Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60
§59 Transfer of Funds for Payment of Employees; Details for Other Service
Title 25 › Chapter 2— OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 59
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can use money set aside to pay certain workers at an Indian agency to pay other workers at the same agency, as long as this does not leave a shortfall. If those certain workers are not needed for their regular jobs, they can be temporarily assigned to other work.
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Title 25, §59
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When not required for the purpose for which appropriated, the funds provided for the pay of specified employees at any Indian agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged.
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of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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25 U.S.C. § 59
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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