Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§134 Appropriations for Supplies Available Immediately; Time for Distribution
Title 25 › CHAPTER 4 — PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › SUBCHAPTER II — DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS AND SUPPLIES › § 134
Summary
Funds from any annual Indian Appropriation Act must be available right away when the Act is approved to pay for goods, buying costs, and transportation for that fiscal year, but those goods must not be given to any Indians before the fiscal year starts.
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Title 25, §134
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So much of the appropriations of any annual Indian Appropriation Act as may be required to pay for goods and supplies, for expenses incident to their purchase, and for transportation of the same, for the fiscal year for which such appropriations are made, shall be immediately available, upon the approval of such Act, but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to the beginning of such fiscal year.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 134
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102