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§1805 Technical assistance contracts

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 20— - TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES GRANT PROGRAM › § 1805

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give technical help when a tribally controlled college or university that gets money under section 1808 asks for it. The help can be given directly or by hiring someone on a contract, and any contract must go to an organization the college or university chooses. No contract can take effect unless money for it was approved ahead of time in appropriations laws.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1805

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(a)(1)The Secretary shall provide, upon request from a tribally controlled college or university which is receiving funds under section 1808 of this title, technical assistance either directly or through contract.
(2)The Secretary shall require that a contract for technical assistance under paragraph (1) shall be awarded to an organization designated by the tribally controlled college or university to be assisted.
(b)No authority to enter into contracts provided by this section shall be effective except to the extent authorized in advance by appropriations Acts.

Legislative History

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Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–315 inserted subsec. and par. designations and headings, designated first sentence as par. (1) of subsec. (a), designated second sentence as par. (2) of subsec. (a) and substituted “The Secretary shall require that a contract for technical assistance under paragraph (1) shall be awarded” for “In the awarding of contracts for technical assistance, preference shall be given”, and designated third sentence as subsec. (b). 1998—Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “college or university” for “community college” in two places. 1983—Pub. L. 98–192, § 5, inserted “from a tribally controlled community college which is receiving funds under section 1808 of this title” and struck out “to tribally controlled community colleges” before “either directly”.

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Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1805

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73