Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102

§5303 Tribal and Federal Advisory Committees

Title 25 › CHAPTER 46 — INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE › § 5303

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Even if other laws or rules say otherwise, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services can together set up and pay for advisory committees or similar groups. Those groups can be made up of tribal members, or tribal members plus federal representatives, to make sure tribes take part in carrying out the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §5303

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any regulation), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services are authorized to jointly establish and fund advisory committees or other advisory bodies composed of members of Indian tribes or members of Indian tribes and representatives of the Federal Government to ensure tribal participation in the implementation of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93–638) [25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.].

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

Amendments

of 1990, and not as part of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 450a–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 5303

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102