Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§1341 Authorization of Secretary

Title 25 › CHAPTER 15 — CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS › SUBCHAPTER V — MATERIALS AND PUBLICATIONS › § 1341

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must update and print three works about Indian affairs. First, revise "Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties" (volumes 1–2) to include all treaties, laws, executive orders, and regulations in force on September 1, 1967, and have it printed by the Government Publishing Office. Second, revise and republish the treatise "Federal Indian Law." Third, as feasible, compile and print the Solicitor’s official opinions (published and unpublished) about Indian affairs given before September 1, 1967. The Secretary must keep the revised document and the opinions compilation current each year. Money as needed is authorized to carry out these tasks.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1341

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(a)Revision of document on “Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties” and treatise on “Federal Indian Laws”; compilation of official opinions; printing and republication
In order that the constitutional rights of Indians might be fully protected, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to—
(1)have the document entitled “Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties” (Senate Document Numbered 319, volumes 1 and 2, Fifty-eighth Congress), revised and extended to include all treaties, laws, Executive orders, and regulations relating to Indian affairs in force on September 1, 1967, and to have such revised document printed at the Government Publishing Office;
(2)have revised and republished the treatise entitled “Federal Indian Law”; and
(3)have prepared, to the extent determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be feasible, an accurate compilation of the official opinions, published and unpublished, of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior relating to Indian affairs rendered by the Solicitor prior to September 1, 1967, and to have such compilation printed as a Government publication at the Government Publishing Office.
(b)Current services
With respect to the document entitled “Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties” as revised and extended in accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (a), and the compilation prepared in accordance with paragraph (3) of such subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall take such action as may be necessary to keep such document and compilation current on an annual basis.
(c)Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter such sum as may be necessary.

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Amendments

1974—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93–265 struck out “, with respect to the preparation but not including printing,” before “such sum”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Government Printing Office” in subsec. (a)(1), (3) on authority of section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note preceding section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1341

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110