Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110
§3734 Obligated Service; Breach of Contract
Title 25 › CHAPTER 39 — AMERICAN INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT › § 3734
Summary
The Secretary must make rules so anyone who gets financial help for required service is offered a reasonable job. If no reasonable offer is made, the service requirement ends. If someone refuses a reasonable offer, quits without good reason, or fails to do the work, they must repay part of the aid based on time served, plus interest at the maximum legal rate set by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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Title 25, §3734
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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 subchapter, 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 that was 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 Secretary of the Treasury.
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25 U.S.C. § 3734
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110