Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§1803 Grants Authorized

Title 25 › CHAPTER 20 — TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES GRANT PROGRAM › § 1803

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If Congress provides money, the Secretary must give grants to tribally controlled colleges or universities for Indian students' higher education. Grants fund school operations but cannot pay for religious worship or sectarian instruction.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1803

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(a)Purposes
The Secretary shall, subject to appropriations, make grants pursuant to this subchapter to tribally controlled colleges or universities to aid in the post-secondary education of Indian students.
(b)Deposit of funds; limitations on uses
Grants made pursuant to this subchapter shall go into the general operating funds of the institution to defray, at the determination of the tribally controlled college or university, expenditures for academic, educational, and administrative purposes and for the operation and maintenance of the college or university. Funds provided pursuant to this subchapter shall not be used in connection with religious worship or sectarian instruction.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–244, § 901(b)(6), substituted “colleges or universities” for “community colleges”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–244, § 901(b)(5), (12), substituted “controlled college or university” for “controlled community college” and “the college or university” for “the college”. 1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–192, § 3(a)(1), substituted “shall, subject to appropriations,” for “is authorized to”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–192, § 3(a)(2), substituted “to defray, at the determination of the tribally controlled community college, expenditures for academic, educational, and administrative purposes and for the operation and maintenance of the college” for “to defray the expense of activities related to education programs for Indian students”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1803

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110