Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§5391 Civil actions
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 46— - INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE › § 5391
Summary
For 5331, compacts/funding agreements under this subchapter are contracts; 81 and 5123 don't apply to attorney/professional contracts by Indian tribes in self‑governance under this subchapter; references to 5201 include 82a.
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Title 25, §5391
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(a)For the purposes of section 5331 of this title, the term “contract” shall include compacts and funding agreements entered into under this subchapter.
(b)section 81 of this title and section 5123 of this title, shall not apply to attorney and other professional contracts entered into by Indian tribes participating in self-governance under this subchapter.
(c)All references in this chapter to section 5201 of this title are hereby deemed to include section 82a of this title.
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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, known as the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 458aaa–10 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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25 U.S.C. § 5391
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73