25 U.S.C. § 146 — Report of Indians present and receiving

Page 40 TITLE 25—INDIANS § 146 (Apr. 4, 1910, ch. 140, § 1, 36 Stat. 270; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘Government Accountability Office’’ substituted in text for ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ pursuant to sec- tion 8(b) of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under sec- tion 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance, which redesig- nated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Pre- viously, ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ substituted in text for ‘‘proper auditor of the Treasury Department’’ 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 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. § 146. Report of Indians present and receiving food Whenever the issue of food, clothing, or sup- plies of any kind to Indians is provided for, it shall be the duty of the agent or commissioner issuing the same, at such issue thereof, whether it be both of food and clothing, or either of them, or of any kind of supplies, to report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the number of Indians present and actually receiving the same. (R.S. § 2109.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 2109 derived from act Feb. 14, 1873, ch. 138, § 7, 17 Stat. 463, 464. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries INDIAN AGENTS The services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title. 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. § 147. Appropriations for specified buildings; use for transportation of materials Appropriations for specified buildings in the Indian Service shall be used for the transpor- tation of materials purchased therefrom. (Jan. 12, 1927, ch. 27, § 1, 44 Stat. 939.) § 148. Appropriations for supplies; transfer to In- dian Service supply fund; expenditure From time to time there is authorized to be transferred from each or any appropriation or fund available for the purchase of supplies for the Indian Service, to a fund to be set up and carried on the books of the Treasury as an In- dian Service supply fund, such amounts as the Secretary of the Interior may estimate to be re- quired to pay for supplies purchased through In- dian warehouses for the Indian field service; and the expenditure of the said Indian Service sup- ply fund for the purpose stated is hereby author- ized, necessary adjustments to be made there- after to the end that each appropriation and fund ultimately will be charged only with the cost of the supplies legally chargeable thereto. (Jan. 12, 1927, ch. 27, § 1, 44 Stat. 939.) § 149. Indian Water Rights Settlement Comple- tion Fund (a) Establishment There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund’’ (re- ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). (b) Deposits (1) In general On the later of October 1, 2021, and Novem- ber 15, 2021, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the Fund $2,500,000,000, to remain available until ex- pended. (2) Availability Amounts deposited in the Fund under para- graph (1) shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for the uses described in subsection (c). (c) Uses Subject to subsection (d), amounts deposited in the Fund under subsection (b) shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior for transfers to funds or accounts authorized to receive discre- tionary appropriations, or to satisfy other obli- gations identified by the Secretary of the Inte- rior, under an Indian water settlement approved and authorized by an Act of Congress before No- vember 15, 2021. (d) Scope of transfers (1) In general Transfers authorized under subsection (c) shall be made in such amounts as are deter- mined by the Secretary of the Interior to be appropriate to satisfy the obligations of the United States, including appropriate indexing, pursuant to the applicable Indian water settle- ment. (2) Sequence and timing The Secretary of the Interior shall have the discretion to determine the sequence and tim- ing of transfers from the Fund under sub- section (c) in order to substantially complete the eligible Indian water settlements as expe- ditiously as practicable.