. Record of deeds by Indians requiring approval</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby empowered and directed to continue to make and keep a record of every deed executed by any Indian, his heirs, representatives, or assigns, which may require the approval of the President of the United States or of the Secretary of the Interior, whenever such approval shall have been given, and the deed so approved returned to said office.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, §2, 27 Stat. 273.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§6. Seal; authenticated and certified documents; evidence</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall cause a seal to be made and provided for the said office, with such device as the President of the United States shall approve, and copies of any public documents, records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office, authenticated by the seal and certified by the Commissioner thereof, or by such officer as may, for the time being, be acting as or for such Commissioner, shall be evidence equally with the originals thereof.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, §3, 27 Stat. 273.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§7. Fees for furnishing certified copies of records</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall have the custody of said seal, and shall furnish certified copies of any such records, books, maps, or papers belonging to or on the files of said office, to any person applying therefor who shall comply with the requirements of said office, upon the payment by such parties at the rate of 10 cents per hundred words, and $1 for copies of maps or plats, and the additional sum of 25 cents for the Commissioner's certificate of verification, with the seal of said office; and one of the employees of said office shall be designated by the Commissioner as the receiving clerk, and the amounts so received shall, under the direction of the Commissioner, be paid into the Treasury of the United States; but fees shall not be demanded for such authenticated copies as may be required by the officers of any branch of the Government or by any Indian who shall satisfy the Commissioner by satisfactory legal evidence that he or she is not able, by reason of poverty, to pay such fees, nor for such unverified copies as the Commissioner in his discretion may deem proper to furnish.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(July 26, 1892, ch. 256, §4, 27 Stat. 273; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, §229(b), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 208.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4>
<p class="note-body"><b>1972</b>—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required the receiving clerk to give a bond in the sum of $1,000.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§8. Accounts for claims and disbursements</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">All accounts and vouchers for claims and disbursements connected with Indian affairs shall be transmitted to the Commissioner for administrative examination, and by him passed to the Government Accountability Office for settlement.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §464; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, §304, 42 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 108–271, §8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">R.S. §464 derived from act July 9, 1832, ch. 174, §3, 4 Stat. 564.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
<p class="note-body">"Government Accountability Office" substituted in text for "General Accounting Office" pursuant to section 8(b) of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance, which redesignated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Previously, "General Accounting Office" substituted in text for "proper accounting officer of the Department of the Treasury" pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which transferred all powers and duties of the Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other employees of the Treasury to the General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§9. Regulations by President</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The President may prescribe such regulations as he may think fit for carrying into effect the various provisions of any act relating to Indian affairs, and for the settlement of the accounts of Indian affairs.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §465.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">R.S. §465 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 162, §17, 4 Stat. 738.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§10. Employee to sign letters</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may designate an employee of the Indian Office to sign letters of that office requiring the signature of the commissioner or assistant commissioner, and all signatures of such employee while acting under such designation shall have the same force and effect as if made by said commissioner or assistant commissioner.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 263, 35 Stat. 783.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">Section is from the Indian Department Appropriation Act, 1910.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
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<h3 class="section-head">§11. Employee or employees to sign approval of tribal deeds</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to designate an employee or employees of the Department of the Interior to sign, under the direction of the Secretary, in his name and for him, his approval of tribal deeds to allottees, to purchasers of town lots, to purchasers of unallotted lands, to persons, corporations, or organizations for lands reserved to them under the law for their use and benefit, and to any tribal deeds made and executed according to law for any of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 210, §17, 36 Stat. 1069.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§12. Agent to negotiate commutation of annuities</h3>
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