2021 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 3 - Agreements With Indians
Subchapter II - Contracts With Indians
Sec. 82a - Contracts for payment of money permitted certain tribes; payment for legal services

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 82a (2021)
Section Name §82a. Contracts for payment of money permitted certain tribes; payment for legal services
Section Text

Contracts involving the payment or expenditure of any money or affecting any property belonging to the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole Tribes of Indians, including contracts for professional legal services, may be made by said tribes, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized representative, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to contracts for professional legal services involving the prosecution of claims against the United States.

Source Credit

(July 3, 1952, ch. 549, §1, 66 Stat. 323.)


Editorial Notes STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES CONTRACTS INVOLVING CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW TRIBES

Act July 3, 1952, ch. 549, §2, 66 Stat. 323, provided: "That the second proviso in section 28 of the Act of April 26, 1906, ch. 1876 (34 Stat. 148) [not classified to the Code], and the provisions contained in the fifth paragraph of section 17 of the Act of March 3, 1911, ch. 210 (36 Stat. 1070) [not classified to the Code], dealing with contracts made by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes of Indians for professional legal services of attorneys, are hereby repealed."

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 25 - INDIANS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 3 - AGREEMENTS WITH INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER II - CONTRACTS WITH INDIANS
Sec. 82a - Contracts for payment of money permitted certain tribes; payment for legal services
Contains section 82a
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 34 Stat. 148
36 Stat. 1070
66 Stat. 323
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