Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§5133 Revolving Fund; Loans; Regulations
Title 25 › CHAPTER 45 — PROTECTION OF INDIANS AND CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES › § 5133
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior, or someone the Secretary names, may make loans from the revolving fund created under the Acts of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), following rules the Secretary sets. These loans may go to tribes, bands, groups, and individual Indians who are not otherwise eligible under those Acts, but none of the money may be loaned to Indians with less than one-quarter Indian blood.
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Title 25, §5133
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The Secretary of the Interior, or his designated representative, is authorized, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to make loans from the revolving fund established pursuant to the Acts of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) [25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.], and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), to tribes, bands, groups, and individual Indians, not otherwise eligible for loans under said Acts: Provided, That no portion of these funds shall be loaned to Indians of less than one-quarter Indian blood.
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Act of
June 18, 1934, referred to in text, is act
June 18, 1934, ch. 576, 48 Stat. 984, popularly known as the Indian Reorganization Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. Provisions of the Act establishing the revolving fund are set out in section 5113 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 5101 of this title and Tables. Act of
June 26, 1936, referred to in text, is act
June 26, 1936, ch. 831, 49 Stat. 1967, popularly known as the Oklahoma Welfare Act, which was classified generally to subchapter VIII (§ 501 et seq.) of chapter 14 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as chapter 45A (§ 5201 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 5201 of this title and Tables. Provisions of the Act relating to the revolving fund appear in section 5206 of this title. Funds in the revolving fund authorized by these Acts, and certain other sums, to be administered after Apr. 12, 1974, as a single Indian Revolving Loan Fund, see section 1461 of this title. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 482 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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25 U.S.C. § 5133
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102