Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110
§3116 Obligated Service; Breach of Contract
Title 25 › CHAPTER 33 — NATIONAL INDIAN FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT › § 3116
Summary
When someone gets financial aid in return for required service, the Secretary must make rules so the person is offered a job to meet that service. If a reasonable job offer is not made, the person is no longer required to do the service. If the person refuses a reasonable job offer, quits without good reason, or fails to do the work, they must repay the aid. The payback is reduced for the time they actually worked and includes interest at the maximum legal prevailing rate set by the Treasurer of the United States.
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Title 25, §3116
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(a)Obligated service
Where an individual enters into an agreement for obligated service in return for financial assistance under any provision of this chapter, the Secretary shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to provide for the offer of employment to the recipient of such assistance as required by such provision. Where an offer of employment is not reasonably made, the regulations shall provide that such service shall no longer be required.
(b)Breach of contract; repayment
Where an individual fails to accept a reasonable offer of employment in fulfillment of such obligated service or unreasonably terminates or fails to perform the duties of such employment, the Secretary shall require a repayment of the financial assistance provided, prorated for the amount of time of obligated service performed, together with interest on such amount which would be payable if at the time the amounts were paid they were loans bearing interest at the maximum legal prevailing rate, as determined by the Treasurer of the United States.
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25 U.S.C. § 3116
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110