2014 US Code
Title 25 - Indians (Sections 1 - 4307)
Chapter 18 - Indian Health Care (Sections 1601 - 1683)
Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous (Sections 1671 - 1683)
Sec. 1680n - Priority for Indian reservations

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 25 - INDIANS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 18 - INDIAN HEALTH CARE
SUBCHAPTER VI - MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 1680n - Priority for Indian reservations
Containssection 1680n
Date2014
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 5, 2015
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 94-437, title VIII, §824, as added Pub. L. 102-573, title VIII, §812, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4589.
Statutes at Large Reference106 Stat. 4589
Public and Private LawPublic Law 94-437, Public Law 102-573

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25 U.S.C. § 1680n (2014)
§1680n. Priority for Indian reservations(a) Facilities and projects

Beginning on October 29, 1992, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Service shall, in all matters involving the reorganization or development of Service facilities, or in the establishment of related employment projects to address unemployment conditions in economically depressed areas, give priority to locating such facilities and projects on Indian lands if requested by the Indian tribe with jurisdiction over such lands.

(b) "Indian lands" defined

For purposes of this section, the term "Indian lands" means—

(1) all lands within the limits of any Indian reservation; and

(2) any lands title which is held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual Indian, or held by any Indian tribe or individual Indian subject to restriction by the United States against alienation and over which an Indian tribe exercises governmental power.

(Pub. L. 94–437, title VIII, §824, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title VIII, §812, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4589.)

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