Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102

§8 Accounts for Claims and Disbursements

Title 25 › CHAPTER 1 — BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS › § 8

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

All Indian affairs accounts must go to Commissioner, then to GAO for settlement.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §8

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All accounts and vouchers for claims and disbursements connected with Indian affairs shall be transmitted to the Commissioner for administrative examination, and by him passed to the Government Accountability Office for settlement.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 464 derived from act July 9, 1832, ch. 174, § 3, 4 Stat. 564.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

“Government Accountability Office” substituted in text for “General Accounting Office” pursuant to section 8(b) of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance, which redesignated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Previously, “General Accounting Office” substituted in text for “proper accounting officer of the Department of the Treasury” pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which transferred all powers and duties of the Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other employees of the Treasury to the General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

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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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 8

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102