Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110
§1680n Priority for Indian Reservations
Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER VI — MISCELLANEOUS › § 1680n
Summary
Starting on October 29, 1992, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Service must give first choice to placing new or reorganized Service facilities and related job projects on Indian lands when the tribe that governs those lands asks for it. "Indian lands" means (1) land inside any Indian reservation, and (2) land held in trust by the United States for a tribe or individual, or land owned by a tribe or individual that the United States has restricted from being sold, where the tribe has governmental authority.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §1680n
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(a)Facilities and projects
Beginning on October 29, 1992, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Service shall, in all matters involving the reorganization or development of Service facilities, or in the establishment of related employment projects to address unemployment conditions in economically depressed areas, give priority to locating such facilities and projects on Indian lands if requested by the Indian tribe with jurisdiction over such lands.
(b)“Indian lands” defined
For purposes of this section, the term “Indian lands” means—
(1)all lands within the limits of any Indian reservation; and
(2)any lands title which is held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual Indian, or held by any Indian tribe or individual Indian subject to restriction by the United States against alienation and over which an Indian tribe exercises governmental power.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 1680n
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Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110