Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§50e Appropriations for Benefit of Natives; Purchase of Supplies for Resale to Natives, Cooperatives, and Department Employees
Title 48 › CHAPTER 2 — ALASKA › § 50e
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may use funds set aside for Alaska natives to buy food, clothing, and other supplies to resell to Interior Department employees in Alaska, to Alaska natives, and to native cooperative associations he oversees. Money from those sales must be returned to those same funds in the Treasury and can be used for the same purposes.
Full Legal Text
Title 48, §50e
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase from appropriations made for the benefit of natives of Alaska, food, clothing, supplies, and materials for resale, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to employees of the Department of the Interior stationed in Alaska and to natives of Alaska and native cooperative associations under his supervision. The proceeds from such sales shall be credited to the appropriation or appropriations current at the date of the deposit thereof into the Treasury and shall be available for the same purposes.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Alaska Resupply Program Fund Pub. L. 102–154, title I, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1007, provided that: “Beginning October 1, 1991, and thereafter, amounts collected by the Secretary in connection with the Alaska Resupply Program (Public Law 77–457) [48 U.S.C. 50e] shall be deposited into a special fund to be established in the Treasury, to be available to carry out the provisions of the Alaska Resupply Program, such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided, That unobligated balances of amounts collected in fiscal year 1991 and credited to the Operation of Indian Programs account as offsetting collections, shall be transferred and credited to this account.”
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Citation
48 U.S.C. § 50e
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102