Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§3116 Obligated service; breach of contract
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 33— - NATIONAL INDIAN FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT › § 3116
Summary
Secretary must require anyone who gets financial help in return for service be offered a job. If no reasonable offer exists, service ends. If they refuse a reasonable offer, quit without good cause, or fail the job, they must repay aid prorated for time served, plus interest at the maximum legal rate set by U.S. Treasurer.
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Title 25, §3116
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(a)Where an individual enters into an agreement for obligated service in return for financial assistance under any provision of this chapter, the Secretary shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to provide for the offer of employment to the recipient of such assistance as required by such provision. Where an offer of employment is not reasonably made, the regulations shall provide that such service shall no longer be required.
(b)Where an individual fails to accept a reasonable offer of employment in fulfillment of such obligated service or unreasonably terminates or fails to perform the duties of such employment, the Secretary shall require a repayment of the financial assistance provided, prorated for the amount of time of obligated service performed, together with interest on such amount which would be payable if at the time the amounts were paid they were loans bearing interest at the maximum legal prevailing rate, as determined by the Treasurer of the United States.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 3116
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73