Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73

§5636 Cost savings

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 48— - INDIAN TRUST ASSET REFORM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND STREAMLINING PROCESSES › § 5636

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Office of the Special Trustee stops running a program or part of a program because jobs and duties move, the Secretary must figure out how much money would have been spent on each item. The Secretary must give a list of those programs and the dollar amounts to tribal representatives on the Tribal‑Interior Budget Council and other Indian budget advisors. Within 90 days of getting the list, those advisors may send recommendations on how to reassign or use the savings or include them in future budget requests to the Secretary, the Office of Management and Budget, and the relevant House and Senate committees (Appropriations, House Natural Resources, and Senate Indian Affairs).

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §5636

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(a)For any program, function, service, or activity (or any portion of a program, function, service, or activity) of the Office of the Special Trustee that will not be operated or carried out as a result of a transfer of functions and personnel following enactment of this chapter, the Secretary shall—

(1)identify the amounts that the Secretary would otherwise have expended to operate or carry out each program, function, service, and activity (or portion of a program, function, service, or activity); and

(2)provide to the tribal representatives of the Tribal-Interior Budget Council or the representative of any other appropriate entity that advises the Secretary on Indian program budget or funding issues a list that describes—

(A)the programs, functions, services, and activities (or any portion of a program, function, service, or activity) identified under paragraph (1); and

(B)the amounts associated with each program, function, service, and activity (or portion of a program, function, service, or activity).

(b)Not later than 90 days after the date of receipt of a list under subsection (a)(2), the tribal representatives of the Tribal-Interior Budget Council and the representatives of any other appropriate entities that advise the Secretary on Indian program budget or funding issues may provide recommendations regarding how any amounts or cost savings should be reallocated, incorporated into future budget requests, or appropriated to—

(1)the Secretary;

(2)the Office of Management and Budget;

(3)the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;

(4)the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives;

(5)the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

(6)the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

25 U.S.C. § 5636

Title 25 — Indians

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73