---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 115.700"
title: "25"
number: "115.700"
heading: "Why is money held in trust for tribes and individual Indians?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/115.700"
---

# §115.700. Why is money held in trust for tribes and individual Indians?


Congress has passed a number of laws that require the Secretary to establish and administer trust fund accounts for Indian tribes and certain individual Indians who have an interest(s) in trust lands, trust resources, or trust assets.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: R.S. 441, as amended, R.S. 463, R.S. 465; 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2; 25 U.S.C. 9; 43 U.S.C. 1457; 25 U.S.C. 4001; 25 U.S.C. 161(a); 25 U.S.C. 162a; 25 U.S.C. 164; Pub. L. 87-283; Pub. L. 97-100; Pub. L. 97-257; Pub. L. 103-412; Pub. L. 97-458; 44 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 7094, Jan. 22, 2001, unless otherwise noted.