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§ 115.700 — Why Is Money Held In Trust For Tribes And Individual Indians?

25 C.F.R. § 115.700

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Congress has passed a number of laws that require the Secretary to establish and administer trust fund accounts for Indian tribes and certain individual Indians who have an interest(s) in trust lands, trust resources, or trust assets.

25 C.F.R. § 115.701

Authorizing Statute

Definitions
25 U.S.C. § 4001
Regulations by President
25 U.S.C. § 9
Departmental regulations
5 U.S.C. § 301
Records management by agency heads; general duties
44 U.S.C. § 3101
Deposit of tribal funds in banks; bond or collateral security; investments; collections from irrigation projects; affirmative action required
25 U.S.C. § 162a
Duties of Commissioner
25 U.S.C. § 2
Duties of Secretary
43 U.S.C. § 1457
Restoration to tribal ownership of unclaimed per capita and other individual payments of tribal trust funds; deposit in general fund of the Treasury
25 U.S.C. § 164
Deposit in Treasury of trust funds
25 U.S.C. § 161