Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§12 Agent to Negotiate Commutation of Annuities
Title 25 › CHAPTER 1 — BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 12
Summary
Lets the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send an agent to any tribe to negotiate a written change to ongoing treaty annuity payments; Congress must approve, and the Commissioner must send the agreement with any recommendations.
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Title 25, §12
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The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized to send a special Indian Agent, or other representative of his office, to visit any Indian tribe for the purpose of negotiating and entering into a written agreement with such tribe for the commutation of the perpetual annuities due under treaty stipulations, to be subject to the approval of Congress; and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall transmit to Congress said agreements with such recommendations as he may deem proper.
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Indian AgentsThe services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
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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. § 12
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102