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§4011 Responsibility of Secretary to account for daily and annual balances of Indian trust funds

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 42— - AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - RECOGNITION OF TRUST RESPONSIBILITY › § 4011

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must keep daily and yearly records of every trust fund the United States holds for an Indian tribe or individual when those funds are deposited or invested under section 162a. Within 20 business days after each calendar quarter ends, the Secretary must send each tribe and individual a performance statement showing the source, type, and status of the funds, the starting balance, gains and losses, receipts and disbursements, and the ending balance. The Secretary must also have an annual fiscal-year audit of these funds and include a letter about that audit in the first quarterly statement sent after the audit is finished.

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Title 25, §4011

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(a)The Secretary shall account for the daily and annual balance of all funds held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual Indian which are deposited or invested pursuant to section 162a of this title.
(b)Not later than 20 business days after the close of a calendar quarter, the Secretary shall provide a statement of performance to each Indian tribe and individual with respect to whom funds are deposited or invested pursuant to section 162a of this title. The statement, for the period concerned, shall identify—
(1)the source, type, and status of the funds;
(2)the beginning balance;
(3)the gains and losses;
(4)receipts and disbursements; and
(5)the ending balance.
(c)The Secretary shall cause to be conducted an annual audit on a fiscal year basis of all funds held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual Indian which are deposited or invested pursuant to section 162a of this title, and shall include a letter relating to the audit in the first statement of performance provided under subsection (b) after the completion of the audit.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Performance and Account Statements for Inactive AccountsProvisions stating that the Secretary was not required to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust account that had not had activity for at least 18 months and had a balance of $1.00 or less but was required to issue an annual account statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and to permit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the express written request of the account holder, were contained in Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, Pub. L. 109–54, title I, Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 519, and were repeated in provisions of subsequent appropriations acts which are not set out in the Code. Similar provisions were also contained in the following prior appropriations acts: Pub. L. 108–447, div. E, title I, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3061. Pub. L. 108–108, title I, Nov. 10, 2003, 117 Stat. 1263. Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title I, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 236. Pub. L. 107–63, title I, Nov. 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 435. Pub. L. 106–291, title I, Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 939. Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title I], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–153. Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–251.

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25 U.S.C. § 4011

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Apr 6, 2026

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