Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§155 Disposal of miscellaneous revenues from Indian reservations, etc.
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - DEPOSIT, CARE, AND INVESTMENT OF INDIAN MONEYS › § 155
Summary
Put funds from Indian reservations, agencies, and schools into U.S. Treasury unless another law says otherwise; exclude funds from Five Civilized Tribes and funds not earned by tribe members. The Secretary of the Interior may spend them for those tribes, under sections 123 and 142.
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Title 25, §155
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All miscellaneous revenues derived from Indian reservations, agencies, and schools, except those of the Five Civilized Tribes and not the result of the labor of any member of such tribe, which are not required by existing law to be otherwise disposed of, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States under the caption “Indian moneys, proceeds of labor”, and are made available for expenditure, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the benefit of the Indian tribes, agencies, and schools on whose behalf they are collected, subject, however, to the limitations as to tribal funds, imposed by section 123 and 142 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.
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References in Text
section 142 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(87), 45 Stat. 992.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Repeals
Act May 29, 1928, repealed the provisions of acts Mar. 3, 1883 and Mar. 2, 1887, which related to Indian moneys, proceeds of labor.
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Transfer of Functions
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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.
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25 U.S.C. § 155
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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