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25 U.S.C. § 47a — Security required by Secretary; contracts with Indian-owned economic enterprise; public work
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The Secretary, in his discretion, may require security other than bonds required by sections 3131 and 3133 of title 40 when entering into a contract with an Indian-owned economic enterprise pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 25, 1910 ([25 U.S.C. 47](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section47&num=0&edition=prelim)), for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public work of the United States: Provided, That, the alternative form of security provides the United States with adequate security for performance and payment.
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The Secretary, in his discretion, may require security other than bonds required by sections 3131 and 3133 of title 40 when entering into a contract with an Indian-owned economic enterprise pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 25, 1910 ([25 U.S.C. 47](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section47&num=0&edition=prelim)), for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public work of the United States: Provided, That, the alternative form of security provides the United States with adequate security for performance and payment.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Indian economic enterprise** — The term “Indian economic enterprise” has the meaning given the term in section 1480.201 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
(2) **Mentor firm; protege firm** — The terms “mentor firm” and “protege firm” have the meanings given those terms in [section 4902(c) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4902/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Secretaries** — The term “Secretaries” means—
(A) the Secretary of the Interior; and
(B) the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
**(b) Enterprise Development**
(1) **In general** — Unless determined by one of the Secretaries to be impracticable and unreasonable—
(A) Indian labor shall be employed; and
(B) purchases of Indian industry products (including printing and facilities construction, notwithstanding any other provision of law) may be made in open market by the Secretaries.
(2) **Mentor-protege program**
(A) *In general* — Participation in the Mentor-Protege Program established under section 831(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 ([10 U.S.C. 2302](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2302&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 101–510) or receipt of assistance under a developmental assistance agreement under that program shall not render any individual or entity involved in the provision of Indian labor or an Indian industry product ineligible to receive assistance under this section.
(B) *Treatment* — For purposes of this section, no determination of affiliation or control (whether direct or indirect) may be found between a protege firm and a mentor firm on the basis that the mentor f
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to provide capital on a reimbursable basis to help develop and utilize Indian resources, both physical and human, to a point where the Indians will fully exercise responsibility for the utilization and management of their own resources and where they will enjoy a standard of living from their own productive efforts comparable to that enjoyed by non-Indians in neighboring communities.
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 47
tain 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.
§ 41a. Indian inspectors
Indian inspectors shall on and after March 4,
1909 be termed inspectors, and shall be included
in the classified service.
(Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 297, § 1, 35 Stat. 888.)
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees,
and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer-
tain 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.
§ 42. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966,
80 Stat. 632
Section, R.S. § 2068, provided for interpreters for In-
dian agencies under Department of the Interior.
§ 43. Persons paid for other services not paid for
interpreting
No person employed by the United States and
paid for any other service shall be paid for inter-
preting.
(Apr. 4, 1910, ch. 140, § 2, 36 Stat. 272.)
§ 44. Employment of Indians
In the Indian Service Indians shall be em-
ployed as herders, teamsters, and laborers, and
where practicable in all other employments in
connection with the agencies and the Indian
Service. And it shall be the duty of the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs to enforce this provision.
(Aug. 15, 1894, ch. 290, § 10, 28 Stat. 313.)
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees,
and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer-
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 53
CODIFICATION
Section is based on proviso of first sentence of sec-
tion 23 of act of June 25, 1910. Remainder of first sen-
tence of section 23 was classified to section 93 of this
title prior to repeal by act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, § 4, 54
Stat. 1112.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in act Apr. 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 71, making
appropriations for the Indian Department.
AMENDMENTS
2022—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 117–263 substituted ‘‘sec-
tion 4902(c) of title 10’’ for ‘‘section 831(c) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991
(10 U.S.C. 2302 note; Public Law 101–510)’’.
2020—Pub. L. 116–261, § 4, amended section generally.
Prior to amendment, section related to employment of
Indian labor and purchase of products of Indian indus-
try and participation in Mentor-Protege Program.
1994—Pub. L. 103–435 inserted at end ‘‘Participation in
the Mentor-Protege Program established under section
831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2301 note) or receipt of assist-
ance pursuant to any developmental assistance agree-
ment authorized under such program shall not render
Indian labor or Indian industry ineligible to receive
any assistance authorized under this section. For the
purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) no determination of affiliation or control (ei-
ther direct or indirect) may be found between a pro-
tege firm and its mentor firm on the basis that the
mentor firm has agreed to furnish (or has furnished)
to its protege firm pursuant to a mentor-protege
agreement any form of developmental assistance de-
scribed in subsection (f) of section 831 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10
U.S.C
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