Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§56 Quarters, fuel, and light for employees
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 56
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may provide housing, fuel, and light to Indian Service employees whose pay isn't set by law, and may fix their salaries taking those benefits into account. The costs can come from any funds that may be used for that, and this permission also covers expenses authorized before June 7, 1924.
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Title 25, §56
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The Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may allow quarters, fuel, and light to employees of the Indian Service whose compensation is not prescribed by law, the salaries of such employees to be fixed on this basis and the cost of providing quarters, fuel, and light to be paid from any funds which are applicable and available therefor: Provided, That this authorization shall be retroactive to the extent of approving any expenditures for such purposes authorized by the Secretary of the Interior prior to June 7, 1924.
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of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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25 U.S.C. § 56
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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