Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§5327 Department of the Interior: Availability of Funds for Indian Self-determination or Self-governance Contract or Grant Support Costs

Title 25 › CHAPTER 46 — INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION › § 5327

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Starting November 29, 1999, Interior funds for Indian self-determination or self-governance can only be spent on costs that are directly linked to contracts, grants, or compacts under the Indian Self-Determination Act. These funds cannot pay contract-support or indirect costs for agreements with entities other than Interior agencies.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §5327

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended [25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.], on and after November 29, 1999, funds available to the Department of the Interior for Indian self-determination or self-governance contract or grant support costs may be expended only for costs directly attributable to contracts, grants and compacts pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 and on and after November 29, 1999, funds appropriated in this title shall not be available for any contract support costs or indirect costs associated with any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, self-governance compact or funding agreement entered into between an Indian tribe or tribal organization and any entity other than an agency of the Department of the Interior.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, referred to in text, probably means the Indian Self-Determination Act, title I of Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2206, which is classified principally to this subchapter (§ 5321 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables. This title, referred to in text, is title I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, as enacted by Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3), Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–135. For complete classification of this title to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, and not as part of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 450j–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar ProvisionsSimilar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title I, § 114], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–255.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 5327

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110