§3408 — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

Allows a tribal government to spend some federal money to create jobs and grow the tribe’s or tribal members’ economic resources. The projects must fit a broader regional economic plan that has a good chance to succeed and must match the purposes of the programs. It can include private-sector job training and placement under section 3409. A tribe may use the larger of two amounts for these activities: the local unemployment rate (but no more than 25 percent) or 10 percent. Only funds given to the tribe by a federal agency through a statutory or administrative formula may be used.

Title 25, §3408

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(a)The plan submitted by a tribal government may involve the expenditure of funds for the creation of employment opportunities and for the development of the economic resources of the tribal government or of individual Indian people if such expenditures are consistent with an overall regional economic activity which has a reasonable likelihood of success and consistent with the purposes specifically applicable to Indian programs in the statute under which the funds are authorized.

(b)(1)Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, including any requirement of a program that is integrated under a plan under this chapter, a tribal government may use a percentage of the funds made available under this chapter (as determined under paragraph (2)) for the creation of employment opportunities, including providing private sector training placement under section 3409 of this title.

(2)The percentage of funds that a tribal government may use under this subsection is the greater of—

(A)the rate of unemployment in the service area of the tribe up to a maximum of 25 percent; or

(B)10 percent.

(c)The funds used for an expenditure described in subsection (a) may only include funds made available to the Indian tribe by a Federal agency under a statutory or administrative formula.

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Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–568 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

§3408 Job Creation Activities Authorized

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Title 25, §3408

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