Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110
§1805 Technical Assistance Contracts
Title 25 › CHAPTER 20 — TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES GRANT PROGRAM › § 1805
Summary
The Secretary must give technical help to any tribally controlled college or university that gets money under section 1808 when that school asks. The help can be provided directly or by a contract, and any contract must go to an organization the school names. Contracts only take effect if Congress has approved the money ahead of time in appropriations laws.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §1805
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(a)Technical assistance
(1)In general
The Secretary shall provide, upon request from a tribally controlled college or university which is receiving funds under section 1808 of this title, technical assistance either directly or through contract.
(2)Designated organization
The Secretary shall require that a contract for technical assistance under paragraph (1) shall be awarded to an organization designated by the tribally controlled college or university to be assisted.
(b)Effect of section
No authority to enter into contracts provided by this section shall be effective except to the extent authorized in advance by appropriations Acts.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2008—Pub. L. 110–315 inserted subsec. and par. designations and headings, designated first sentence as par. (1) of subsec. (a), designated second sentence as par. (2) of subsec. (a) and substituted “The Secretary shall require that a contract for technical assistance under paragraph (1) shall be awarded” for “In the awarding of contracts for technical assistance, preference shall be given”, and designated third sentence as subsec. (b). 1998—Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “college or university” for “community college” in two places. 1983—Pub. L. 98–192, § 5, inserted “from a tribally controlled community college which is receiving funds under section 1808 of this title” and struck out “to tribally controlled community colleges” before “either directly”.
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. § 1805
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110