Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§4022 Voluntary Withdrawal From Trust Funds Program

Title 25 › CHAPTER 42 — AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM › SUBCHAPTER II — INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM › § 4022

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

A tribe may send a plan to withdraw some or all trust funds that the United States holds and the Secretary manages through the Bureau. The Secretary must approve the plan within 90 days after getting advice from the Special Trustee (or, if no Special Trustee is appointed yet, the Director of the Office of Trust Fund Management). The tribe must approve the plan and send a tribal resolution. The Secretary will check that the plan is reasonable, including who will manage the money and how it will avoid big losses to the principal. When the funds are withdrawn under an approved plan, the United States’ trust responsibility or liability for those funds ends, except as allowed by section 4027.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §4022

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(a)In general

An Indian tribe may, in accordance with this section, submit a plan to withdraw some or all funds held in trust for such tribe by the United States and managed by the Secretary through the Bureau.

(b)Approval of plan

The Secretary shall approve such plan within 90 days of receipt and when approving the plan, the Secretary shall obtain the advice of the Special Trustee or prior to the appointment of such Special Trustee, the Director of the Office of Trust Fund Management within the Bureau. Such plan shall meet the following conditions:

(1)Such plan has been approved by the appropriate Indian tribe and is accompanied by a resolution from the tribal governing body approving the plan.

(2)The Secretary determines such plan to be reasonable after considering all appropriate factors, including (but not limited to) the following:

(A)The capability and experience of the individuals or institutions that will be managing the trust funds.

(B)The protection against substantial loss of principal.

(c)Dissolution of trust responsibility

Beginning on the date funds are withdrawn pursuant to this section, any trust responsibility or liability of the United States with respect to such funds shall cease except as provided for in section 4027 of this title.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 4022

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110