Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73

§5121 Claims or suits of Indian tribes against United States; rights unimpaired

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES › § 5121

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Protects any claim or lawsuit an Indian tribe has against the United States. Congress says money the government spends for Indians under the Act cannot be used to lower or cancel what a tribe can recover in such a suit.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §5121

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Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or prejudice any claim or suit of any Indian tribe against the United States. It is declared to be the intent of Congress that no expenditures for the benefit of Indians made out of appropriations authorized by said sections shall be considered as offsets in any suit brought to recover upon any claim of such Indians against the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act June 18, 1934, ch. 576, 48 Stat. 984, popularly known as the Indian Reorganization Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 5101 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 475 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 5121

Title 25 — Indians

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73