Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60
§63 Consolidation of Agencies
Title 25 › Chapter 2— OFFICERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 63
Summary
The President can merge two or more agencies into one, and with the tribes' usual consent can merge tribes on Executive‑order reservations and close agencies that become unnecessary.
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Title 25, §63
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The President may, in his discretion, consolidate two or more agencies into one, and where Indians are located on reservations created by Executive order he may, with the consent of the tribes to be affected thereby, expressed in the usual manner, consolidate one or more tribes, and abolish such agencies as are thereby rendered unnecessary.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions For delegation to Secretary of the Interior of authority vested in President by this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 10250, June 5, 1951, 16 F.R. 5385, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 63
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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