Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§59 Transfer of funds for payment of employees; details for other service
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 59
Summary
Lets the Secretary of the Interior use pay set for some Indian-agency employees to pay other staff without causing a deficit, and temporarily reassign those employees when not needed.
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Title 25, §59
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When not required for the purpose for which appropriated, the funds provided for the pay of specified employees at any Indian agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged.
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Transfer of Functions
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Transfer of Functions
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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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 59
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73