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25 U.S.C. § 1461 — Congressional declaration of policy
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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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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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For the purpose of this chapter—
(1) “Indian tribe” or “tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or community for which, or for the members of which, the United States holds lands in trust;
(2) “Indian” means—
(A) any person who is a member of any Indian tribe, is eligible to become a member of any Indian tribe, or is an owner (as of October 27, 2004) of a trust or restricted interest in land;
(B) any person meeting the definition of Indian under the Indian Reorganization Act ([25 U.S.C. 479](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section479&num=0&edition=prelim)) 11 See References in Text note below. and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(C) with respect to the inheritance and ownership of trust or restricted land in the State of California pursuant to [section 2206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section2206&num=0&edition=prelim), any person described in subparagraph (A) or (B) or any person who owns a trust or restricted interest in a parcel of such land in that State.22 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
(3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior;
(4)
(i) “trust or restricted lands” means lands, title to which is held by the United States in trust for an Indian tribe or individual, or which is held by an Indian tribe or individual subject to a restriction by the United States against alienation; and (ii) “trust or restricted interest in land” or “trust or restricted interest in a parcel of land” means an interest in land, the title to which interest is held in trust by the United States for an Indian tribe or individual, or which is held by an Indian tribe or individual subject to a restriction by the United States a
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**(a) Coverage** Notwithstanding any provision of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of a Native Corporation or of the laws of the State, except those related to proxy statements and solicitations that are not inconsistent with this section—
(1) an amendment to the articles of incorporation of a Native Corporation authorized by subsections (g) and (h) of [section 1606 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1606&num=0&edition=prelim), subsection (d)(1)(B) of this section, or [section 1629c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1629c&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) a resolution authorized by [section 1629d(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1629d/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) a resolution to establish a Settlement Trust; or
(4) a resolution to convey all or substantially all of the assets of a Native Corporation to a Settlement Trust pursuant to [section 1629e(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1629e/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim);
shall be considered in accordance with the provisions of this section.
**(b) Basic procedure**
(1) An amendment or resolution described in subsection (a) may be approved by the board of directors of a Native Corporation in accordance with its bylaws. If the board approves the amendment or resolution, it shall direct that the amendment or resolution be submitted to a vote of the shareholders at the next annual meeting or at a special meeting (if the board, at its discretion, schedules such special meeting). One or more such amendments or resolutions may be submitted to the shareholders and voted upon at one meeting.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 494a was editorially reclassified as [section 5144 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5144&num=0&edition=prelim).
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All land and interests in land in the State of Alaska conveyed by the Federal Government under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ([43 U.S.C. 1601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) to a Native Corporation and reconveyed by that Native Corporation, or a successor in interest, in exchange for any other land or interest in land in the State of Alaska and located within the same region (as defined in section 9(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ([43 U.S.C. 1608(a)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1608/a&num=0&edition=prelim)),11 So in original. The comma probably should be preceded by an additional closing parenthesis. to a Native Corporation under an exchange or other conveyance, shall be deemed, notwithstanding the conveyance or exchange, to have been conveyed pursuant to that Act.
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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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Any moneys received on and after May 24, 1950, in settlement of such debts or from the sale of livestock so repaid to the United States shall be deposited in the revolving fund established pursuant to the Acts of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) [[25 U.S.C. 5101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), as amended and supplemented.
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There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $20,000,000 to be established as a revolving fund from which the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, may make loans to Indian chartered corporations for the purpose of promoting the economic development of such tribes and of their members, and may defray the expenses of administering such loans. Repayment of amounts loaned under this authorization shall be credited to the revolving fund and shall be available for the purposes for which the fund is established.
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The Secretary of the Interior, or his designated representative, is authorized, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to make loans from the revolving fund established pursuant to the Acts of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) [[25 U.S.C. 5101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), to tribes, bands, groups, and individual Indians, not otherwise eligible for loans under said Acts: Provided, That no portion of these funds shall be loaned to Indians of less than one-quarter Indian blood.
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The Secretary is authorized to make loans to individual Indians and to associations or corporate groups organized pursuant to this chapter. For the making of such loans and for expenses of the cooperative associations organized pursuant to this chapter there shall be appropriated, out of the Treasury of the United States, the sum of $2,000,000.
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 1461
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘(49 Stat. 1967),’’.
zation, or individual because of their eligibility
for assistance under this chapter.
(Pub. L. 93–262, § 4, Apr. 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 77.)
SUBCHAPTER I—INDIAN REVOLVING LOAN
FUND
§ 1461. Administration as single Indian Revolving
Loan Fund sums from diverse sources; avail-
ability of fund for loans to Indians and for
administrative expenses
In order to provide credit that is not available
from private money markets, or to supplement
funds from private lenders, including loans guar-
anteed by the Secretary pursuant to section 1481
of this title, all funds that are now or hereafter
a part of the revolving fund authorized by the
Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986) [25 U.S.C. 5101
et seq.], the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1968),1
and the Act of April 19, 1950 (64 Stat. 44), as
amended and supplemented, including sums re-
ceived in settlement of debts of livestock pursu-
ant to sections 1545 and 1546 of this title, and
sums collected in repayment of loans heretofore
or hereafter made, and as interest or other
charges on loans, shall hereafter be adminis-
tered as a single Indian Revolving Loan Fund.
The fund shall be available for loans to Indians
having a form of organization that is satisfac-
tory to the Secretary and for loans to individual
Indians: Provided, That, where the Secretary de-
termines a rejection of a loan application from
a member of an organization making loans to its
membership from moneys borrowed from the
fund is unwarranted, he may, in his discretion,
make a direct loan to such individual from the
fund. The fund shall also be available for admin-
istrative expenses incurred in connection there-
with, or, in the discretion of the Secreta
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