Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§1521 Indian Business Development Program; establishment; statement of purpose
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 17— - FINANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF INDIANS AND INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - INDIAN BUSINESS GRANTS › § 1521
Summary
Creates an Interior Department program that gives nonrepayable grants to Natives and tribes to start or grow for-profit businesses on or near reservations.
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Title 25, §1521
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There is established within the Department of the Interior the Indian Business Development Program whose purpose is to stimulate and increase Indian entrepreneurship and employment by providing equity capital through nonreimbursable grants made by the Secretary of the Interior to Indians and Indian tribes to establish and expand profit-making Indian-owned economic enterprises on or near reservations.
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25 U.S.C. § 1521
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73