Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§306 Expenditures for Encouragement of Industry and Self-support; Repayment
Title 25 › CHAPTER 7A — PROMOTION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE › § 306
Summary
After May 9, 1938, money to help Indians support themselves and grow crops must be repaid to the United States under terms the Interior Secretary sets. Usually repayment is due within five years, but for loans for permanent improvement of irrigable land the Secretary may allow up to twenty years.
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Title 25, §306
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On and after May 9, 1938, the expenditures for the purpose of encouraging industry and self-support among the Indians and to aid them in the culture of fruits, grains, and other crops shall be under conditions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for repayment to the United States on or before the expiration of five years, except in the case of loans on irrigable lands for permanent improvement of said lands, in which the period for repayment may run for not exceeding twenty years, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.
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25 U.S.C. § 306
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102