Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110
§3303 Program Authority
Title 25 › CHAPTER 35 — INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER I — HIGHER EDUCATION TRIBAL GRANT AUTHORIZATION › § 3303
Summary
The Secretary must use the money set aside under section 13 for higher education grants to give grants to Indian tribes. Those grants let tribes help individual Native students pay for college. The Secretary cannot add rules about how tribes use the money unless the subchapter already allows them. These rules do not change the federal government’s trust responsibilities. Grants cannot be ended, changed, paused, or cut just for the agency’s convenience.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §3303
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(a)In general
The Secretary shall, from the amounts appropriated for the purpose of supporting higher education grants for Indian students under the authority of section 13 of this title, make grants to Indian tribes in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter to permit those tribes to provide financial assistance to individual Indian students for the cost of attendance at institutions of higher education.
(b)Limitation on Secretary’s authority
The Secretary shall not place any restrictions on the use of funds provided to an Indian tribe under this subchapter that is not expressly authorized by this subchapter.
(c)Effect on Federal responsibilities
The provisions of this subchapter shall not affect any trust responsibilities of the Federal Government.
(d)No termination for administrative convenience
Grants provided under this subchapter may not be terminated, modified, suspended, or reduced only for the convenience of the administering agency.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 3303
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110