Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110
§4045 Staff and Consultants
Title 25 › CHAPTER 42 — AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM › SUBCHAPTER III — SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS › § 4045
Summary
The Special Trustee can hire whatever staff they need. They can also ask for help from other parts of the Department, including its offices and Bureaus. If Congress provides money ahead of time, the Special Trustee can make contracts and agreements with government agencies or with private people or groups for consulting services. They can pay for those services as needed to carry out this part of the law.
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Title 25, §4045
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(a)Staff
The Special Trustee may employ such staff as the Special Trustee deems necessary. The Special Trustee may request staff assistance from within the Department and any office or Bureau thereof as the Special Trustee deems necessary.
(b)Contracts
To the extent and in such amounts as may be provided in advance by appropriations Acts, the Special Trustee may enter into contracts and other arrangements with public agencies and with private persons and organizations for consulting services and make such payments as necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
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25 U.S.C. § 4045
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110