Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§1933 Funds for on and Off Reservation Programs

Title 25 › CHAPTER 21 — INDIAN CHILD WELFARE › SUBCHAPTER II — INDIAN CHILD AND FAMILY PROGRAMS › § 1933

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

A Secretary can make agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to set up, run, and fund Indian child and family service programs on and off reservations. The HHS Secretary may use money already set aside for similar HHS programs to help pay for those agreements, but payments can only be made if Congress provides the money in advance by appropriation laws. Money for these programs can also be provided under section 13 of this title.

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Title 25, §1933

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(a)Appropriated funds for similar programs of Department of Health and Human Services; appropriation in advance for payments
In the establishment, operation, and funding of Indian child and family service programs, both on and off reservation, the Secretary may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the latter Secretary is hereby authorized for such purposes to use funds appropriated for similar programs of the Department of Health and Human Services: Provided, That authority to make payments pursuant to such agreements shall be effective only to the extent and in such amounts as may be provided in advance by appropriation Acts.
(b)Appropriation authorization under section 13 of this title
Funds for the purposes of this chapter may be appropriated pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of this title.

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Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” and “Department of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” and “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare”, respectively, in subsec. (a) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

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25 U.S.C. § 1933

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110