Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60
§3303 Program Authority
Title 25 › Chapter 35— INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Subchapter I— HIGHER EDUCATION TRIBAL GRANT AUTHORIZATION › § 3303
Summary
The Secretary must use funds under section 13 to give grants to tribes so they can help individual Indian students pay college costs. The Secretary may not add rules the subchapter does not allow. Federal trust duties stay in place, and grants cannot be cut or ended just for the agency’s convenience.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §3303
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(a)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)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)The provisions of this subchapter shall not affect any trust responsibilities of the Federal Government.
(d)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
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60